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Vehicular victim takes polo
shot at woman who hit him
A contrite Shelton woman who
drove with methamphetamine
in her system will spend eight
months in the Mason County
Jail and another month doing
community service after her sen-
tencing in Mason County Supe-
rior Court Monday.
Teri Lynn Utheim, 41, of
942 Cascade Avenue, Shelton,
wept as she heard Judge James
Sawyer pronounce sentence on
a charge of vehicular assault.
Earlier this month, she had pied
guilty to a charge filed after her
Mustang crossed the centerline
on Highway 101 near Shelton
June 13, 2006, and hit a truck
driven by Roger Lee Addington
of Oregon.
Addington appeared in court
wearing a polo shirt with "I was
Crippled by a woman on meth"
embroidered across the back,
and provided the court with a
packet of photographs depicting
his vehicle and his life since the
crash. Deputy Prosecutor Rein-
hold Schuetz told the court that
after Addington learned of the
standard sentencing range of 3-9
months for Utheim, who has no
criminal history, he said: "That's
all she's going to get for crippling
me for life?"
Schuetz recommended a top-
of-the-range nine-month sen-
tence. Defense attorney Charles
Lane told the court: "It is a very
unfortunate case. We under-
stand the effect this accident had
on the victim, but it has also had
a great impact on my client. She
is still dealing with medical is-
sues and the stress and remorse
of what happened. This is not a
situation with numerous DUIs."
UTHEIM, WHO appeared
with friends and family for sup-
port, spoke on her own behalf, ad-
dressing her victim. "This is not
my way of life," she told Adding-
ton, explaining that she had had
a drink from a can "not knowing
what was in it." The drink made
her sick, and she said she was
thinking only of confronting the
person who gave it to her.
When she came to after the
crash, she said, "the first thing I
tried to do was get out and help
you. I hope to God you forgive
me; that is not my life."
Judge Sawyer commented:
"When a person looks at the pic-
tures of the accident scene, it's a
wonder we're here on vehicular
assault, not vehicular homicide."
Referring to a victim-impact
letter Addington wrote, he said
that Addington "is a 71-year-old
gentleman who led an extremely
active life, a fireman who worked
in extreme situations, and who
has lost his quality of life, lost
his opportunity to continue em-
ployment, lost the opportunity to
do many things he enjoyed that
require the mobility of being fit."
Sawyer noted the victim had
spent approximately 30 years
in the Los Angeles Fire Depart-
ment and had managed to avoid
injury, only to find himself run
into by the defendant."
THE JUDGE imposed a nine-
month sentence, converting 30
days to 240 hours of community
service but denying Utheim's re-
quest to serve her time on elec-
tronic home monitoring. He as-
signed court costs of $723.50, a
crime victims' fund contribution
of $500, $450 in attorney-fee re-
coupment, $100 for DNA testing
and a $100 lab fee, with restitu-
tion to be determined at a hear-
ing June 25.
Sawyer ordered Utheim to
have a drug and alcohol evalua-
tion within 30 days of her release,
and imposed a year of commu-
nity custody during which she is
to participate in any treatment
program indicated.
Utheim was ordered to un-
dergo random urinalysis at the
direction of her community cor-
rections officer, to consume no
substances including alcohol,
and to refrain from driving un-
less licensed and insured.
Not-guilty pleas:
Police: Man threatened res
A man arrested earlier this
month after allegedly threaten-
ing to kill a Kamilche man with
a section of metal pipe was ar-
raigned before Judge James
Sawyer Monday in Mason Coun-
Sparr gets
50 months
in prison
A double amputee who once
terrorized people on the Skokom-
ish Indian Reservation spoke of
changing his ways when he was
sentenced for failing to register as
a sex offender in Mason County
Superior Court last week.
A subdued Travis Liberty Sparr,
34, told the court he was transient
when he was arrested for failing
to provide the Washington De-
partment of Corrections with an
address. He asked for leniency in
a sentence whose range of 43 to
57 months was dictated bY his of-
fender score of 14.
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca
Jones Garcia and Judge James
Sawyer both alluded to Sparr's
record of rape, harassment, in-
timidation of a witness, possession
of drugs, assault and a previous
failure to register. Jones Garcia
asked for a sentence at the top of
the range.
