County Prosecutor

January 13 Lucas Young, 20, of Port Jervis, N.Y., was sentenced to two years probation, 90 days county jail, $1585 in fines and a six-month loss of driver’s license. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 14 to possession with the intent to distribute less than one ounce of marijuana and to resisting arrest. Young admitted to possessing just less than one ounce of marijuana, which he intended to use himself and to distribute to others. He resisted the attempts of N.J. State Trooper McNeel to arrest him during the course of the investigation. Robert Galione, 45, of Wantage, was sentenced to two years probation, 30 days county jail and $155 in fines, He pleaded guilty on Nov. 14 to throwing bodily fluids at a corrections officer. Galione admitted to throwing bodily fluids at a corrections officer while he was incarcerated at the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility on April 22, 2004. Kevin Hendley, 47, of Newton, was sentenced to two years probation, 150 days county jail, six-month loss of driver’s license and $1,205 in fines. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 14 to possession of cocaine. Hendley possessed two one-gram bags of cocaine when he was stopped for a motor vehicle violation in Sparta by Officer Kurt Morris. Christopher Perrin, 44, of Hackettstown, was sentenced to six months probation and must pay total fines and penalties of $155. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to a Megan’s Law violation of failure to notify law enforcement that he had moved to a new address. Under the provisions of Megan’s Law, Perrin was required to notify the local police that he was moving to a new address 10 days prior to his actual move. He admitted to the court that on or about Sept. 22, 2005, he had moved from Newton to Mt. Olive without first notifying the Newton Police Dept. prior to his move as required by law. Shawn Boisvert, 22, of Hopatcong, was sentenced to three years state prison, to be served concurrently with a sentence he is presently serving. He must pay total fines and penalties of $155 and submit a DNA sample at his expense. Boisvert pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to escape. On Jan. 24, 2005, the defendant escaped from the Mountainview Correctional Facility in Annandale, where he was serving a sentence for burglary charges. Jearmine Fetherman, 23, of South Sterling, Pa., was sentenced to two years probation. She must submit to a TASC evaluation and follow all recommendations made, must serve 75 hours community service, attend Alcoholics Anonymous, submit to random urine monitoring, and her driving privileges were suspended for six months. She must pay total fines and penalties of $1,705 and submit a DNA sample at her expense. Featherman pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to possession of heroin, and to possession of a hypodermic needle. She admitted that on or about Oct. 1, 2005, she had been in possession of heroin and a hypodermic needle when she had been driving a motor vehicle that had been lawfully stopped by officers from the Sparta Police Dept. Ryan C. Rhinesmith, 23, of Highland Lakes, was sentenced to two years probation. He must pay restitution in the amount of $574, perform 100 hours of community service, pay total fines and penalties of $155, and submit a DNA sample at his expense. Rhinesmith pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to burglary. On Sept. 16, 2005, while at the Vernon Police Dept. after being arrested for an outstanding warrant from Brick, the defendant admitted to police that he had illegally entered his landlord’s residence through a sliding door and took cash from an envelope in the living room of the residence. Joseph C. Clarke, 20, of Stanhope, was sentenced to two years probation, must serve 22 days in the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility, was given credit for 22 days served, and must complete a drug program. He must pay total fines and penalties of $155 and submit a DNA sample at his expense. Clarke pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to resisting arrest. On Aug. 31, 2005, a Stanhope police officer went to the home of the defendant to serve him with a domestic violence related restraining order, and also to arrest him on an outstanding warrant from Hopatcong Municipal Court. Clarke ran out the door, was chased by police and a Sheriff’s Office canine and subsequently arrested. George Morehouse, 32, of Newton, was sentenced to two years probation, must serve 25 days in the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility and 25 days in the Sheriff’s Labor Assistance Program. He must pay total fines and penalties of $155 and submit a DNA sample at his expense. Morehouse pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to aggravated assault. On July 14, 2005, in Andover, the defendant hit another person over the head with a flashlight at a local pizza parlor over a verbal fight the victim and defendant’s brother had. January 17 Shadi Ismail, 18, of Franklin, was sentenced to three years probation, 88 days in jail with 88 days credit, 100 hours community service, and must pay $681 in restitution, obtain TASC evaluation and follow recommendations, undergo DNA testing and pay $1705 in fines. Ismail pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 burglary, possession of heroin and forgery. He and a juvenile co-defendant took a purse from the victim’s car and cashed four checks on her account at Wal-Mart and ShopRite. When he was arrested and transported to the county jail, it was discovered he was in possession of heroin, which he tried to stash in the police car. William J. Tully, 19, of Vernon, was sentenced to one year probation, 50 hours community service, pay $1267 in restitution, random urine monitoring, obtain a TASC evaluation, DNA testing and pay $155 in fines, He pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to theft by unlawful taking. Tully, along with two juvenile co-defendants, took a large aluminum mailbox with multiple boxes, belonging to the Sussex Post Office, and threw it along the roadside. January 18 Judith Connor, 42, of Milford, Pa., pleaded guilty to theft by deception and to a violation of probation. In September, she took a credit card belonging to another and used it to make various purchases without the cardholder’s authorization or knowledge. She is currently serving a five-year probationary term for a theft charge she was sentenced to on Oct. 11, 2002. She pleaded guilty on July 31, 2002, to an accusation containing of theft, admitting that between Jan. 21, 2001, and Sept. 21, 2001, she issued checks for her own benefit from the account of her then employer without the employer’s consent or knowledge. Sentencing is anticipated for March 3. Dawn Wetzel, 31, of Highland Lakes, pleaded guilty to theft by deception. Between December 2004 and April 2005, while receiving public assistance from the Sussex County Division of Social Services, she failed to report a change in her income due to her being employed for that time period. Sentencing is anticipated for March 3.