Wahkiakum Superior Court - November 3, 2011

Michael Sullivan, judge

October 19

A 12-person jury found Kristy Marie Schroeder not guilty of a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle.

She was accused of having possession of a U-Haul truck stolen from an Albany, Ore., outlet between August 14 and September 1.

A deputy sheriff contacted the vehicle, which was reported stolen August 11, during the night of August 14, when it was parked outside the Rosburg Store. The deputy arrested the driver who was wanted on outstanding warrants. The defendant was the female passenger, and she remained with the vehicle. They said they were moving to a Salmon Creek address.

On September 1, a Hungry Hiway resident reported finding the vehicle up a logging road. An officer investigated and found that the vehicle license plate didn't match its identification number, which belonged to the stolen vehicle. Officers then went to Schroeder's residence and arrested her.

She told officers that her boyfriend had obtained the vehicle and that another friend had said he would return it after the boyfriend was arrested.

Jurors said the state didn't show that she "did knowingly possess a stolen motor vehicle," as the charge indicated.

October 24

State versus James T. Kissinger, 37: The defendant pled guilty to charges of second degree malicious mischief and fourth degree assault/domestic violence. He admitted damaging a vehicle in which a woman was riding and also striking her. He was ordered to serve five months in jail, to undergo drug and alcohol evaluation and, if required, treatment, and to pay a $500 Crime Victim Assessment, $230 court costs, $250 fine, $100 DNA collection fee, $100 court security restitution fee and the expense of his court appointed attorney.

State versus Joshua U. Bianco, 31: The defendant was charged with first degree child molestation/domestic violence, and bail was set at $25,000. Arraignment was set for November 7.

State versus Carl Dan Webster: An arrest warrant was issued for the defendant on a charge of making threats to kill/domestic violence.