December 5, 2014, in Muscatine County District Court:
LANDON CHAIRES, DOB: 2/10/1991, of Muscatine, was sentenced
to serve a sentence of imprisonment for a term not to exceed five years for the
offense of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver. The
Court had originally placed CHAIRES on probation on February 15, 2013.
Following a hearing the Court determined that CHAIRES violated the terms of his
probation.
JUAN RAMOS COLLAZO, JR., DOB: 4/28/1991, of Muscatine,
pleaded guilty to Delivery of a Controlled Substance. Investigation by the Muscatine
Police Department determined that COLLAZO engaged in a drug transaction with
another individual in the 500 block of East Sixth Street. He will be sentenced
January 16, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.
CASEY BELL, DOB: 11/14/1971, of Muscatine, pleaded guilty to
Neglect of a Dependent Person. Investigation by the Muscatine Police Department
and the Iowa State Patrol showed that BELL was the operator of a motor vehicle
when it struck a parked motor vehicle. BELL fled the scene of the collision. BELL’s
minor child suffered injuries in the collision and was taken by the child’s
mother to the hospital. Hospital staff were led to believe that the child had been
injured from falling from a scooter. Upon learning the true history of the
injuries hospital personnel discovered that the child had suffered a skull
fracture. He was emergently transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics where he underwent surgery. BELL will be sentenced January 16, 2015, at
9:15 a.m.
GAGE HAKE, DOB: 3/3/1996, of Muscatine, pleaded guilty to
Burglary in the Third Degree. Investigation by the Muscatine County Sheriff’s
Department showed that HAKE participated in the burglary of a rural residence
in which property was taken.
BRIAN KEITH TULLY, DOB: 10/26/1961, of Ottumwa, was
sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment for the offense of Possession of a
Controlled Substance, Third or subsequent offense. TULLY had been placed on
probation on September 26, 2014. He then was arrested in Henry County, Iowa on
October 20, 2014, for committing a burglary. He was subsequently sentenced to
serve a term of imprisonment for that burglary.
MIGUEL AGUILAR, DOB: 10/19/1994, of Muscatine was sentenced
to serve terms of imprisonment for two drug trafficking felonies. AGUILAR had
been placed on probation on July 12, 2013. He subsequently absconded from
probation supervision.
December 8, 2014, in Muscatine County District Court:
TRAVIS VIPOND, DOB: 10/13/1981, of Muscatine, pleaded guilty
to two separate charges of Theft in the Second Degree. In one case,
investigation by the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Department and the Wilton
Police Department showed that he participated in the theft of property from a
Wilton Community Schools building. In the other case VIPOND was being treated
for injuries suffered in an assault when he took medical equipment from a
treatment room at Trinity Hospital in Muscatine. This case was investigated by
the Muscatine Police Department. He will be sentenced January 16, 2015, at 9:45
a.m.
SHASTA JOY, DOB: 6/20/1984, of Wilton, pleaded guilty to
Failure to Appear. Investigation showed that JOY had been released on bond on
charges of Theft in the First Degree. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a
suspended term of not to exceed five years to run consecutively to sentences
previously imposed on the underlying offenses.