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Superior court roundup: Bail at $100,000 for teen suspect Bail was set at $100,000 for a Belfair youth who appeared in Mason County Superior Court last Thursday for identification on potential burglary and stolen- property charges. The current case against Scott Adam Waterbury, 17, of 120 NE Byerly Drive, was declined from juvenile jurisdiction, the court noted. Judge James Saw- yer cited an extensive juvenile criminal history, the extent and nature of the current charges against Waterbury, the involve- ment of firearms and allegations of intimidation of witnesses when he set bail. Sawyer appointed Ronald Ser- gi to represent Waterbury and or- dered the suspect to have no con- tact with witnesses in the case, including a co-defendant who was also identified in court Thursday. Appearing before the court for identification on a potential CJournal of Record (Continued from page 30.) Shore Road, Belfair, was report- ed. Firefighters and deputies re- Sponded to the report of a struc- ture fire on Mason Lake Road near Trask Lake. A possible brush theft was re- Ported to be under way at Timber Tides. Sunday, March 25 Skokomish tribal police re- sponded to a report of vandalism on Tribal Center Road. Squaxin tribal police received a Complaint of a theft of money and cell phone from a residence on Ta Sat Circle. A caller reported that people aoved from a home on Hemlock Place, Shelton, leaving a cat and a dog with 13 puppies without care. A Belfair caller reported someone left a sick dog tied and unattended : at a place on State Route 3, and an Agate Road caller reported coming laome to find the family dog dead not of natural causes." A Lynch Road caller complained of the theft of two bonsai trees Worth $450. Monday, March 26 Officers responded to the report of a residential burglary and the theft from an undisclosed loca- tion in Thurston County of a silver 2003 Buick Regal at an address on State Route 3 near Shelton. Officers investigated a commer- cial burglary on Log Yard Road near Belfair. A Crestview Drive resident com- plained of vandalism to a fence. : A safe and money were reported stolen from a residence on Snow- cap Drive, Tahuya. Officers investigated a sex of- fense complaint. An attempted break-in was re- Ported at a home on Highway 101 near Hoodsport. A cell phone and an iPod were reported stolen in a vehicle prowl on Shelton-Matlock Road. Officers assisted the state pa- trol at the scene of an accident on State Route 300 near Belfair. A motorhome, possibly stolen, Was reported abandoned on Weav- er Creek Lane property, and a con- struction worker reported finding an abandoned vehicle in the woods ia the Agate area. Deputies were called to assist quaxin Tribal Police at a possible Urglary in progress on Old Olym- Pic Highway. Two callers alerted officers to a brown-and-white calf walking own the middle of Shelton-Mat- ock Road. MASON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT The following restaurants and Other food-handling establish- ents were inspected during the onth of February. Violations listed in the "red" category are those which involve practices that Put the public at risk of foodborne illness; repeated violations can re- €6 " tdt in enforcement action. Blue Violations relate to food service op- erations and cleanliness. The number of red (critical) items and blue (sanitation and maintenance) items is not neces- sarily the number of violations found, according to an official with the county health department. The inspections are done by Jess Mosley, an environmental health specialist. Each red and blue vio- lation has a different point score depending on the hazard level. Red violations have higher point scores than blue because red items involve a greater probability of causing foodborne illness. "Red section violations range from five to 30 points. If a food es- tablishment has 60 red points, it might have only two violations, but these would be two high-haz- ard violations that would be very likely to cause foodborne illness if not corrected," Mosely says. "Blue violations range from two to five points." Routine Inspections: February 6: Sunset Beach Grocery, Belfair, no violations. February 7: Union Square Dell, Union, no violations. Robin Hood Village Market, Union, no violations. Happy Hollow Country Store, Belfair, no violations. Alderbrook Country Store, Union, five red, no blue (food work- er cards not current), five total. February 8: Rise and Shine Coffee Compa- ny, Belfair, no violations. Courtney Southside Espresso, Belfair, no violations. Lupita's Tienda Mexicana, Bel- fair, five red (food worker card not current), no blue, five total. February 13: Urraco Coffee, Shelton, no red, two blue (no current food estab- lishment permit), two total. Michelle's Homestyle Bakery, Shelton, no red, two blue (light shields missing in food prepara- tion area), two total. Opening Inspections: February 1: First Baptist Church Espresso, Shelton, no violations. February 13: Lakeside Bistro, Allyn, no viola- tions. February 16: Tobe's Bistro, Shelton, no viola- tions. Complaint Inspections: February 6: Zingaro's Espresso, Shelton, septic system evaluation, no viola- tions. February 7: Airport Grocery, Shelton, septic system back-up, no red, five blue, five total. Temporary permits: February 3: Allyn Community Association, Allyn, no violations. .