The following criminal cases were heard in Navajo County Superior Court recently. Balduinus Henricus Van Gorp was found guilty after trial by jury of theft. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on unsupervised probation for six months. He was sentenced by Judge Dale Nielson. Josephine Keam Begay pleaded guilty to criminal damage. She received a suspended sentence and was placed on unsupervised probation for six months. She must make restitution in the amount of $500. She was sentenced by Judge Nielson. Taiisha Owens pleaded guilty to aggravated shoplifting and possession of a stolen credit card. She received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for 18 months. She was sentenced by Judge Nielson. Carla Baca admitted to violating the terms of her probation on original charges of misconduct involving weapons and two counts of possession of dangerous drugs. The original terms of her probation were reinstated with the modification of intensive probation. As a condition of her probation, she must first serve 163 days in the Navajo County Jail, with credit for 163 days served for misconduct involving weapons; 169 days in the county jail, with credit for 169 days served for the first count of possession of dangerous drugs; and 165 days in the county jail, with credit for 165 days served for the second count of possession of dangerous drugs, with the sentences to run concurrently. She was sentenced by Judge Joseph Clark.
