County Prosecutor

July 10 Jonathan Davis, 31, of Newton, entered a guilty plea to charge of terroristic threats. Davis admitted that on or about May 6, he had threatened to assault an adult female during a domestic dispute. The case was investigated by Newton Police Department. Davis is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 1. Edward Faber, 39, of Franklin pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and driving while intoxicated. He was found to be in possession of 19 bags of heroin following a motor vehicle stop by Franklin Police Officer Carl Douma and admitted that to consuming four bags of heroin while driving. He is scheduled for sentencing on July 31. Joseph Marion, 35, of Newton, entered a guilty plea possession of heroin. He is scheduled for sentencing on September 1, 2006. He admitted to possessing a bag of heroin in Newton on Feb. 10,2005. July 11 Deborah Koert, 45, of Sparta, was sentenced to two years probation. Koert must pay fines and penalties of $905.00, restitution of $10,015.00 to three victims and submit a DNA sample at her expense. She pled guilty on May 8, to six counts of issuing bad checks. On Aug. 5, through Oct. 24, 2004, she issued several worthless checks to three victims knowing bank would not honor them. Robert P. Meola, 18 of Vernon, Meola pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon. Vernon, police responded to a loud noise complaint involving Meola and three other young males. He was found to be in possession of a dagger inside his jacket pocket. On Jan. 18, also in Vernon, police responded to a trespassing complaint and found Meola inside the residence of the complainant, again in possession of a dagger. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 8. July 14 Scott Canfield, 29, of Newton, entered a guilty plea on charges of terroristic threats. Canfield admitted that on or about Feb. 21 he had threatened to assault an adult female during a domestic violence dispute. Canfield is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 15. Charles Whitlach, 48, of Branchville, New Jersey, was sentenced to probation for a period of eighteen months. As a condition of his probation, he was ordered to serve 58 days in jail, perform 100 hours of community service, follow the recommendations of the substance abuse and domestic violence evaluations and pay $155 in monetary penalties. He pled guilty on May 30, when he admitted to the court that on or about April 10, he had violated the terms of a temporary restraining order issued pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act by contacting the victim at her place of employment and had been leaving numerous threatening messages on her voice mail.