COMMON PLEAS RECAP - 7/26/07

A couple more local cases to report on from the Common Pleas Courts...

Michael Joseph Bonner, 26, of West Chester, pled guilty to a single count of Terroristic Threats after a domestic dispute earlier this year. On March 18 at around 01:22, Ofc. Christopher Daly was dispatched to the report of a verbal domestic on the 300 block of South Walnut Street where the female victim reported an altercation with Bonner. She reported that Bonner swatted a stick of deoderant his his hand, causing her to be struck in the right collarbone. He also punched a bedroom door, threw a beer bottle, and caused damage to a window of her apartment and to a jewelry box. He capped off his rampage by threatening to retrieve a gun and "put a '9'" in both her head and her brother's head, then bury both of them in the woods. Bonner was sentenced to 5 years of probation, domestic violence counseling, a drug & alcohol evaluation, and ordered to have no contact with the victim (CP-15-CR-0001605-2007).

William Janda, 20, of Birdsboro, Berks County, pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance (marijuana), Possession of Drug Parahpanalia, and Underage Drinking following an incident on the WCU campus. On February 27 at around 14:14, Sgt. Matthew Paris of WCUPD was called to a dorm room on the 8th floor of Wayne Hall for the report of an odor of burnt marijuana and an odor of "bong water" from that location. Upon arrival, Sgt. Paris noted the door to the apartment was ajar and unsecured. Upon further investigation, a beer bottle was found to be in plain view of the officer. After obtaining a search warrant, officers recovered 30 grams of marijuana in four baggies, a digital scale, a marijuana grinder, a water bong, and packing material. Janda had applied for Drug Court, but was denied in mid-April. He was sentenced to 2 years probation on the drug charges and ordered to pay a $200.00 fine on the Underage Drinking Charge. He was also ordered to perform 150 hours of community service and pay $210 restitution to the PSP Lima Labs (CP-15-CR-0001713-2007).

Phillip Mason, 39, of West Chester, pled guilty to a DUI charge relating to a traffic stop in Downingtown. On January 23 shortly after midnight, Mason was pulled over by Downingtown Police on a traffic stop for a rear tail light that was out. After seeing drug paraphanalia in plain view, the defendant was taken to Brandywine Hospital for a blood test, which came back positive for cocaine. He was sentenced to 72 hours to 6 months in Chester County Prison, ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $105 restitution for the drug scan (CP-15-CR-0001844-2007). Mason also has a case pending with charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance With Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphanalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Theft by Unlawful Taking, and Recieving Stolen Property relating to three drug deals in Downingtown and Uwchlan in March. He's currently at Chester County Prison in liew of 10 percent of $5,000 bail on that matter (CP-15-CR-0002389-2007).