From the Courts: Woman sentenced to probation on drug charge

Lachelle Wadelle Doney received three years probation on a drug charge for methamphetamine being found on her while being booked on another charge.

Court documents say law enforcement officers arrested Doney on a trespassing charge Nov. 13, 2018. While booking her at the Hill County Detention Center, officers found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on her person.

She was charged Nov, 21, 2018, with a felony count of possession of dangerous drugs and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Doney pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to the felony drug charge March 18.

May 6, state District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz in court in Havre imposed a three-year deferred imposition of sentence for the charge and ordered Doney to pay a $122.50 mandatory drug storage fine and to pay fees and surcharges. 

The misdemeanor count was dismissed.

If Doney abides by all conditions of release during the probation, she can petition to have the felony charge dismissed from her record.