\\;i,,kN()N (,()i NTY Children received a good education before the government decided the schools should be parents. Iuss Denney PANTORIUM O CLEANERS & TAILORS Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 215 South Second years 426-3371 charge of second-degree burglary and trafficking in stolen property in the first degree, charges asso- ciated with the same series of in- cidents, was 18-year-old Michael Taylor Waye of 190 NE Byerly Drive, Belfair. Because Waye had no signifi- cant criminal history, Sawyer set his bail at $2,500. He appointed Charles Lane to represent Waye. Both youths are to appear for ar- raignment on April 2. ON MONDAY, March 26, Ni- cole Lynn Ralston, 29, listed as a transient from Belfair at her booking, appeared for identifica- tion before Judge Sawyer. She was arrested on the weekend on suspicion of possession of meth- amphetamine. At her identification, the court was told she appeared to be living in a vehicle. Sawyer noted that if she is released from jail, she will probably be transported to Kit- sap County for a warrant arrest. She is to appear for arraignment on April 9. ON FRIDAY, March 23, Bob- by Dale Beasley Jr., 39, of 220 East Tahuya Drive, Shelton, ap- peared for identification before Judge Sawyer on a potential charge of first-degree burglary in a case that involved a dispute with Rene Demmon. Beasley told the court he does not work outside the home but is paid by the state to care for his young son, who had a kidney transplant. Ruling him indigent for the purposes of court-appoint- ed counsel, Sawyer named Sergi to defend Beasley and set an ar- raignment for April 9. He set bail at $2,500. The judge ordered Bea- sley to have no contact with Dem- men or Carl Hills. ON WEDNESDAY, March 21: * Elmer H. Chase, 32, of Bea- ver came before Judge Sawyer for identification on potential charg- es of criminal impersonation and forgery. According to the report of the officer who originally contacted him for trespassing, Chase was using identification belonging to his brother-in-law, Leon C. Nor- ris, to avoid being arrested on a Washington State Department of Corrections warrant. Sawyer appointed Lane to rep- resent Chase, but denied Lane's request for a release on personal recognizance, citing a history of warrants. The judge set bail at $2,500 and scheduled arraign- ment for April 2. , Darrin J. Pariseau, 38, of 730 Taft SW, Port Orchard, appeared after an arrest on a charge of possession of metham- phetamine. According to an affidavit from the Mason County Sheriff's Of- rice, he was stopped on Sand Hill Road after an officer noticed one of the wheels on his vehicle was wobbly. Pariseau was arrested when a records check indicated a suspended driver's license and a subsequent search of his vehicle discovered a case with a glass pipe, a bag of a white crystalline substance that field-tested posi- tive for methamphetamine, and a number of pills later identified as Meperidine, which Pariseau told the officer he found while "dump- ster diving." Judge Sawyer reported finding probable cause for his arrest and set conditions of release, includ- ing weekly urinalysis and bail of $5,000. His arraignment is April 2. Guilty t)leas: Pleas made, trials averted Jurors were reporting for trial duty Tuesday when the defen- dant in Mason County Superior Court made a last-minute change of plea. Entering a plea of guilty to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender was Davey K. New- by, 24, who indicated at his arrest that he was transient. He was ar- rested in January at the home of a friend on Passage View Drive on allegations that he had failed to register his current address with the Washington State Depart- ment of Corrections from Decem- ber 29 through January 21. Newby entered the plea with the aid of defense attorney John Stanislay, admitting that he had not met requirements of register- ing his address as a sex offender. He was convicted of third-degree assault with sexual motivation in September of 2000 in Thurston County Superior Court. Newby pled guilty to an earlier charge of failure to register in November of 2005. Other cases were resolved short of trial during the past week. In those cases: • Julio Cesar Montano. Carreon, 32, of 51 East Spruce Place, Shelton, pled guilty on March 22 to an amended charge of child molestation in the first degree, a crime which could send him to prison for five years. Mon- tane, who has no criminal history, was originally charged with rape of a child in the first degree. Charges were filed earlier this year after his wife reported to law enforcement officers that she found him in bed with a 5-year- old girl identified as the couple's niece. Information in the case in- dicated he was intoxicated. Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Jones Garcia told the court that the prosecution would not support a special sex-offender sentencing alternative, or SSOSA, but de- fense attorney Jeannette Boothe said she would ask for the court's consideration of that alternative at sentencing. With no prior offenses on his record, Montane faces a sentence of 51 to 68 months in prison and lifetime conditions after his re- lease, including the requirement that he register as a sex offender. Montane will be sentenced May 7. Two cases were resolved with pleas during Monday's court cal- endar. • Christine Louise Van- derberg, 48, of 41 NE Virginia Avenue, Belfair, pled guilty as charged to a charge of driving un- der the influence. Vanderberg's plea resolves her case for possible diversion on an assault charge in- volving a police officer at the scene of her arrest December 29, 2006. Vanderberg's attorney, Robert Brungardt, entered the plea on her behalf. In her plea statement, Vanderberg told the court she drove while intoxicated, admit- ting that her ability to drive was impaired. Judge Sawyer found her guilty and scheduled her sen- tencing for April 9. • Owen Wayne Steven Man- sfield, 29, of 6516 Sunnybay Drive, Gig Harbor, entered a plea of guilty to an orally amended charge of criminal trespass in the first degree, a charge reduced from felony harassment. The pros- ecution indicated a recommenda- tion of a one-year sentence with 364 days suspended with credit for the day Mansfield has already served. In his plea statement, Mans- field said he committed criminal trespass on July 11, 2006, with the police statement of probable cause stipulated as the evidence in support of his plea. According to information filed in the case, Mansfield was arrested at Union Bay Cafe just after midnight July 12 of last year for allegedly threat- ening to kill three people in the bar's parking lot and swinging a chain at several people. Judge Sawyer set sentencing for April 9. On Friday, March 23, Jeffrey Scott Howard, 41, of 100 East Hedlund Drive, Shelton, pied guilty to a charge of vehicular as- sault. He admitted that he drove after drinking on the night of October 12, 2006, and was driv- ing when his vehicle crashed. His wife, Stephanie Ruth Howard, was injured in the incident. Judge James Sawyer set his sentencing for April 30. PUBLIC NOTICE Casey Salisbury ~ Sheriff SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION BULLETIN LEVEL 3 NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENCE If you have any information regardin[g current crtm__al activity of this or any other offender, please call 911. For other inf0rmatlon on sex oftenders,http://so.co.mason.wa.us/ BENJAMIN JOHN GAUERKE WHITE MALE - DOB: 03/22/55 5'-10" TALL - 210 LBS. BROWN HAIR & BLUE EYES Benjamin Gauerke has recently moved onto private property and is no longer transient. He was recently convicted of Child Molestation 3rd Degree, Mason County Superior Court cause #02-1-00286-2. This conviction stems from when GAUERKE was 47 years old, he sexually assaulted a 15 year old girl that was known to him through a friend of his. Later that same week of the sexual assault, GAUERKE propositioned the young girl for sexual intercourse. GAUERKE has other sexual assault convictions. On 07/01/84, GAUERKE was convicted of Indecent Liberties, Pacific County Superior Court cause #84-1-00051-0. This conviction stems from when GAUERKE was 29 years old, he pied guilty to sexually assaulting an 8 year old girl that was known to him through a friend. The little girl indicated that she was sexually assaulted on at least 5 occasions by GAUERKE. On 10/10/89, GAUERKE was convicted of Attempted Molestation of a Child, and Dangerous Crime Against Children 2nd Degree, Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona, cause #CR8910847. This conviction stems from when GAUERKE was 34 years old, he sexually assaulted a 12 year old girl that was known to him through a friend of his. This little girl also stated that GAUERKE had sexually assaulted her two years earlier when she was only 10 years old, but the charges for that specific crime were eventually dropped. Due to all of GAUERKE's sexual crime convictions, he is considered a HIGH RISK. NOTE: GAUERKE will be on Dept. of Corrections Supervision for 36-48 months. GAUERKE is assessed by Mason County Sheriff's Office as a Level 3 Sex Offender because of his continual sexual assault record. This is the highest level given to a Sex Offender, meaning that the subject is at a HIGH RISK to re-offend. GAUERKE has given his address within Mason County as: Within the 3300 Block of W. Shelton-Maflock Rd., Shelton, WA. Paid for by the Mason County Sheriffs Office I Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 