Manitowoc County Criminal Court Records
Felony
Patrick S Copus, 34, Manitowoc, possession of methamphetamine, bail jumping and neglecting a child on 7/12/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, Sentences are withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for three (3) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Assessment/treatment/counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 2) Maintain absolute sobriety; 3) Comply with drug court; 4) AODA assessment and follow through; 5) Submit to random urine screens and pay for same; 6) Maintain full-time employment/schooling combination; 7) Pay costs of action; 8) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC; 9) On count 1, Six (6) months jail; Five (5) days up front, to be held until transport to inpatient facility at 10:00 a.m. on Monday; One hundred seventy (175) days, stayed, to be imposed upon the agent’s discretion; 10) Submit DNA sample and pay surcharge; 11) Have no contact with C.B.. Count 3 – Sentence is withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for two (2) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Assessment/treatment/ Counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 2) Maintain absolute sobriety; 3) Comply with drug court; 4) AODA assessment and follow through counseling; 5) Submit to random urine screens and pay for same; 6) Maintain full-time employment/ schooling combination; 7) Pay costs of action; 8) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC; 9) Submit DNA sample and pay surcharge; 10) Have no contact with C.B..
Patrick S Copus, 34, Manitowoc, bail jumping on 8/13/18, Guilty due to no contest plea, Sentence is withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for three (3) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Assessment/treatment/counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 2) Maintain absolute sobriety; 3) Comply with drug court; 4) AODA assessment and follow through; 5) Submit to random urine screens and pay for same; 6) Maintain full-time employment/schooling combination; 7) Pay costs of action; 8) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC; 9) Submit DNA sample and pay surcharge; 10) Have no contact with C. B..
Patrick S Copus, 34, Manitowoc, possess heroin on 6/10/18, Guilty due to no contest plea, Sentence is withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for three (3) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Assessment/treatment/counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 2) Maintain absolute sobriety; 3) Comply with drug court; 4) AODA assessment and follow through counseling; 5) Submit to random urine screens and pay for same; 6) Maintain full-time employment/schooling combination; 7) Pay costs of action; 8) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC; 9) Submit DNA sample and pay surcharge; 10) Have no contact with C. B..
James A Nettles, 37, Manitowoc, strangulation and suffocation, battery on 4/5/18, Guilty due to no contest plea, on count 1, sentence is withheld and the defendant is placed on probation to DOC for thirty (30) months. Conditions of probation: 1) Assessment, treatment, counseling as deemed appropriate by the Departments assessment process; 2) Maintain absolute sobriety; 3) Maintain fulltime employment, at the agents discretion; 4) Have no contact with the victim, J.N., without the agents approval; 5) Pay court costs. Cash bail applied. 6) pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC; 7) AODA assessment and follow through; 8) Defendant must take all medications as prescribed in the prescribed doses. On count 2, the defendant is sentenced to the Manitowoc County Jail for five (5) months, under the Huber Law/childcare, commencing on 11-17-19 by 5:00 p.m. $443.00 court costs imposed. Cash bail applied. The defendant has credit for 27 days.
Deshawn Donta Buford, 26, Manitowoc, battery or threat to judge, prosecutor or law enforcement officer on 11/25/17 and misdemeanor disorderly conduct, battery and resist officer on 11/25/17, Guilty due to no contest plea, Sentence is withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for two (2) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Assessment/treatment/counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 2) AODA assessment and follow through; 3) Maintain full-time employment/schooling combination; 4) Sixty (60) days jail, imposed and stayed, to be imposed upon the discretion of the agent; 5) Pay costs of action; 6) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC; 7) Submit DNA sample.
Forfeitures
John E Wentker, 45, Whitelaw, OWI on 3/21/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, $944.50 forfeiture and costs to be paid by 12-08-2019 or 19 days jail for failure to pay. Alcohol assessment. Seven (7) month license revocation.
Bruce C Hanna, 66, Manitowoc, OWI on 8/2/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, $924.50 forfeiture and costs and $20.00 blood draw fee, total $944.50 to be paid by 12-08-2019 or indefinite suspension for failure to pay. Alcohol assessment. Seven (7) month license revocation. OWI Sentencing Guidelines.
Misdemeanor
Brittany A Hart, 29, Milwaukee, party to crime-possess drug paraphernalia on 10/16/18, Guilty plea, Court sentences defendant to five (5) days Manitowoc County Jail. Defendant has 5 days credit so court deems the sentence time served. Court imposes costs of $443.00 plus warrant fees of $837.76 total of $1280.76 to be paid by 12-10-2019 or 25 days jail for failure to pay. Defendant is ordered to submit a DNA sample.
Joshua R Brey, 28, Manitowoc, fail to report to jail on 5/3/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, Defendant is sentenced to the Manitowoc County Jail for thirty (30) days, time served. $443.00 court costs imposed, to be paid by 12-02-19 or 9 days jail. Submit DNA sample.
Michael J Larzelere, 26, Francis Creek, bail jumping on 5/23/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, Sentence is withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for two (2) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Assessment/treatment/counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 2) Have no contact with the victim without agent’s approval; 3) Have no contact with anyone under the age of 18 without agent’s approval; 4) Have no social media without agent’s approval; 5) Full-time employment within the confines of his SSI; 6) Pay costs of action; 7) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC.
Michael J Larzelere, 26, Francis Creek, sexual intercourse with child 16 or older, actor 19 or older, Guilty due to no contest plea, Sentence is withheld. Defendant is placed on probation to DOC for two (2) years. Conditions of probation are: 1) Thirty (30) days jail, imposed and stayed, to be imposed upon the agent’s discretion; 2) Assessment/treatment/counseling as deemed appropriate by the Department’s assessment process; 3) Have no contact with the victim without agent’s approval; 4) Have no contact with anyone under the age of 18 without agent’s approval; 5) Have no social media without agent’s approval; 6) Full-time employment within the confines of his SSI; 7) Perform twenty-five (25) hours of community service work; 8) Pay costs of action; 9) Pay supervision fees in an amount to be determined by DOC.
Deshawn Donta Buford, 26, Manitowoc, operating while revoked and bail jumping on 3/31/19, Guilty plea, Court imposes costs only, total of $723.00 to be paid as a condition of probation on 17 CF 797. Court orders DNA sample.
Desmone D Dixon, 28, Milwaukee, disorderly conduct-DVO on 1/27/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, Defendant is sentenced to the Manitowoc County Jail for fifteen (15) days. The Court finds the defendant has thirteen (13) days credit and deems it a time served sentence. The defendant is ordered to pay court costs in the amount of $543.00 by 12-08-2019 or 11 days jail for failure to pay. The defendant must submit to a DNA sample.
Jennifer L Brefczynski, 43, Two Rivers, disorderly conduct on 1/28/19, Guilty due to no contest plea, Defendant is sentenced to the Manitowoc County Jail for two (2) days, time served. $443.00 court costs imposed, to be paid by 12-09-19 or 9 days jail.
Jeremy A Robison, 42, Manitowoc, operating while revoked on 10/9/17, Guilty due to no contest plea, complete 50 hours of community service in 120 days or spend 3 days jail for failure to do so. The defendant must pay the costs of the action in the amount of $443.00 by 11-30-2019 or 9 days jail for failure to pay. Defendant was previously ordered to submit a DNA sample.
Jeremy A Robison, 42, Manitowoc, hit and run on 10/9/17, Guilty due to no contest plea, $300.00 fine plus costs, total $831.00 to be paid by 11-30-2019 or 16 days jail for failure to pay. Defendant was previously ordered to submit a DNA sample.
