Theft
WILLMAR -- A stolen wallet was reported around 2 p.m. Tuesday from Super Wal-Mart, 3031 First St. S. A female caller said her checkbook/coin purse was stolen from her purse at the store. According to the report, the wallet contained $200 in cash, a checkbook, credit cards, a bank card, and the caller's driver's license.
WILLMAR -- A report of identity theft was called in around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday from the 900 block of Second Street Southeast.
Assault
NEW LONDON -- An assault report was called in around 9 a.m. Wednesday from the 200 block of Third Avenue Southeast. According to the incident report, the Law Enforcement Center received a domestic assault report from the Plymouth Police Department. The report indicated a 26-year-old male was suspected of the crime.
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Burglary
ATWATER -- A burglary was reported around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday from the boat access at Lake Elizabeth, 5005 Lake Elizabeth Lane. The caller said a fish house had been broken into. Burglary, criminal damage to property, and theft were all suspected in the incident, according to the incident report.
District Court
Kandiyohi County
* Harold Anthony Fannin, 22, of Willmar, received a stayed sentence of one year in jail for a felony domestic assault charge.
As a condition of the stayed sentence, Fannin was ordered to serve 39 days in jail and then given credit for 39 days he already served. He was ordered to serve two years on supervised probation. He was fined $1,000, but $500 of that was stayed.
Conditions of probation included completing a chemical dependency evaluation and a batterer's intervention program.
Fannin had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of domestic assault in December, but he was sentenced under gross misdemeanor guidelines as part of a plea agreement. Two misdemeanor charges for domestic assault and property damage were dismissed.
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Fannin was charged in October after police were called to an apartment in northwest Willmar. Officers previously had been dispatched to the same residence for a property exchange between a couple who had recently ended their relationship.
When officers arrived, they heard loud arguing. A man who was participating in a ride-along with officers looked through a window and saw a man, later identified as Fannin, on top of a woman on the couch. The woman told officers he had choked her and had assaulted her in the past.
* Guadalupe Matias Ramos, 19, of Olivia, has pleaded guilty to a felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime.
A petty misdemeanor charge of possession of a small amount of marijuana was dismissed in the plea agreement.
Sentencing is set for March 24.
After entering his plea, Ramos was released on his personal recognizance and ordered to cooperate with a presentence investigation and to abstain from alcohol.
Ramos and a juvenile were arrested by Kandiyohi County reserve officers Aug. 9 at the county fairgrounds. The officers observed Ramos and the juvenile drop items into the grass after they saw the officers. Officers searched the area and found pill bottles and a green substance that appeared to be marijuana. The pills were identified as Darvocet, a schedule 3 narcotic, and Tylenol 3 with codeine, a schedule 4 narcotic.
