Mecosta County Court Reports For The Week Of February 16, 2010

49th Circuit Court Of Mecosta County

 Forty-five-year-old Joseph Frank Vulpetti from Stanwood was sentenced to 13-months to 7-years in jail for "Manufacturing/Possession with Intent to Deliver 5-45 Kilograms of Marijuana."

 Thirty-five-year-old Charles Edward Gross Jr. from Big Rapids pleaded guilty to one count of "Misdemeanor Stalking," he might be sentenced on March 15, 2010.

 Forty-nine-year-old Sarah Kay Hayner from Felch MI. was sentenced to 6-months in jail for one count of "Forgery" and 6-months in jail for one count of "Motor Vehicle Unlawful Drive Away." Hayner will pay $3065.27 in fines and spend 12-months on probation.

 Thirty-eight-year-old Ana Hilda Torres-Hernandez from Big Rapids pleaded "no contest" to a charge of "Financial Transaction Device - Possession." Three other charges were dismissed in her case and prosecutors are recommending time served. Hernandez might be sentenced on March 15, 2010.

Forty-five-year-old Edward Theodore Corbett Jr. from Big Rapids was sentenced to 16-months to 7-years and 6-months in prison for a charge of "Aggravated Stalking." Corbett was convicted of "Operating-Under the Influence/Occupant Less Than 16-2nd" in Newaygo County in the year of 2000, "Uttering & Publishing" in Kent County in 1992, and "Escape, Jail or Attempt While Serving" in Kent County in 1992. In Mecosta County Corbett was also convicted of "Operating Intoxicated/Impaired/Controlled Substance - 3rd" in the year of 2008.

Forty-one-year-old Murad Haneef Shahid from Mt. Morris MI. was sentenced to 365-days in jail for one count of "Identity Theft." Shahid was given $628.00 in fines and has a previous five count conviction of "1st Degree Retail Fraud" from Oakland County in 2007, a two count conviction of Controlled Substance-Possess Narcotic/Cocaine < 25 Grams and a conviction of "Unlawfully Driving Away an Automobile" in 1991 in Genesee County.

Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Lee Major from Big Rapids pleaded guilty to one charge of "Controlled Substance Delivery of Marijuana and to a District court file of charge of "Retail Fraud." Both sentences will run concurrent with each other and his sentencing might take place on March 15, 2010. Major has past convictions of "Larceny in a Building," "Criminal Sexual Conduct, 1st Deg (Person Under 13) - Attempt" in Montcalm County and a conviction of "Breaking & Entering a Building With Intent" in Kent County.

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