Sparr's attorney, Ronald Sergi,
i asked ibr a low- or mid-range sen-
tence and said his client had gone
"beyond the violence" by avoiding
fights he would earlier have pro-
voked or participated in.
Addressing the court, Sparr
said he felt the Department of
Corrections set him up for fail-
ure by requiring that he provide a
residential address when he was
reporting regularly as a transient.
He said he was working and try-
ing to get his own place when he
was arrested, adding that he had
initially lived with his mother but
left because his sister was using
marijuana at the residence.
"I've been through a lot," Sparr
said. "I know my history is not one
to be proud of." Sawyer agreed.
"You've come a long way," the
judge said. "You've built this histo-
ry and it's hard to live down a bad
reputation but you can do that."
Sawyer said Sparr deserved
consideration for the start he had
made at changing his life, and im-
posed a mid-range 50-month sen-
tence with 36 to 48 months of com-
munity custody to follow it. Court
costs, fees and fines assigned to
Sparr totaled $3,133.99.
Sparr, who has lost both of his
legs, admitted a violation of con-
ditions of an earlier sentence and
Judge Sawyer ruled the 30-day jail
penalty on that violation could be
served concurrently with his sen-
tence. Sparr, who was found guilty
at trial, filed notice appealing the
conviction.
ty Superior Court.
Leroy J. Yocash, 36, who
gave the court the address of 260
SE T'Peeksin Lane, entered a
not-guilty plea through attorney
Andrew Rubenstein. Yocash was
arrested at 4:47 a.m March 1 by
Mason County sheriffs deputies
assisting Squaxin Island tribal
officers with the investigation of
a report from Virginia Berumen,
who said Yocash was beating up
her husband outside their resi-
dence on Steh Chass Place.
She told officers Yocash was
wielding a metal pipe and threat-
ening to kill Jose Berumen. Mr.
Berumen reportedly told officers
he ran inside the house and Yo-
cash hit the door with the pipe,
breaking the glass and door jamb
before he left on foot. Officers
said they contacted Yocash and
he said: "I'm going to kill him and
destroy the entire reservation."
Rubenstein told the court he
was concerned about Yocash's
competency to assist with his own
defense. The case was scheduled
for an omnibus hearing April 16,
pretrial May 7, and trial in the
week beginning May 15.
Also arraigned on Monday was
Richard Plechner, 42, currently
an inmate in the state prison sys-
tem, who lived at 1006 West Cota
Street and 2001 Hanks Lake
Road before his incarceration. He
was charged with bail jumping.
Plechner, who has been in
prison since his sentencing on an
assault charge in 2005, objected
to his arraignment, raising the
issue of timeliness. Ronald Sergi
was appointed to represent him.
Judge Sawyer ordered Plechner
released on personal recogni-
zance, since he is not due for re-
lease from prison until early in
2008, and set further hearings
and trial in his case on the 90-
day rule.
On Monday, March 19:
* Chrystal Ann Coleman,
24, of 8580 West Cloquallum
Road, Shelton, pied not guilty
to two counts of violation of the
Uniform Controlled Substance
Act. She was arrested late in
2005 on potential drug charges.
Coleman, who was represented
by attorney Harold Karlsvik,
was released on personal recog-
nizance to reappear for omnibus
proceedings May 7 and trial in
the June term.
* Travis J. Harrison, 27, O f
1407 East Beacon Street, Monte-
sano, pied not guilty to charges
of vehicular assault and driving
under the influence. He is ac-
cused of driving shortly after he
was released from jail on a DUI
arrest, having been given tests
that measured blood alcohol lev-
els of .178 and .184.
According to information
filed in the case, Harrison left
the courthouse to find his com-
panions at Big E's, a downtown
bar. Shortly afterward, officers
responded to the report of a one-
vehicle crash on State Route 108.
Harrison's companion in the ve-
hicle, Eric Creamer, was serious-
ly injured in the crash.
Harrison is represented in the
case by attorney Wayne Hagen
Jr. The defendant was told he
could have urinalyses, required
as a condition of his release, done
in Grays Harbor County with the
proper documentation for the lo-
cal probation department.
