Linn County Circuit Court

Jerald

Erickson

Jerald

Erickson of Sweet Home was found guilty by a jury of first-degree

theft, second-degree criminal trespass and second-degree criminal

mischief and sentenced on Nov. 18 in Linn County Circuit Court.

He

was acquitted on charges of offensive littering and unlawful

transport of metals.

He

was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 12 months post-prison

supervision and fined $400.

Erickson,

54, was one of two men arrested on Dec. 29, 2013 in connection to the

theft of logging equipment from private timber properties in Linn

County.

Erickson

and Forrest Norman were arrested after deputies served a search

warrant in the 28000 block of Highway 20 and the 40000 block of

Holley Heights Loop. Police recovered a stolen flatbed trailer and

logging equipment along with methamphetamine, marijuana, packaging

materials and drug parephernalia.

The

case against Norman is pending in Linn County Circuit Court.

Brandon

Clark

Brandon

Clark of Sweet Home pleaded guilty on Nov. 21 to first-degree animal

abuse and was sentenced to 150 hours of compensatory service and 24

months probation and fined $200 in Linn County Circuit Court.

He

was ordered to seek counseling and not to own, possess or care for

animals.

Linn

County deputies arrested Clark on Aug. 6 after injuring a gray and

white pitbull mix.

A

witness told police that Clark was angry at his dog when it nipped at

another dog while it was eating, and he picked up the dog and slammed

it to the ground, causing its back and hips to break, Sheriff Bruce

Riley said.

The

previous week, deputies had arrested another Sweet Home man, Jonathan

Farris, for animal abuse. That case remains pending in Circuit Court.

Rhonda

Horner

Rhonda

K. Horner of Halsey pleaded no contest to driving under the

influence, fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another

person on Dec. 3 in Linn County Circuit Court.

A

charge of reckless driving was dismissed.

She

was sentenced to 35 days in jail and 36 months probation. Her license

was suspended for one year. She was ordered to pay $1,455 in fines

and fees and to attend alcohol treatment and a victim impact panel.

Horner

was arrested on Aug. 1 following an investigation and subsequent

grand jury indictment related to a December 2013 traffic crash on

Highway 228 nvolving a Crawfordsville man.

On

Dec. 2, 2013, a 2006 Honda Accord driven by Horner was westbound on

Highway 228 near milepost 8, about one mile east of Brownsville, when

it crossed the center line and collided head-on with an eastbound

2005 Chevrolet sport utility vehicle driven by 46-year-old William

Brady of Crawfordsville.

Brady

was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, while Horner was

extricated by firefighters and transported by air ambulance to Sacred

Heart Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries.

Zachary

Johnson

Zachary

Johnson, 21, of Portland pleaded no contest to second-degree burglary

and was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Nov. 24 in Linn County

Circuit Court in a case involving the burglary of Midway Grocery.

Charges

of second-degree criminal mischief and third-degree theft were

dismissed.

Johnson

also was sentenced to 12 months post-prison supervision.

In

a second case, he pleaded no contest to two counts of unauthorized

use of a motor vehicle and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 36

months probation. He was ordered to pay $1,100 in fines and

restitution. The sentence was increased by 60 days in jail and 18

months probation based on a probation violation. His license also was

suspended for one year.

Dismissed

in the second case were charges of possession of burglary tools or

theft devices, second-degree criminal mischief and second-degree

theft.

In

the first case, Johnson was one of two suspects arrested for a theft

at Midway Grocery on Nov. 8. A resident had reported a suspicious

dark-colored Suburban pulling onto 41st Avenue. The occupants got out

of the vehicle and left.

Sweet

Home police officers were already en route when the resident told

police that the alarm at Midway Grocery had activated and two

individuals were running back to the vehicle.

Also

arrested was Joshua Lee Roebuck, 27. The case against Roebuck remains

pending in Linn County Circuit Court.

In

the second case, Linn County deputies arrested Johnson in connection

to a Honda stolen from Sweet Home on Oct. 14. The 1992 Honda Accord

had a tracking device that allowed deputies to locate the vehicle

near Allbee Lane and Knox Butte Road outside Albany arrest Johnson

and Stefani Brock.

Stefani

Brock

Stefani Brock,

24, of Sweet Home pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of a motor

vehicle on Nov. 17 in Linn County Circuit Court and was sentenced to

five days compensatory service, 18 months probation and fined $100.

A

charge of possession of meth was dismissed conditionally – as long

as there are no reports of violations during her probation. The UUMV

charge was treated as a class A misdemeanor.

Linn

County deputies arrested her in connection to a Honda stolen from

Sweet Home on Oct. 14. The 1992 Honda Accord had a tracking device

that allowed deputies to locate it near Allbee Lane and Knox Butte

Road outside Albany and arrest Zachary Johnson and Brock.

Daniel

Browand

Daniel

Browand, 20, was sentenced to 20 days in jail in four cases in Linn

County Circuirt Court stemming from a string of incidents in late

October and early November in Sweet Home.

In

the first case, Browand pleaded no contest to second-degree burglary.

Second-degree criminal mischief was dismissed. Browand was sentenced

to 120 hours in jail and 18 months probation and fined $200.

In

the second case, he pleaded no contest to unauthorized use of a motor

vehicle. A charge of second-degree criminal mischief was dismissed.

He was sentenced to 240 hours in jail and 18 months probation and

fined $200.

In

the third case, Browand pleaded no contest to first-degree burglary.

Charges of first-degree criminal trespass and third-degree theft were

dismissed. He was sentenced to 120 hours in jail and 36 months

probation and fined $200, with $745.48 in restitution.

A

fourth case, with charges of second-degree criminal trespass and

third-degree theft, was dismissed as part of the plea negotiations.

Sweet

Home police arrested Browand following a string of incidents

beginning on Oct. 27 and ending on Nov. 5.

He

was accused of entering Dairy Queen through the drive-through window

on Oct. 27 after breaking a window in the box office at Sweet Home

High School and taking a Sweet Home Mat Club T-shirt. He was wearing

a Mat Club T-shirt when he was arrested that night.

He

also was accused of shoplifting at Safeway.

On

Oct. 29, he was accused of trespassing and burglarizing an apartment

at 1890 Kalmia Street and taking a garbage can from a residence on

Kalmia Street before entering a vacant house in the 1700 block of

Long Street.

On

Nov. 2, he was accused of shoplifting at Main Street Market.

On

Nov. 4, police arrested him for burglary and theft at Safeway and

then on Nov. 5, police arrested him for the theft of a motorcycle.

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