Hector Carrillo Jr. was recently granted a diversion program and 36-months of formal probation with the chance to avoid a felony conviction after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance, a category E felony. He was convicted of a gross misdemeanor and given a suspended jail sentence on the condition he successfully complete probation and drug court. Carrillo Jr., age 26, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine on September 9, 2018, and subsequently escaped from his handcuffs after being arrested, creating an additional gross misdemeanor charge of escape by a prisoner.
Items in the Court Dispositions are compiled from public records contained in the Union Township Justice Court and the Sixth Judicial District Court. News4Nevada reports all felony hearings, misdemeanor convictions and dismissals for which the court releases information. When requested by the individual, N4N will post the person’s mug shot with their court disposition.
Items in the Police Blotter are compiled from public information contained in Winnemucca Police Department reports. News4Nevada reports all incidents about which law-enforcement agencies release information. Charges or citations listed in the blotter do not imply guilt, which is determined in court. Mug shots are provided by law enforcement as part of the public record. Persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Donovan Mciver was granted a mental health diversion program and the ability to avoid his first felony conviction after pleading no contest to drug charges. Mciver was reported to be the passenger of a vehicle found to contain approximately 44 grams of marijuana and 415 grams of heroin after a traffic stop in 2018 but said he was unaware that there were drugs in the vehicle, or even where the vehicle was going.
Eternity Nicole Smith, a 25-year old new mother, was sentenced to 38–84 months in prison and a $15,000 fine for trafficking level two of a controlled substance (heroin), a category B felony after an August 2016 arrest. In August 2018 at an arraignment hearing, Smith pleaded guilty to the category B felony charge, which carries with it a mandatory prison sentence of 2–15 years in prison and up to $100,000 fine without the possibility for probation. She asked the court to allow her to come back for her sentencing hearing after she gave birth to the child she was pregnant with at the time of her arraignment hearing, which the court accommodated.
Reagan Fransway was ordered to complete the 18-month drug court program as part of an order to complete a diversion program in Sixth Judicial District Court after she pleaded guilty to one count of assault on an officer by prisoner, a category D felony. Fransway, age 38, reportedly attempted to kick and spit on an officer following her lawful arrest on September 13, 2018. Potential penalties for the conviction included 1-4 years in prison, a fine of not more than $5,000 and probation eligibility. Fransway’s defense counsel filed an application for a diversion treatment program prior to the sentencing hearing, and she had been participating in the Humboldt County mental health specialty court as a condition of her release from custody.
Items in the Court Dispositions are compiled from public records contained in the Union Township Justice Court and the Sixth Judicial District Court. News4Nevada reports all felony hearings, misdemeanor convictions and dismissals for which the court releases information. When requested by the individual, N4N will post the person’s mug shot with their court disposition.
Sheri McDaniel was ordered to pay restitution and complete 36 months of probation in lieu of a suspended 364-day jail sentence after pleading no contest to a 2018 charge of conspiracy to commit theft, a gross misdemeanor. In 2018, McDaniel was arrested and charged with a category C felony theft of $1,596.19 from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, in money paid to her for 39.7 overtime hours that were reported between Jan. 30 and March 12, 2017, but not actually worked. McDaniel was previously employed as a dispatch supervisor with the Sheriff’s Office.
Items in the Police Blotter are compiled from public information contained in Winnemucca Police Department reports. News4Nevada reports all incidents about which law-enforcement agencies release information. Charges or citations listed in the blotter do not imply guilt, which is determined in court. Mug shots are provided by law enforcement as part of the public record. Persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Milo Derijk was sentenced to 42–105 months in prison and fined $2,000 for two felony charges and one gross misdemeanor recently in Sixth Judicial District Court. Derijk was facing three separate charges originating in 2018 including battery by a prisoner while in lawful custody (category B felony), assault on an officer (category D felony) and unlawful acts relating to human excrement (gross misdemeanor).
Items in the Court Dispositions are compiled from public records contained in the Union Township Justice Court and the Sixth Judicial District Court. News4Nevada reports all felony hearings, misdemeanor convictions and dismissals for which the court releases information. When requested by the individual, N4N will post the person’s mug shot with their court disposition.
Items in the Police Blotter are compiled from public information contained in Winnemucca Police Department reports. News4Nevada reports all incidents about which law-enforcement agencies release information. Charges or citations listed in the blotter do not imply guilt, which is determined in court. Mug shots are provided by law enforcement as part of the public record. Persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Recently in the Sixth Judicial District Court, there were status changes in three high-profile Humboldt County cases, with the most recent updates outlined here. More in-depth background information on these cases can be found in previous editions of the Sun or on www.News4Nevada.com.
Steven Lawrence Dixon recently appeared in Sixth Judicial District Court for a sentencing hearing after being convicted by a jury trial of felony driving under the influence with a prior felony in December. Dixon was ordered to 30-90 months in prison. The prison sentence was ordered to be served consecutive to the 12-34 months Dixon is currently serving for a fourth-degree arson charge he was convicted of late last year, also by jury trial.
Items in the Court Dispositions are compiled from public records contained in the Union Township Justice Court and the Sixth Judicial District Court. News4Nevada reports all felony hearings, misdemeanor convictions and dismissals for which the court releases information. When requested by the individual, N4N will post the person’s mug shot with their court disposition.