On Friday, March 16, Chris-
topher M. James, 19, of Iii
North Valley Drive, Shelton,
pled not guilty to two counts of
possession of stolen property in
the second degree.
He is accused of having com-
pact discs and a CD player be-
longing to Timothy Sorenson and
a credit card belonging to Ken-
neth Gazzaway. He told the court
attorney Larry King would rep-
resent him, and Eric Valley filled
in for King at the arraignment.
The case was set for omnibus
hearings April 2, pretrial April
16 and trial in the term begin-
ning May 1.
Prison term ordered
in Rayonier break-in
An Olympia man sentenced on a
drug-offender's sentencing option
in Mason County Superior Court
will still serve more than two years
in prison for multiple burglaries
and thefts in November from the
former ITT Rayonier building on
the Shelton waterfront.
Jerald Lee McCowan, 36, of
8413 Queets Drive NE, Olympia,
was convicted at a trial in Febru-
ary of second-degree burglary and
theft in the second degree for a
break-in November 7, second-de-
gree burglary and second-degree
theft for a break-in November
9 as well as second-degree bur-
glary and attempted theft in the
first degree when he was arrested
November 12 inside the build-
ing with his brother. He was also
found to be in possession of meth-
amphetamine.
His sentence requires that he
follow the 29.75 months of in-
carceration with 29.75 months
of community custody for the
burglaries, eight months on each
of the theft convictions and nine
months on the drug charge. The
sentences will run concurrently.
McCowan was ordered to pay
$1,206.45 in court costs, $975 in
attorney fees, $200 for genetic test-
ing and lab fees, and a $500 assess-
ment for the crime victims' com-
pensation fund. Restitution will be
determined at a hearing July 16.
Page 32 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 29, 2007
NESTLED IN THE arms of firefighter David Lucas Jr.,
Rosebud, a mixed-breed pooch, is pulled to safety from a
ledge below a cliff off Kamilche Shores Road.
Lucky dog gets
new leash on life
Rosebud, a 3-year-old, 45-
pound mixed breed is one lucky
dog.
She was rescued by firefight-
ers from fire districts 4 and 6
during the afternoon of Wednes-
day, March 14, after falling
about 25 feet over an embank-
ment from a home located on
Kamilche Shores Road.
Rosebud had gone over the
embankment and landed on a
small ledge about 20 feet below.
The beach was another 25 feet
beneath the unstable ledge.
David Lucas Jr. of Fire Dis-
trict 4 went over the edge at-
tached to three ropes controlled
by other firefighters. Bob Bur-
bridge, assistant Fire District 4
chief, said it took the rope res-
cue team about an hour to bring
the dog to safety.
According to Rosebud's own-
ers, Sarah and Justin Trosper,
this was not her first brush with
death. When they first got their
dog they saved her from being
euthanized. Rosebud has also
survived a heart condition and
a lung infection from aspirating
a toy.
March 14 was the Trospers'
first day in the neighborhood af-
ter moving up from California.
Their neighbor's dog alerted the
Trospers to Rosebud's where-
abouts. They believe Rosebud
was attempting to retrieve a
basketball she had spotted on
the beach approximately 45 feet
below when she fell.
Sentencings:
Son gets jail on
burglary charge
Two men were sentenced to jail
time Monday in Mason County Su-
perior Court.
• George Thomas Casterline
III, 32, of 505 East Summit Ave-
nue, Bremerton, appeared for sen-
tencing on a charge of residential
burglary and received a firsttime
offender sentence with credit for
time he has already served.
Defense attorney Andrew Ru-
benstein asked for a first-time of-
fender sentence and noted that
Casterline, serving the first jail
time in his life, had been incar-
cerated for more than two months
while the case was pending. He
was accused of entering his fa-
ther's home while being paid to
work outside and was originally
accused of taking drugs, although
the elder Casterline later said he
found them, Rubenstein said.
Casterline told the court: "I'm
deeply sorry for what did occur. I
have since reconciled with my fa-
ther and completed the job. There
were no drugs involved whatsoev-
er. I am regretful that things hap-
pened the way they did. I just want
to move on frqm here."
