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Mountrail County

Sept. 30

Melissa Ann Rostad, 34, Stanley, Count 1: (offense: July 8), DUI-intoxicating liquor – first offense (misdemeanor B), chemical dependency evaluation, victim impact panel, unsupervised probation: 360 days; fees: $750; Count 2: (offense: July 8), leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to motor vehicle (misdemeanor B), fees: $200.

Oct. 1

Nathan Douglas Beck, 19, Goodhue, Minn., (offense: June 14), DUI-.16% or greater – first offense (misdemeanor B), community service: 20 hours; unsupervised probation: 360 days; victim impact panel, fees: $1,000; Mountrail County Correctional Center: 10 days, eight days suspended.

Ward County

Sept. 30

Geoffrey Kyle Goettle, 36, Minot, Count 1: (offense: June 1), driving under suspension – fourth or subsequent offense in five years (misdemeanor A), fees: $125; Ward County Jail: 42 days, credit for 42 days; Count 2: (offense: June 7), driving under suspension – fourth or subsequent offense in five years (misdemeanor A), fees: $125; Ward County Jail: 42 days, credit for 42 days.

Mason John Geller, 29, Minot, (offense: June 21), preventing arrest (misdemeanor A), fees: $500.

Syre O.T. Rose, 23, Minot, (offense: May 25), GF-reckless or negligent operation of motorboat or vessel (misdemeanor B), fees: $350.

James Duane Lesmann Jr., 60, Minot, (offense: Sept. 25, 2025), child neglect-parental care (felony C), deferring imposition of sentence: 2 years, parental capacity evaluation, supervised probation: two years; fees: $525; Ward County Jail: credit for three days.

Oct. 1

Malik Deavon Gardon, 28, Garrison, (offense: Aug. 26), unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia-use-SI, SII, SIII – second offense (felony C), deemed a misdemeanor after 360 days, supervised probation: two years; chemical dependency evaluation, fees: $525, Ward County Jail: 360 days, first serve one day, credit for one day.

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