Court cases
A number of criminal defendants pleaded guilty this month before Greene County President Judge Lou Dayich.
Douglas Ryan Homrock, 21, of 140 W. Locust St., Waynesburg; offenses – two counts of simple assault, two counts of harassment and one count of resisting arrest; one count of aggravated assault was dismissed in magisterial court; On Jan. 28, Homrock attacked his mother at her Richhill Street house, shoving her, choking her and threatening to use pepper spray on her; Police said that when his mother was able to get away from him and leave the residence, he barricaded the door, forcing police to break the glass door to get in; sentence – two years of county intermediate punishment, including 45 days in jail and 75 days of house arrest; Homrock was given credit for 73 days in jail, leaving him with 47 days of house arrest remaining; he was ordered to pay $44 in restitution to his mother; Greene County Human Services is trying to located an inpatient drug treatment program for Homrock, and should he complete the program successfully, it will count toward his house arrest; he also was ordered to pursue mental-health treatment and complete 100 hours of community service.
Ryan Joseph Fears, 28, of 145 Third St., Rogersville; offense – theft; On Oct. 26, he took a wallet and cellphone that had been accidentally left in a Walmart shopping cart in Franklin Township; sentence – one year of probation, $300 fine, 60 hours of community service and $333 in restitution to the victim, Brenna Ross.
Laina Lu Winters, 51, of 2016 Kittanning Pike, Parker; offenses – contraband and possession of marijuana; On Aug. 22, 2015, Winters tried to bring marijuana into SCI-Greene for her son, Joshua Young, an inmate; sentence – 1 to 5 years in state prison with credit for 90 days served; the sentence will be served at SCI-Muncy, and she will be eligible for a Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive program in nine months.
Mark Allen Sanders, 32, of 230 Titus St., Bobtown; offenses – possession of a controlled substance, receiving stolen property and retail theft; On Nov. 17, Sanders took candles, a pen, sticky notes and a pencil case, totaling $56, from Medicine Mine, 555 S. Eighty Eight Road in Carmichaels; Police found him to be in possession of Subutex and Xanax; sentence – two years of county intermediate punishment, including 15 days in jail with credit for time served, 60 days of house arrest and 100 hours of community service.
Jackie Edward Rutan, 31, of 100 W. High St., Waynesburg; offenses – resisting arrest, flight to avoid apprehension, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct; On Nov. 11, police tried to arrest Rutan on a warrant, but he ran from them and had to be wrestled to the ground on Greene Street in Waynesburg; police found him to be in possession of a hypodermic needle with Subutex in it; sentence – 30 days to 23 ½ months in jail, 150 hours of community service, and he must continue with his drug and mental-health treatment.
Lauren N. Bailey, 28, of 1439 Washington Blvd., McKeesport; offenses – retail theft and driving under suspension; On Jan. 16, Bailey took $50 worth of merchandise from Walmart in Franklin Township; sentence – 83 days in jail with credit for that time served; 23 months on parole, 70 hours of community service, $200 fine and $54 in restitution to Walmart.
Richard Allen Grant, 25, of 538 Fifth Ave., Brownsville; offenses – DUI, high rate of alcohol, driving under suspension and four summary violations; On Jan. 29, 2015, Grant was stopped for traffic violations on state Route 21 in Carmichaels; his blood-alcohol content was 0.156 percent; sentence – 1 to 5 years in state prison with credit for 68 days served; $1,700 in fines; sentence to be served at SCI-Pittsburgh, and he will be eligible for RRRI in nine months.
Briar David Jones, 22, of 1593 Aleppo Road, Wind Ridge; offenses – access device fraud and receiving stolen property; In August, Jones used a stolen credit card to purchase items at a Graysville store; sentence to await restitution information.
Leslie Steven Bowden II, 23, 201 Oak Forest Road, Brave; offense – possession of drug paraphernalia; On March 28, 2015, Bowden was a passenger in a vehicle at Route 21 Mobile Home Park in Carmichaels, and police found him to be in possession of a glass smoking device with marijuana residue; sentence – three days to 9 months in jail with credit for three days served, $300 fine, 60 hours of community service.
Michael S. Oshetsky, 40, of Carmichaels; offenses – possession of marijuana and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia; On Aug. 22, 2015, police found Oshetsky in his vehicle on the side of the road; police found him to be in possession of marijuana, a syringe and six empty stamp bags; sentence – two years of probation consecutive to previous sentences and $400 in fines.
Lisa Elliott, 48, of 285 E. High St., Waynesburg; offense – retail theft; In January and April 2015, Elliott took merchandise from Walmart in Franklin Township without paying; sentence – 5 days to 1 year in jail with credit for time served, $215 restitution to Walmart, 60 hours of community service.
Stephanie Ann Bowens, 31, of Dorothy, W.Va.; offenses – theft and receiving stolen property; From May to September 2016, Bowens stole merchandise and cash from Circle K in Carmichaels while she was employed there; sentence – 16 days to 18 months in jail with credit for 16 days served; $750 in restitution to Circle K, with final payment to be made before June 11.