He said he would be moving
to the Seattle area. When the fa-
ther contacted the sheriffs office
he said the son was a known drug
user, Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz told the court.
Judge Sawyer imposed a first-
time offender sentence of 90 days
in the Mason County Jail with
credit for time served, 24 months
community custody, and drug and
alcohol conditions. He ordered
Casterline to have a drug-alcohol
evaluation within 30 days, and to
submit to random urinalysis.
Sawyer imposed court costs of
$298, $500 for the crime victims'
fund, $450 in attorney fees, and
a genetic testing fee of $100, to be
paid at $30 per month. The judge
also ordered moral reconation ther-
apy, and told Casterline to report
immediately to the Washington
State Department of Corrections.
• Jonathon David Garza, 25,
of 961 SE Arcadia Road, Shelton,
was given a 30-day sentence for
forgery. Garza had pled guilty to
attempting to cash money orders
after getting involved with a check"
cashing scheme on the Internet.
Garza's attorney, Ronald Sergi,
asked for conversion to electronic
home monitoring to accommodate
ongoing appointments Garza, a
discharged Marine, has with Vet-
erans Affairs.
Judge Sawyer ordered him to
serve six days in jail and said he
could then be released to 24 days
of electronic home monitoring at
his own expense. The judge or-
dered Garza to pay court costs of
$246, a cime victims' fund con"
tribution of $500, attorney fees of
$450, and a $100 genetic testing
fee. Since the money orders were
not cashed, he said, no restitutio
would be ordered.
Charges against a LilliwaUP
woman were dismissed in Maso
County Superior Court MondaY,
and no charges were filed in seV"
eral cases scheduled for arraigW
ment Monday.
Dismissed were charges against
Melinda Sue Horn, a Jorstad
Creek resident who was arreste d_
December 16 and later charged
with theft and possession of meth"
amphetamine.
No charges
date of their arraignments
Sean Thomas Meyers, for
an order exonerating $2,500
was signed; William M.
whose case was referred to
County District Court, and Jef':
emy Allen Hood, whose bail was
exonerated earlier and whose case
was referred to district court.
Vehicular victim takes polo
shot at woman who hit him
A contrite Shelton woman who
drove with methamphetamine
in her system will spend eight
months in the Mason County
Jail and another month doing
community service after her sen-
tencing in Mason County Supe-
rior Court Monday.
Teri Lynn Utheim, 41, of
942 Cascade Avenue, Shelton,
wept as she heard Judge James
Sawyer pronounce sentence on
a charge of vehicular assault.
Earlier this month, she had pied
guilty to a charge filed after her
Mustang crossed the centerline
on Highway 101 near Shelton
June 13, 2006, and hit a truck
driven by Roger Lee Addington
of Oregon.
Addington appeared in court
wearing a polo shirt with "I was
Crippled by a woman on meth"
embroidered across the back,
and provided the court with a
packet of photographs depicting
his vehicle and his life since the
crash. Deputy Prosecutor Rein-
hold Schuetz told the court that
after Addington learned of the
standard sentencing range of 3-9
months for Utheim, who has no
criminal history, he said: "That's
all she's going to get for crippling
me for life?"
Schuetz recommended a top-
of-the-range nine-month sen-
tence. Defense attorney Charles
Lane told the court: "It is a very
unfortunate case. We under-
stand the effect this accident had
on the victim, but it has also had
a great impact on my client. She
is still dealing with medical is-
sues and the stress and remorse
of what happened. This is not a
situation with numerous DUIs."
UTHEIM, WHO appeared
with friends and family for sup-
port, spoke on her own behalf, ad-
dressing her victim. "This is not
my way of life," she told Adding-
ton, explaining that she had had
a drink from a can "not knowing
what was in it." The drink made
her sick, and she said she was
thinking only of confronting the
person who gave it to her.
When she came to after the
crash, she said, "the first thing I
tried to do was get out and help
you. I hope to God you forgive
me; that is not my life."
Judge Sawyer commented:
"When a person looks at the pic-
tures of the accident scene, it's a
wonder we're here on vehicular
assault, not vehicular homicide."
