April 7 dispositions
Counterfeiting (Class A misdemeanor) – Justin Clifford Thornton, 31, 3100 11th Avenue SE, 360 days, first serve 41 days, credit for 36 days served and five days off sentence for good behavior, have no contact with victim, $300 indigent recoupment, $300 restitution, $200 criminal administration fee, $100 defense/facility administration fee, $25 victim-witness fee.
Possession of methamphetamine (Class A misdemeanor) – Jeremiah William Baker, 20, Flaxton, 360 days, first serve 39 days, credit for 34 days served and five days off sentence for good behavior, granted a deferred imposition of sentence for 360 days, obtain a chemical dependency evaluation, $300 indigent recoupment, $200 criminal administration fee, $100 defense/facility administration fee, $25 victim-witness fee.
Drove while intoxicated, .16 percent or greater BAC, first offense (Class B misdemeanor) – Ashley Marie Welsh, 36, Burlington, two days, complete 20 hours of community service in lieu
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Mary Elizabeth Barton, 50, Minot, is charged in district court in Minot with Class B felony intent to deliver methamphetamine, Class C felony child endangerment, Class C felony possession of heroin, Class C felony possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia, both infractions.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Barton had called the sheriff’s department on Saturday about a dispute involving a van. A deputy responded and spoke with her at her address at 512 2nd Street SE, Apt. 4. The deputy determined that Barton had open warrants out of McLean County, for possession of drug paraphernalia, and out of Burleigh County for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The deputy arrested her on the open warrants. Barton asked to go back into her apartment to get her shoes and the deputy went with her. There were two boys in the apartment who had been hanging out there