This is the records summary for Oct. 24.
DNR investigates hunting incident
DAWSON - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is currently investigating an incident of illegal taking of big game in the Dawson area.
The DNR’s Enforcement Division and the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office have exercised a search warrant in Dawson as part of the investigation, which is active and ongoing, according to the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to call the MN TIP Line at 1-800-652-9093 with information relating to this case.
Criminal damage to property
WILLMAR - It was reported at 5:26 a.m. Thursday that the windshield of a vehicle was smashed Wednesday night in the 200 block of Fifth Street Southwest in Willmar.
Theft
WILLMAR - It was reported at 7:30 a.m. Thursday that someone had broken into an apartment and stolen $150 in cash in the 300 block of Seventh Street Southwest in Willmar. The caller said the burglary happened sometime after
10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
District Court
Kandiyohi County
WILLMAR - Vanessa Ramirez, 28, Hutchinson, was sentenced Thursday on felony third-degree drug possession.
Ramirez was sentenced to 27 months at the Minnesota Department of Corrections-Shakopee, which was stayed for 10 years. She was also sentenced to 180 days in the Kandiyohi County Jail with credit for 17 days served and placed on 10 years of probation with terms including not using alcohol or drugs, not being in places where alcohol and drugs are present and submitting to random testing.
An additional felony charge of storing methamphetamine paraphernalia in the presence of a child and two petty misdemeanor drug charges were dismissed Thursday as part of a plea agreement.
Two others were also charged stemming from the same incident. Stacey Joann Pederson, 27, of Willmar was sentenced in April to 45 days in jail, a $1,500 fine and 10 years of probation.
Brandon Alvin Mead, 29, of Willmar was sentenced Monday on felony third-degree drug possession. He was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and sentenced to 20 years of probation.
Mead was also sentenced to 20 years in prison, which was stayed for 20 years, and sentenced to 260 days in county jail with credit for all days served.
According to the criminal complaints, officers went to a home in August to find a 12-year-old, who informed Pederson that she needed to come to the door. Police officers entered the basement to find Ramirez and Mead, who grabbed a bag suspected to be meth onto the floor.
WILLMAR - Dameon Alonzo Taylor, 35, of St. Paul, was sentenced Thursday on felony third-degree sale of narcotics.
Taylor was sentenced to 21 months at the St. Cloud Correctional Facility, which was stayed for 20 years, and 173 days in the Kandiyohi County Jail with credit for all days served. He was also ordered to serve 200 hours of community service and placed on 20 years of probation with conditions including not possessing drugs or alcohol, completing a chemical assessment and submitting to random testing.
An additional two felony charges of third-degree sale of narcotics were dismissed Thursday as part of a plea agreement.
The charges stemmed from three undercover buys of methamphetamine coordinated last summer by the CEE-VI Drug Task Force.
WILLMAR - Daniel Timothy O’Connor, 60, of Montevideo, was sentenced Thursday on a felony charge of receiving stolen property.
O’Connor was sentenced to 240 days in the Kandiyohi County Jail, 90 of which may be deferred if he complies with his sentencing terms. He was also sentenced to 13 months at the St. Cloud Correctional Facility. The prison sentence was stayed for 10 years and O’Connor placed on 10 years of probation.
The criminal complaint alleges that O’Connor brought a Bobcat skid loader, valued at $15,000, for repairs to a Willmar business in October 2013.
Workers there found it was stolen after checking the machine’s identification number in a computer database.
The complaint alleges that O’Connor subsequently told an investigator that he had purchased the machine for $6,500 about one and one-half to two years earlier.
About six to eight months after purchasing it, the man who had sold it to him called and told him it was stolen.
O’Connor told an investigator that he kept quiet about the report of the machine being stolen and continued to use it.