Referring to a victim-impact
letter Addington wrote, he said
that Addington "is a 71-year-old
gentleman who led an extremely
active life, a fireman who worked
in extreme situations, and who
has lost his quality of life, lost
his opportunity to continue em-
ployment, lost the opportunity to
do many things he enjoyed that
require the mobility of being fit."
Sawyer noted the victim had
spent approximately 30 years
in the Los Angeles Fire Depart-
ment and had managed to avoid
injury, only to find himself run
into by the defendant."
THE JUDGE imposed a nine-
month sentence, converting 30
days to 240 hours of community
service but denying Utheim's re-
quest to serve her time on elec-
tronic home monitoring. He as-
signed court costs of $723.50, a
crime victims' fund contribution
of $500, $450 in attorney-fee re-
coupment, $100 for DNA testing
and a $100 lab fee, with restitu-
tion to be determined at a hear-
ing June 25.
Sawyer ordered Utheim to
have a drug and alcohol evalua-
tion within 30 days of her release,
and imposed a year of commu-
nity custody during which she is
to participate in any treatment
program indicated.
Utheim was ordered to un-
dergo random urinalysis at the
direction of her community cor-
rections officer, to consume no
substances including alcohol,
and to refrain from driving un-
less licensed and insured.
Not-guilty pleas:
Police: Man threatened res
A man arrested earlier this
month after allegedly threaten-
ing to kill a Kamilche man with
a section of metal pipe was ar-
raigned before Judge James
Sawyer Monday in Mason Coun-
Sparr gets
50 months
in prison
A double amputee who once
terrorized people on the Skokom-
ish Indian Reservation spoke of
changing his ways when he was
sentenced for failing to register as
a sex offender in Mason County
Superior Court last week.
A subdued Travis Liberty Sparr,
34, told the court he was transient
when he was arrested for failing
to provide the Washington De-
partment of Corrections with an
address. He asked for leniency in
a sentence whose range of 43 to
57 months was dictated bY his of-
fender score of 14.
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca
Jones Garcia and Judge James
Sawyer both alluded to Sparr's
record of rape, harassment, in-
timidation of a witness, possession
of drugs, assault and a previous
failure to register. Jones Garcia
asked for a sentence at the top of
the range.
Sparr's attorney, Ronald Sergi,
i asked ibr a low- or mid-range sen-
tence and said his client had gone
"beyond the violence" by avoiding
fights he would earlier have pro-
voked or participated in.
Addressing the court, Sparr
said he felt the Department of
Corrections set him up for fail-
ure by requiring that he provide a
residential address when he was
reporting regularly as a transient.
He said he was working and try-
ing to get his own place when he
was arrested, adding that he had
initially lived with his mother but
left because his sister was using
marijuana at the residence.
"I've been through a lot," Sparr
said. "I know my history is not one
to be proud of." Sawyer agreed.
"You've come a long way," the
judge said. "You've built this histo-
ry and it's hard to live down a bad
reputation but you can do that."
Sawyer said Sparr deserved
consideration for the start he had
made at changing his life, and im-
posed a mid-range 50-month sen-
tence with 36 to 48 months of com-
munity custody to follow it. Court
costs, fees and fines assigned to
Sparr totaled $3,133.99.
Sparr, who has lost both of his
legs, admitted a violation of con-
ditions of an earlier sentence and
Judge Sawyer ruled the 30-day jail
penalty on that violation could be
served concurrently with his sen-
tence. Sparr, who was found guilty
at trial, filed notice appealing the
conviction.
ty Superior Court.
Leroy J. Yocash, 36, who
gave the court the address of 260
SE T'Peeksin Lane, entered a
not-guilty plea through attorney
Andrew Rubenstein. Yocash was
arrested at 4:47 a.m March 1 by
Mason County sheriffs deputies
assisting Squaxin Island tribal
officers with the investigation of
a report from Virginia Berumen,
who said Yocash was beating up
her husband outside their resi-
dence on Steh Chass Place.
She told officers Yocash was
wielding a metal pipe and threat-
ening to kill Jose Berumen. Mr.
Berumen reportedly told officers
he ran inside the house and Yo-
cash hit the door with the pipe,
breaking the glass and door jamb
before he left on foot. Officers
said they contacted Yocash and
he said: "I'm going to kill him and
destroy the entire reservation."
