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Deina R. Davis, 34, pleaded guilty July 7 to committing second-degree harassment on Feb. 11. Police received a report Davis had slapped a minor. An officer interviewed the minor, who said he was playing videogames with a friend when Davis arrived and confronted him about why he wasn’t in school. The minor said Davis knocked the videogame controller out of his hand, knocked the hat off his head and slapped him. Davis admitted she slapped the minor across the face. Davis was sentenced to write a letter of apology to the minor’s parents, 60 hours of community service and one year probation.

Aaron J. Donnelly, 35, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order on Jan. 7. Donnelly made two phone calls to a woman who recorded the phone calls and forwarded them to the Haines Borough Police Department. Police found a domestic violence protective order from the Palmer District Court was in effect. An officer contacted Donnelly, who admitted to calling the woman. Donnelly was sentenced to 20 days in jail and a $100 fee.

Lemmie L. Spradlin, 77, was found guilty by a jury on July 6 of committing fourth-degree assault and fifth-degree criminal mischief on March 26. Spradlin repeatedly and intentionally attempted to hit a woman with her car following a dispute. Spradlin also had poured glue into the keyholes of three of the woman’s padlocks, ruining two of them. Spradlin was sentenced to 20 days in jail, payment of restitution, treatment, license revocation for 180 days, a $50 fee and two years’ probation.

Donald D. Penner, 57, pleaded guilty July 28 to unlawfully possessing or transporting game on Oct. 3, 2009. Penner, from Alberta, B.C., took a mountain goat on Iron Mountain without a guide present. Penner contracted with former big game hunting guide Ron Martin, who was convicted last year in federal court on five felony charges including illegal wildlife trafficking and falsification of hunting records. The incident predates Martin’s conviction. Penner’s charge was reduced from a misdemeanor to a violation, and he was sentenced to a $500 fine, $100 fee and forfeiture of the goat.

Kristopher T. Morden, 50, pleaded guilty Aug. 6 to three counts of violating hunting seasons for brown bear on July 29. Morden shot a sow and two cubs on his Beach Road property after the bears got into his truck and a garbage container. Troopers charged Morden because the garbage was an attractant, though the misdemeanor charges were later reduced to violations. According to court records, troopers agreed to reduce the charges because “(Morden) reported himself and he was honest.” Morden was sentenced to a $1,500 fine and $10 fee.