MINDEN - A 21-year-old Carson City man who admitted trading stolen video games, equipment and a power drill for heroin has lost his probation and was ordered to serve 12-30 months in Nevada State Prison.
"You've been given numerous chances," Douglas County District Judge Michael Gibbons said this week. "You've got to take full responsibility. I can't extend it (probation) again."
Timothy Newman still faces charges in Carson City for probation violations.
He completed the regimental discipline boot camp run by the state corrections department, but was kicked out of drug court and arrested for new drug charges.
In admitting the new allegations, Newman told Gibbons he turned 21 in March, "made a mistake, and went out and got high."
He said he continued to use after the relapse.
"I'm sorry for letting you and the courts down. I was hanging around the wrong people. It was kind of stressful, I didn't have a car and my mom wasn't doing well," Newman said.
Fake check ring sentencing
Sentencing is set Sept. 1 for a Nevada State Prison inmate who pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary in connection with a fake check ring.
Kenneth Hall, 26, admitting cashing checks in Douglas County between Oct. 22-30.
"I went into various casinos to cash a fraudulent check for money," Hall told Douglas County District Judge Dave Gamble.
He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to reports, the check-cashing ring operated in Douglas and Washoe counties and Carson City where Hall also faced charges.
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