Rubenstein told the court he
was concerned about Yocash's
competency to assist with his own
defense. The case was scheduled
for an omnibus hearing April 16,
pretrial May 7, and trial in the
week beginning May 15.
Also arraigned on Monday was
Richard Plechner, 42, currently
an inmate in the state prison sys-
tem, who lived at 1006 West Cota
Street and 2001 Hanks Lake
Road before his incarceration. He
was charged with bail jumping.
Plechner, who has been in
prison since his sentencing on an
assault charge in 2005, objected
to his arraignment, raising the
issue of timeliness. Ronald Sergi
was appointed to represent him.
Judge Sawyer ordered Plechner
released on personal recogni-
zance, since he is not due for re-
lease from prison until early in
2008, and set further hearings
and trial in his case on the 90-
day rule.
On Monday, March 19:
* Chrystal Ann Coleman,
24, of 8580 West Cloquallum
Road, Shelton, pied not guilty
to two counts of violation of the
Uniform Controlled Substance
Act. She was arrested late in
2005 on potential drug charges.
Coleman, who was represented
by attorney Harold Karlsvik,
was released on personal recog-
nizance to reappear for omnibus
proceedings May 7 and trial in
the June term.
* Travis J. Harrison, 27, O f
1407 East Beacon Street, Monte-
sano, pied not guilty to charges
of vehicular assault and driving
under the influence. He is ac-
cused of driving shortly after he
was released from jail on a DUI
arrest, having been given tests
that measured blood alcohol lev-
els of .178 and .184.
According to information
filed in the case, Harrison left
the courthouse to find his com-
panions at Big E's, a downtown
bar. Shortly afterward, officers
responded to the report of a one-
vehicle crash on State Route 108.
Harrison's companion in the ve-
hicle, Eric Creamer, was serious-
ly injured in the crash.
Harrison is represented in the
case by attorney Wayne Hagen
Jr. The defendant was told he
could have urinalyses, required
as a condition of his release, done
in Grays Harbor County with the
proper documentation for the lo-
cal probation department.
On Friday, March 16, Chris-
topher M. James, 19, of Iii
North Valley Drive, Shelton,
pled not guilty to two counts of
possession of stolen property in
the second degree.
He is accused of having com-
pact discs and a CD player be-
longing to Timothy Sorenson and
a credit card belonging to Ken-
neth Gazzaway. He told the court
attorney Larry King would rep-
resent him, and Eric Valley filled
in for King at the arraignment.
The case was set for omnibus
hearings April 2, pretrial April
16 and trial in the term begin-
ning May 1.
Prison term ordered
in Rayonier break-in
An Olympia man sentenced on a
drug-offender's sentencing option
in Mason County Superior Court
will still serve more than two years
in prison for multiple burglaries
and thefts in November from the
former ITT Rayonier building on
the Shelton waterfront.
Jerald Lee McCowan, 36, of
8413 Queets Drive NE, Olympia,
was convicted at a trial in Febru-
ary of second-degree burglary and
theft in the second degree for a
break-in November 7, second-de-
gree burglary and second-degree
theft for a break-in November
9 as well as second-degree bur-
glary and attempted theft in the
first degree when he was arrested
November 12 inside the build-
ing with his brother. He was also
found to be in possession of meth-
amphetamine.
His sentence requires that he
follow the 29.75 months of in-
carceration with 29.75 months
of community custody for the
burglaries, eight months on each
of the theft convictions and nine
months on the drug charge. The
sentences will run concurrently.
McCowan was ordered to pay
$1,206.45 in court costs, $975 in
attorney fees, $200 for genetic test-
ing and lab fees, and a $500 assess-
ment for the crime victims' com-
pensation fund. Restitution will be
determined at a hearing July 16.
Page 32 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 29, 2007
NESTLED IN THE arms of firefighter David Lucas Jr.,
Rosebud, a mixed-breed pooch, is pulled to safety from a
ledge below a cliff off Kamilche Shores Road.
Lucky dog gets
new leash on life
Rosebud, a 3-year-old, 45-
pound mixed breed is one lucky
dog.
