Court report

May 12: Wolfe Larsen was arraigned on charges of leaving the scene of an accident. The hearing was scheduled to continue on May 19.

May 18: A minor offense trial was held between the City and Borough of Wrangell vs. Myrna Torgramsen II, on charges of a dangerous dog violation. The defendant failed to appear. A default judgment was entered, ordering Torgramsen to pay a fine of $300 and a $20 police training surcharge, as well as costs for entering and collecting on the default judgment.

A felony first appearance was held for Lolita Larsen, charged with assault 1, serious injury with a weapon, assault 2, intent to cause injury with a weapon, and assault 3, causing fear of injury with a weapon. She was appointed a public defender, and released under a $25,000 cash performance bond. She has been ordered to be under PED supervision and will be under electronic monitoring. Other conditions of her release include submitting to substance abuse testing or searches as directed by authorities. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 30.

May 19: Timothy Lawrence was arraigned on charges of driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a chemical test. The hearing was scheduled to continue on May 26.

Jessica Ritchie was arraigned on charges of driving with a cancelled/suspended/revoked license and violating conditions of release. She was appointed a PDA and released under her own recognizance, along with other standard conditions of release. A calendar call was scheduled for June 16.

Wolfe Larsen pleaded no contest to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He was ordered to pay a fine of $300, as well as a $100 police training surcharge. If Larsen writes a letter of apology and files it with the court and police department, the fine will be reduced to $100.

Richard Anderson was arraigned on charges of a probation/parole violation. He was released on a $1,000 cash performance bond. A status hearing was scheduled for June 22.

May 27: Timothy Lawrence pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence. An additional charge of refusing to submit to a chemical test was dismissed. He was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment, with 27 suspended, to be served before June 30. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,500, a police training surcharge of $150, and $330 for cost of imprisonment.