31 Superior court roundup: Bail at $100,000 for teen suspect Bail was set at $100,000 for a Belfair youth who appeared in Mason County Superior Court last Thursday for identification on potential burglary and stolen- property charges. The current case against Scott Adam Waterbury, 17, of 120 NE Byerly Drive, was declined from juvenile jurisdiction, the court noted. Judge James Saw- yer cited an extensive juvenile criminal history, the extent and nature of the current charges against Waterbury, the involve- ment of firearms and allegations of intimidation of witnesses when he set bail. Sawyer appointed Ronald Ser- gi to represent Waterbury and or- dered the suspect to have no con- tact with witnesses in the case, including a co-defendant who was also identified in court Thursday. Appearing before the court for identification on a potential CJournal of Record (Continued from page 30.) Shore Road, Belfair, was report- ed. Firefighters and deputies re- Sponded to the report of a struc- ture fire on Mason Lake Road near Trask Lake. A possible brush theft was re- Ported to be under way at Timber Tides. Sunday, March 25 Skokomish tribal police re- sponded to a report of vandalism on Tribal Center Road. Squaxin tribal police received a Complaint of a theft of money and cell phone from a residence on Ta Sat Circle. A caller reported that people aoved from a home on Hemlock Place, Shelton, leaving a cat and a dog with 13 puppies without care. A Belfair caller reported someone left a sick dog tied and unattended : at a place on State Route 3, and an Agate Road caller reported coming laome to find the family dog dead not of natural causes." A Lynch Road caller complained of the theft of two bonsai trees Worth $450. Monday, March 26 Officers responded to the report of a residential burglary and the theft from an undisclosed loca- tion in Thurston County of a silver 2003 Buick Regal at an address on State Route 3 near Shelton. Officers investigated a commer- cial burglary on Log Yard Road near Belfair. A Crestview Drive resident com- plained of vandalism to a fence. : A safe and money were reported stolen from a residence on Snow- cap Drive, Tahuya. Officers investigated a sex of- fense complaint. An attempted break-in was re- Ported at a home on Highway 101 near Hoodsport. A cell phone and an iPod were reported stolen in a vehicle prowl on Shelton-Matlock Road. Officers assisted the state pa- trol at the scene of an accident on State Route 300 near Belfair. A motorhome, possibly stolen, Was reported abandoned on Weav- er Creek Lane property, and a con- struction worker reported finding an abandoned vehicle in the woods ia the Agate area. Deputies were called to assist quaxin Tribal Police at a possible Urglary in progress on Old Olym- Pic Highway. Two callers alerted officers to a brown-and-white calf walking own the middle of Shelton-Mat- ock Road. MASON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT The following restaurants and Other food-handling establish- ents were inspected during the onth of February. Violations listed in the "red" category are those which involve practices that Put the public at risk of foodborne illness; repeated violations can re- €6 " tdt in enforcement action. Blue Violations relate to food service op- erations and cleanliness. The number of red (critical) items and blue (sanitation and maintenance) items is not neces- sarily the number of violations found, according to an official with the county health department. The inspections are done by Jess Mosley, an environmental health specialist. Each red and blue vio- lation has a different point score depending on the hazard level. Red violations have higher point scores than blue because red items involve a greater probability of causing foodborne illness. "Red section violations range from five to 30 points. If a food es- tablishment has 60 red points, it might have only two violations, but these would be two high-haz- ard violations that would be very likely to cause foodborne illness if not corrected," Mosely says. "Blue violations range from two to five points." Routine Inspections: February 6: Sunset Beach Grocery, Belfair, no violations. February 7: Union Square Dell, Union, no violations. Robin Hood Village Market, Union, no violations. Happy Hollow Country Store, Belfair, no violations. Alderbrook Country Store, Union, five red, no blue (food work- er cards not current), five total. February 8: Rise and Shine Coffee Compa- ny, Belfair, no violations. Courtney Southside Espresso, Belfair, no violations. Lupita's Tienda Mexicana, Bel- fair, five red (food worker card not current), no blue, five total. February 13: Urraco Coffee, Shelton, no red, two blue (no current food estab- lishment permit), two total. Michelle's Homestyle Bakery, Shelton, no red, two blue (light shields missing in food prepara- tion area), two total. Opening Inspections: February 1: First Baptist Church Espresso, Shelton, no violations. February 13: Lakeside Bistro, Allyn, no viola- tions. February 16: Tobe's Bistro, Shelton, no viola- tions. Complaint Inspections: February 6: Zingaro's Espresso, Shelton, septic system evaluation, no viola- tions. February 7: Airport Grocery, Shelton, septic system back-up, no red, five blue, five total. Temporary permits: February 3: Allyn Community Association, Allyn, no violations. .