Cook County News Herald

Matters of Record




The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.

Colton Robert Deschampe, 20, Grand Marais, pled guilty Aug. 27 to minor consumption of liquor on Aug. 4, and was sentenced to 15 days in jail, stayed one year with unsupervised probation and conditions and ordered to pay a $150 fine plus court costs and fees for a total of $240.

John J. Kaunas, 79, Downers Grove, Ill., pled guilty Sept. 10 to speeding (70/55) on Aug. 25 and was fined $150.

Devann Michael Pauling, 20, Grand Marais, pled guilty Sept. 10 to reckless driving on May 31, additional felony charges of criminal vehicular operation resulting in great bodily harm and fraudulent use of license plates having been dismissed by the court. Sentenced to 90 days in jail, stayed one year with unsupervised probation and conditions, and ordered to pay costs and fines totaling $290.

Alon Slabodnik, 29, Ontario, pled guilty Sept. 10 to felony charges of possession of a controlled substance on Sept. 4, the court having dismissed additional related charges. Granted a stay of adjudication Sept. 10, sentenced to two years unsupervised probation with conditions, and ordered to pay fees of $2,500.

Ward Richard Danielson, 45, Silver Bay, pled guilty Sept. 10 to charges of DWI filed Aug. 26, and was sentenced to 60 days in jail, stayed one year with unsupervised probation and conditions, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine plus court costs and fees for a total of $1,590.

Marriage License Applications

William Warren Malone, Lutsen and
Claire Elaine Heule, Lutsen.
Alyssa Marie Vetsch, Oregon and
Connor Charles O’Brien, Oregon.
Jessica Marie Benschoter, Texas and
Cornelius Onell Williams, Texas.
Brandee Michelle Wenzel, Grand Marais and
Tammy Karen Cefalu, Grand Marais.
Sheila Rose Sundell, Shuniah, Ontario
and Nicholas Whitbread, Shuniah, Ontario.

Marriage Dissolutions

Lyssa Michelle Ibarra from James Darrell Beaver, July 22.
Thomas Bryan Scheiblauer from
Kelly Jean Scheiblauer (Kelly Jean Phelps), Aug. 30.
Sandra McQuatters from Clint Jim McQuatters, Aug. 12.



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