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Brown County District Court FIFTH-DEGREE DRUG POSSESSION-NOT SMALL AMOUNT MARIJUANA Shawn Ellen Sanford. Kasota. Stay of adjudication. Five days local confinement, credit for 5 days served. Sentence to service 10 days for 6 mos. Complete chemical use and diagnostic assessments within 30 days of June 23, 2026 sentencing. Five years supervised probation. THIRD-DEGREE DWI Nick Walter Bicknase. $810. 364 days local confinement, 361 days stayed for 2 years supervised probation. May serve 5 days STS in lieu of jail. Credit for 1 day served. Complete chemical use assessment, follow ...

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Brown County District Court (Charges are petty misdemeanors unless otherwise noted) THIRD-DEGREE BURGLARY • Justin Dennis Tollefson, New Ulm. 18 mos. St. Cloud Correctional Facility, stayed for three years supervised probation. 180 hours Sentence to Service for one year. Pay restitution, to remain open for 30 days from June 16, 2026. Complete chemical use and diagnostic assessments, follow recommendations, no alcohol/controlled substance use, no mood-altering chemicals. No contact with victims. Felony. DOMESTIC ASSAULT • Manuel Enrique Cobayashi. San Elizano, Tx. 24 mos. St. ...

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Sibley County Court • Jason Marc Schulte, 56, Gibbon, was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment, stayed for up to five years probation for second-degree burglary June 25. Conditions include 30 days in the Sibley County Jail, complete 120 hours Sentence to Service, complete a comprehensive assessment within 60 days, follow all recommendations, have no direct or indirect contact with the victim, pay $303.06 restitution, take medications as prescribed, comply with cognitive skills programming as directed by probation, pay $135. • Tyrell Peter Bautch, 23, Fairfax, appeared at a June 25 ...

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Brown County District Court STALKING-PATTERN OF STALKING CONDUCT Damian Ray Frederickson. Lafayette. $1,075 June 8, 2026. Two days local confinement, credit for two days served. Must successfully complete Nicollet County AOD Court, domestic abuse counseling/treatment, pay costs. No alcohol/controlled substance use. Fifty-one months St. Cloud Correctional Facility stayed for five years. Felony. THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT-SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM Ramon Gaytan Figueroa Jr. New Ulm. Stay of imposition. June 8, 2026. $750. 30 days local confinement, credit for four days served. May serve as ...

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Brown County District Court SECOND-DEGREE DWI Edward Nathaniel Jones. New Ulm. $985. 364 days local confinement, 344 days stayed for three years supervised probation. May serve 10 days Sentence to Service in lieu of jail. Complete chemical assessment, MADD Impact Panel, pay fee. No alcohol use or any form. Gross misdemeanor. DOMESTIC ASSAULT-SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION Victor Allen Thomas, Jr. New Ulm. $560. 364 days local confinement, 361 days stayed for two years supervised probation. Credit for three days served. Sentence to Service 80 hours for 9 mos. Domestic abuse ...

Streich sentenced in embezzling case

NEW ULM - Jacquelynn Rae Streich was sentenced to pay $100,000 in restitution and serve a staggered jail sentence of 120 days in Brown County Court on Wednesday. In April, Streich pled guilty to three counts of felony theft between June 2022 and June 2023 that created more than a $100,000 loss for Be a Great Teacher, a business that offers professional development courses for teachers. The State alleged Streich took unauthorized expenses, made payments on her credit card from the business’s bank account and owner’s bank account; made personal Amazon purchases on the business’s ...