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• Judge Philip Kirk sentenced Benjamin N. Kvistad, 40, Clintonville, to a total of 10 years in state prison and 10 years of extended supervision.

Kvistad was convicted of two felony counts of third-degree sexual assault. He was sentenced to five-year prison terms on each count, to be served consecutively.

Kirk also ordered that Kvistad was to register as a sex offender, have no contact with minors, no contact with his victims, and not go to any parks, schools or shopping malls where children may be present.

• Kirk sentenced John M. Lozier, 44, Waupaca to three years in prison and three years of extended supervision.

Lozier was convicted of an eighth drunken driving offense. He was also convicted of felony bail jumping in a separate case.

Kirk also revoked his license for three years and assessed him $2,312 in fines and court costs.

• Judge Raymond Huber sentenced Luke J. Anderson, 32, Waupaca, to three years in prison and three years of extended supervison.

In three separate criminal cases, Anderson was convicted of his seventh and eighth drunken driving offense, and felony bail jumping. Charges of battery, disorderly conduct and bail jumping were dismissed but read into the record for sentencing purposes.

Huber also ordered that Anderson pay $1,449 in fines and court costs on each of the drunken driving convictions.
• Huber sentenced Derek S. Wanner, 27, formerly Waupaca, to a total of 40 days in jail. 

Wanner was convicted of negligent operation of a vehicle, fleeing an officer, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and a second drunken driving offense.

The judge also revoked Wanner’s extended supervision from a prior conviction and ordered that he be returned to prison to serve the remainder of a prior sentence.

In January 2010, Judge John Hoffmann sentenced Wanner to 1 1/2 years in state prison with two years of extended supervision after Wanner was convicted of a felony count of possession of marijuana and felony bail jumping. That same month, Judge Kirk sentenced Wanner to three years in prison after revoking his probation on a 2006 cocaine-related conviction.

In May 2011, Hoffmann converted Wanner’s remaining prison term to extended supervision after Wanner completed the Challenge Incarceration program.

• Judge Keith Steckbauer placed Courtland D. Fritz, 50, and Lorrenda A. Fritz, 45, both of Manawa, on two years of probation.

They were both convicted of multiple misdemeanor counts of credit card fraud. Felony charges of credit card theft and ID theft were dismissed and read into the record.

• Huber placed Dennis K. Krueger, 63, Ogdensburg, on three years of probation and ordered him to pay $2,045 in restitution and $1,711 in court costs.

Krueger was convicted of five counts of misdemeanor theft. Three counts of burglary, three more counts of misdemeanor theft, one count of felony theft and one count of felon in possession of a firearm were dismissed but read into the record.

• Steckbauer assessed Leonard J. Fields, 31, Clintonville, $805 in fines and court costs.

Fields was convicted of misdemeanor battery. Two counts of disorderly conduct and one more count of battery were dismissed but read into the record.

• Kirk sentenced Paige E. Clumpner, 24, Weyauwega, to one year in prison and two years of extended supervision after revoking her probation.

In April, Kirk placed Clumpner on two years of probation. She had been convicted of felony possession of narcotics. A misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession was dismissed and read into the record.

• Steckbauer placed Corey J. Bellile, 43, Waupaca, on two years of probation and ordered him to spend 20 days in jail.

In three separate case files, Bellile was convicted of two counts of disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment with a weapon and two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping. Charges of felony strangulation, battery and bail jumping were dismissed and read into the record.

• Steckbauer withheld sentencing and placed Gabrielle Campo, 22, Wausau, on two years of probation.

Campo was convicted of resisting an officer, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. A charge of possession of methamphetamine was dismissed but read into the record.

Campo currently faces felony drug-related charges in Marathon County, as well as battery by a prisoner.

• Steckbauer placed Michael R. Neidlein, 33, Wisconsin Rapids, on two years of probation and ordered him to pay $220 in restitution and $606 in court costs.

Neidlein was convicted of two counts of theft.

• Huber sentenced Johnathon H. Michalski, 18. Marion, to nine months in jail with three months stayed and placed him on three years of probation.

Michalski was convicted of felony child abuse.

• Huber dismissed a felony charge of operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent against Branden J. Lindsay, 18, Manawa.

• Christian R. Newby, 42, Waupaca, appeared in Waupaca County Circuit Court for sentencing on three different criminal cases.

Steckbauer imposed and stayed a three-year prison sentence for felony convictions of drug trafficking and delivery of marijuana from a June 2013 case.

Newby was also convicted of a fourth drunken driving offense from May 2014. He was sentenced to 100 days in jail, assessed $2,240 and his license revoked for 36 months.

On a felony bail jumping conviction, Steckbauer placed Newby on three years of probation with one year in jail, to be served concurrently to the drunken driving sentence.

• Steckbauer placed Aaron J. Hansen, 20, Indianapolis, on one year of probation and ordered him to pay $444 in court costs.

Hansen was convicted of felony possession of narcotics.

• Huber placed Timothy R. Arthur, 30, Marion, on two years of probation, stayed a sentence of 120 days in jail and ordered him to pay $518 in court costs.

Arthur was convicted of felony possession of narcotics.

• Huber sentenced Tiffany R. Powell, 28, Waupaca, to nine months in jail and assessed her $43 in court costs.
Powell was convicted of misdemeanor battery, amended from a felony charge.

• Huber placed Tyler Ray Kruzan, 17, Weyauwega, on two years of probation and ordered him to write a letter of apology to the victims and pay $6,500 in restitution and court costs.

Kruzan was convicted of two counts of misdemeanor theft. Three counts of burglary and one count of theft were dismissed but read into the court record.

• Kirk placed Courtney L. Fuss, 19, Shiocton, on two years of probation and ordered her to pay $1,779 in restitution and court costs.

Fuss was convicted of three counts of misdemeanor theft. Two felony counts of forgery uttering were dismissed but read into the court record.

• Huber sentenced Mark T. Gardner, 48, Waupaca, to 30 days in jail and assessed him $518 in court costs.

Garner was convicted of failure to report to jail. A misdemeanor charge of resisting an officer was dismissed and read into the record.

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