\\;i,,kN()N (,()i NTY Children received a good education before the government decided the schools should be parents. Iuss Denney PANTORIUM O CLEANERS & TAILORS Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 215 South Second years 426-3371 charge of second-degree burglary and trafficking in stolen property in the first degree, charges asso- ciated with the same series of in- cidents, was 18-year-old Michael Taylor Waye of 190 NE Byerly Drive, Belfair. Because Waye had no signifi- cant criminal history, Sawyer set his bail at $2,500. He appointed Charles Lane to represent Waye. Both youths are to appear for ar- raignment on April 2. ON MONDAY, March 26, Ni- cole Lynn Ralston, 29, listed as a transient from Belfair at her booking, appeared for identifica- tion before Judge Sawyer. She was arrested on the weekend on suspicion of possession of meth- amphetamine. At her identification, the court was told she appeared to be living in a vehicle. Sawyer noted that if she is released from jail, she will probably be transported to Kit- sap County for a warrant arrest. She is to appear for arraignment on April 9. ON FRIDAY, March 23, Bob- by Dale Beasley Jr., 39, of 220 East Tahuya Drive, Shelton, ap- peared for identification before Judge Sawyer on a potential charge of first-degree burglary in a case that involved a dispute with Rene Demmon. Beasley told the court he does not work outside the home but is paid by the state to care for his young son, who had a kidney transplant. Ruling him indigent for the purposes of court-appoint- ed counsel, Sawyer named Sergi to defend Beasley and set an ar- raignment for April 9. He set bail at $2,500. The judge ordered Bea- sley to have no contact with Dem- men or Carl Hills. ON WEDNESDAY, March 21: * Elmer H. Chase, 32, of Bea- ver came before Judge Sawyer for identification on potential charg- es of criminal impersonation and forgery. According to the report of the officer who originally contacted him for trespassing, Chase was using identification belonging to his brother-in-law, Leon C. Nor- ris, to avoid being arrested on a Washington State Department of Corrections warrant. Sawyer appointed Lane to rep- resent Chase, but denied Lane's request for a release on personal recognizance, citing a history of warrants. The judge set bail at $2,500 and scheduled arraign- ment for April 2. , Darrin J. Pariseau, 38, of 730 Taft SW, Port Orchard, appeared after an arrest on a charge of possession of metham- phetamine. According to an affidavit from the Mason County Sheriff's Of- rice, he was stopped on Sand Hill Road after an officer noticed one of the wheels on his vehicle was wobbly. Pariseau was arrested when a records check indicated a suspended driver's license and a subsequent search of his vehicle discovered a case with a glass pipe, a bag of a white crystalline substance that field-tested posi- tive for methamphetamine, and a number of pills later identified as Meperidine, which Pariseau told the officer he found while "dump- ster diving." Judge Sawyer reported finding probable cause for his arrest and set conditions of release, includ- ing weekly urinalysis and bail of $5,000. His arraignment is April 2. Guilty t)leas: Pleas made, trials averted Jurors were reporting for trial duty Tuesday when the defen- dant in Mason County Superior Court made a last-minute change of plea. Entering a plea of guilty to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender was Davey K. New- by, 24, who indicated at his arrest that he was transient. He was ar- rested in January at the home of a friend on Passage View Drive on allegations that he had failed to register his current address with the Washington State Depart- ment of Corrections from Decem- ber 29 through January 21. Newby entered the plea with the aid of defense attorney John Stanislay, admitting that he had not met requirements of register- ing his address as a sex offender. He was convicted of third-degree assault with sexual motivation in September of 2000 in Thurston County Superior Court. Newby pled guilty to an earlier charge of failure to register in November of 2005. Other cases were resolved short of trial during the past week. In those cases: • Julio Cesar Montano. Carreon, 32, of 51 East Spruce Place, Shelton, pled guilty on March 22 to an amended charge of child molestation in the first degree, a crime which could send him to prison for five years. Mon- tane, who has no criminal history, was originally charged with rape of a child in the first degree. Charges were filed earlier this year after his wife reported to law enforcement officers that she found him in bed with a 5-year- old girl identified as the couple's niece. Information in the case in- dicated he was intoxicated. Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Jones Garcia told the court that the prosecution would not support a special sex-offender sentencing alternative, or SSOSA, but de- fense attorney Jeannette Boothe said she would ask for the court's consideration of that alternative at sentencing. With no prior offenses on his record, Montane faces a sentence of 51 to 68 months in prison and lifetime conditions after his re- lease, including the requirement that he register as a sex offender. Montane will be sentenced May 7. Two cases were resolved with pleas during Monday's court cal- endar. • Christine Louise Van- derberg, 48, of 41 NE Virginia Avenue, Belfair, pled guilty as charged to a charge of driving un- der the influence. Vanderberg's plea resolves her case for possible diversion on an assault charge in- volving a police officer at the scene of her arrest December 29, 2006. Vanderberg's attorney, Robert Brungardt, entered the plea on her behalf. In her plea statement, Vanderberg told the court she drove while intoxicated, admit- ting that her ability to drive was impaired. Judge Sawyer found her guilty and scheduled her sen- tencing for April 9. • Owen Wayne Steven Man- sfield, 29, of 6516 Sunnybay Drive, Gig Harbor, entered a plea of guilty to an orally amended charge of criminal trespass in the first degree, a charge reduced from felony harassment. The pros- ecution indicated a recommenda- tion of a one-year sentence with 364 days suspended with credit for the day Mansfield has already served. In his plea statement, Mans- field said he committed criminal trespass on July 11, 2006, with the police statement of probable cause stipulated as the evidence in support of his plea. According to information filed in the case, Mansfield was arrested at Union Bay Cafe just after midnight July 12 of last year for allegedly threat- ening to kill three people in the bar's parking lot and swinging a chain at several people. Judge Sawyer set sentencing for April 9. On Friday, March 23, Jeffrey Scott Howard, 41, of 100 East Hedlund Drive, Shelton, pied guilty to a charge of vehicular as- sault. He admitted that he drove after drinking on the night of October 12, 2006, and was driv- ing when his vehicle crashed. His wife, Stephanie Ruth Howard, was injured in the incident. Judge James Sawyer set his sentencing for April 30. PUBLIC NOTICE Casey Salisbury ~ Sheriff SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION BULLETIN LEVEL 3 NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENCE If you have any information regardin[g current crtm__al activity of this or any other offender, please call 911. For other inf0rmatlon on sex oftenders,http://so.co.mason.wa.us/ BENJAMIN JOHN GAUERKE WHITE MALE - DOB: 03/22/55 5'-10" TALL - 210 LBS. BROWN HAIR & BLUE EYES Benjamin Gauerke has recently moved onto private property and is no longer transient. He was recently convicted of Child Molestation 3rd Degree, Mason County Superior Court cause #02-1-00286-2. This conviction stems from when GAUERKE was 47 years old, he sexually assaulted a 15 year old girl that was known to him through a friend of his. Later that same week of the sexual assault, GAUERKE propositioned the young girl for sexual intercourse. GAUERKE has other sexual assault convictions. On 07/01/84, GAUERKE was convicted of Indecent Liberties, Pacific County Superior Court cause #84-1-00051-0. This conviction stems from when GAUERKE was 29 years old, he pied guilty to sexually assaulting an 8 year old girl that was known to him through a friend. The little girl indicated that she was sexually assaulted on at least 5 occasions by GAUERKE. On 10/10/89, GAUERKE was convicted of Attempted Molestation of a Child, and Dangerous Crime Against Children 2nd Degree, Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona, cause #CR8910847. This conviction stems from when GAUERKE was 34 years old, he sexually assaulted a 12 year old girl that was known to him through a friend of his. This little girl also stated that GAUERKE had sexually assaulted her two years earlier when she was only 10 years old, but the charges for that specific crime were eventually dropped. Due to all of GAUERKE's sexual crime convictions, he is considered a HIGH RISK. NOTE: GAUERKE will be on Dept. of Corrections Supervision for 36-48 months. GAUERKE is assessed by Mason County Sheriff's Office as a Level 3 Sex Offender because of his continual sexual assault record. This is the highest level given to a Sex Offender, meaning that the subject is at a HIGH RISK to re-offend. GAUERKE has given his address within Mason County as: Within the 3300 Block of W. Shelton-Maflock Rd., Shelton, WA. Paid for by the Mason County Sheriffs Office I Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 31