She was rescued by firefight-
ers from fire districts 4 and 6
during the afternoon of Wednes-
day, March 14, after falling
about 25 feet over an embank-
ment from a home located on
Kamilche Shores Road.
Rosebud had gone over the
embankment and landed on a
small ledge about 20 feet below.
The beach was another 25 feet
beneath the unstable ledge.
David Lucas Jr. of Fire Dis-
trict 4 went over the edge at-
tached to three ropes controlled
by other firefighters. Bob Bur-
bridge, assistant Fire District 4
chief, said it took the rope res-
cue team about an hour to bring
the dog to safety.
According to Rosebud's own-
ers, Sarah and Justin Trosper,
this was not her first brush with
death. When they first got their
dog they saved her from being
euthanized. Rosebud has also
survived a heart condition and
a lung infection from aspirating
a toy.
March 14 was the Trospers'
first day in the neighborhood af-
ter moving up from California.
Their neighbor's dog alerted the
Trospers to Rosebud's where-
abouts. They believe Rosebud
was attempting to retrieve a
basketball she had spotted on
the beach approximately 45 feet
below when she fell.
Sentencings:
Son gets jail on
burglary charge
Two men were sentenced to jail
time Monday in Mason County Su-
perior Court.
• George Thomas Casterline
III, 32, of 505 East Summit Ave-
nue, Bremerton, appeared for sen-
tencing on a charge of residential
burglary and received a firsttime
offender sentence with credit for
time he has already served.
Defense attorney Andrew Ru-
benstein asked for a first-time of-
fender sentence and noted that
Casterline, serving the first jail
time in his life, had been incar-
cerated for more than two months
while the case was pending. He
was accused of entering his fa-
ther's home while being paid to
work outside and was originally
accused of taking drugs, although
the elder Casterline later said he
found them, Rubenstein said.
Casterline told the court: "I'm
deeply sorry for what did occur. I
have since reconciled with my fa-
ther and completed the job. There
were no drugs involved whatsoev-
er. I am regretful that things hap-
pened the way they did. I just want
to move on frqm here."
He said he would be moving
to the Seattle area. When the fa-
ther contacted the sheriffs office
he said the son was a known drug
user, Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz told the court.
Judge Sawyer imposed a first-
time offender sentence of 90 days
in the Mason County Jail with
credit for time served, 24 months
community custody, and drug and
alcohol conditions. He ordered
Casterline to have a drug-alcohol
evaluation within 30 days, and to
submit to random urinalysis.
Sawyer imposed court costs of
$298, $500 for the crime victims'
fund, $450 in attorney fees, and
a genetic testing fee of $100, to be
paid at $30 per month. The judge
also ordered moral reconation ther-
apy, and told Casterline to report
immediately to the Washington
State Department of Corrections.
• Jonathon David Garza, 25,
of 961 SE Arcadia Road, Shelton,
was given a 30-day sentence for
forgery. Garza had pled guilty to
attempting to cash money orders
after getting involved with a check"
cashing scheme on the Internet.
Garza's attorney, Ronald Sergi,
asked for conversion to electronic
home monitoring to accommodate
ongoing appointments Garza, a
discharged Marine, has with Vet-
erans Affairs.
Judge Sawyer ordered him to
serve six days in jail and said he
could then be released to 24 days
of electronic home monitoring at
his own expense. The judge or-
dered Garza to pay court costs of
$246, a cime victims' fund con"
tribution of $500, attorney fees of
$450, and a $100 genetic testing
fee. Since the money orders were
not cashed, he said, no restitutio
would be ordered.
Charges against a LilliwaUP
woman were dismissed in Maso
County Superior Court MondaY,
and no charges were filed in seV"
eral cases scheduled for arraigW
ment Monday.
Dismissed were charges against
Melinda Sue Horn, a Jorstad
Creek resident who was arreste d_
December 16 and later charged
with theft and possession of meth"
amphetamine.
No charges
date of their arraignments
Sean Thomas Meyers, for
an order exonerating $2,500
was signed; William M.
whose case was referred to
County District Court, and Jef':
emy Allen Hood, whose bail was
exonerated earlier and whose case
was referred to district court.