Published in the Emporia Blade-Empire on Jul. 1, 2009.

Courthouse 7-1

District Court
CRIMINAL
Douglas N. Garrett appeared June 24 and was found guilty of speeding, 70/55, illegal registration and no liability insurance and convicted of all three violations. For the speeding charge, he was ordered to pay costs of the action, $75 and a fine of $60. For illegal registration, he was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and for no liability insurance, he was sentenced to 30 days in the Cloud County Jail and ordered to pay a fine of $300. All costs and fines must be paid prior to aug. 26. His sentence was suspended with the defendant being placed on unsupervised probation for a period of six months with specific terms and conditions.