The following criminal cases were heard in Navajo County Superior Court recently.
Henry Paxton pleaded no contest to attempted transportation of methamphetamine for sale. He was sentence to two years in the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC), with credit for 21 days served, to be followed by a term of community supervision equal to one day for every seven days served. He was sentenced by Judge Jon H. Saline.
Randy Chee pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI. He was sentenced to three years in the DOC, with credit for 128 days served, to be followed by a term of community supervision equal to one day for every seven days served. He was fined $1,342. He was ordered to pay a $1,500 prison construction and operations assessment, and a $1,500 general fund assessment. He was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Jordan Friend admitted to violating the terms of his probation on an original charge of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to 2.5 years in the DOC, with credit for 54 days served, to be followed by a term of community supervision equal to one day for every seven days served. He was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Larson Spencer pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI/drugs and failure to appear. He was sentenced to 2.5 years in the DOC for aggravated DUI/drugs with credit for 130 days served, and 1.5 years in the DOC for failure to appear with credit for 124 days served, with the sentences to run concurrently and to be followed by a term of community supervision equal to one day for every seven days served. He was fined $1,342. He was ordered to pay a $250 DUI abatement fee, a $1,500 prison construction and operations assessment and a $1,500 general fund assessment. He was sentenced by Judge Joseph S. Clark.
John Young pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender and admitted to violating the terms of his probation on an original charge of attempted luring a minor for sexual exploitation. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on intensive probation for three years. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve 180 days in the Navajo County Jail, with credit for 118 days served. He was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Jason Soza pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for two years. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve four months in the DOC, with credit for one day served. He was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $2,700. He was sentenced by Judge Pro Tem Michael S. Penrod.
Arturo Fabian Olivarez pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for two years. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve 30 days in the county jail, with credit for 30 days served. He was sentenced by Judge Penrod.
Alyson Armstrong, also known as Alyson Hill, admitted to violating the terms of her probation on original charges of driving on a suspended license, extreme DUI with a blood alcohol content of .20% or more and endangerment. Her probation was reinstated. As a condition of her probation, she must first serve 189 days in the county jail, with credit for 129 days served. She was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Brian A. Rosales pleaded guilty to attempted transportation of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for sale. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for 1.5 years. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve one day in the county jail, with credit for one day served. He was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Frederick Kessay pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated shoplifting. His intensive probation was reinstated. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve one year in the county jail for count one, with credit for 324 days served, 54 days in the county jail for count two, and 324 days for counts three and four, both with credit for 324 days served, with the sentences for count one and two to run consecutively and counts three and four to run concurrently. He was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Vincent Ramos pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for five years. He was sentenced by Judge Saline.
Jason James pleaded guilty to DUI. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for two years. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve 10 days in the county jail, with nine days suspended and credit for one day served. He was sentenced by Judge Penrod.
William Reese Brown pleaded guilty to failure of a sex offender to notify sheriff of change of address. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for two years. As a condition of his probation, he must first serve one day in the county jail, with credit for one day served. He was sentenced by Judge Penrod.
