Brown County Record
Brown County District Court
THIRD-DEGREE BURGLARY
• James Dean Postel. New Ulm. Stay of imposition. Credit for 82 days local confinement, pay $3,444 including $3,284 restitution due before fines, fees, surcharges. Complete comprehensive assessment, diagnostic assessment, no possession of alcohol or drugs except prescribed medications. No use or possession of firearms or dangerous weapons. Felony.
THIRD-DEGREE DWI
• Joad James Ostermann. Courtland. $1,010. 364 days local confinement stayed for two years supervised probation. Complete chemical assessment, follow recommendations, attend MADD Impact Panel. No alcohol use. Complay with Ignition Interlock program. Eight days of jail can be served as STS within 180 days of July 16, 2026 sentencing. Gross misdemeanor. Robert William Schonrock. New Ulm. $1,010. 364 days local confinement, 353 days stayed for two years supervised probation. Sentence to service five days for one year. May serve 10 jail days as remove alcohol monitoring at own expense. Complete chemical assessment, no alcohol or drug use or possession, attend MADD Impact Panel. Gross misdemeanor.
FIFTH-DEGREE DRUG POSSESSION-NOT CANNABIS/HEMP
• Dorothy Irene Leoso. St. Paul. $75. 364 days supervised probation. Sentence to service 20 hours per year for indeterminate. No alcohol/controlled substance use or possession except prescribed medications. Gross misdemeanor.
MALICIOUS PUNISHMENT OF A CHILD-LESS THAN SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM
• Jair Omar Fores Chavez. Sleepy Eye. Stay of adjudication. $360. Complete Decision Points or similar cognitive skills program, no violence threats, use or possession of firearms or dangerous weapons.
VIOLATE HARASSMENT RESTRAINING ORDER
• Julia Marie Paa, New Ulm. $585. 90 days local confinement stayed for one year supervised probation. Sentence to service 24 hours per year for one year, complete diagnostic assessment within 30 days of July 9, 2026, follow all recommendations. Complete women’s domestic abuse awareness program, pay fee. Misdemeanor.
THEFT OF PROPERTY
• Kristy Marie Bloomquist. Lafayette. $1,049.91. 90 days local confinement stayed for two years supervised probation. Pay $964.91 restitution before fines, fees, surcharges. Misdemeanor.
THEFT
• Benjamin Ryan Carroll. Sleepy Eye. Stay of adjudication. Pay $900 restitution before fines, fees, surcharges waived. One year unsupervised probation.
