Gravagno-Henes sentenced for Child Endangerment

Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher revoked Anthony J. Gravagno-Henes’s deferred sentence for Child Endangerment, a felony, on March 23 after he admitted sufficient violations of his deferred sentence to satisfy the petition to revoke. Judge Christopher committed him to the Department of Corrections for 10 years with five suspended.

The court recommended Gravagno-Henes participate in WATCH or another intensive chemical dependency treatment. He was given credit for 43 days in jail and 196 days street time for a total of 239 days credit.

Gravagno-Henes’ charge came from operating a motor vehicle on public roads under the influence of drugs or alcohol with a child under the age of 14 in the vehicle on July 7, 2021. He was found guilty of Child Endangerment on Feb. 10, 2022, and received a deferred sentence for three years.

Montana Adult Probation and Parole reported Gravagno-Henes violated his parole when he was arrested for a DUI on Aug. 26, 2022, a misdemeanor. He blew a breath sample of .118. He also was in noncompliance with his parole condition of firearms and ammunition since a search of his vehicle yielded a loaded Kimber Custom II .45 ACP pistol.

A petition to revoke the defendent’s deferred sentence was filed on Sept. 29, 2022, with an addendum on Dec. 21, 2022.

Velasquez arraignment continued to April 6

Morgan Aniba Quinones Velasquez was arraigned on three counts March 23: Stalking, second offense, a felony, and two counts of Violation of Order of Protection, third or subsequent offense, also a felony. Velasquz was seen in Judge Kim Christopher’s court.

Arraignment was continued to April as Velasquez indicated he cannot afford an attorney. The court conditionally appointed the Lake County Office of Public Defense.

Between Feb. 1 and Feb. 23, 2023, Justice of the Peace Randal Owens granted a permanent order of protection against Velasquez. A parenting plan was in place which would allow Velasquez to have weekly parenting time with his son but not contact him by phone or text.

According to court documents, Velasquez violated this parenting plan by communicating directly with his son’s mother and strangling her. He also called and texted and called his son’s mother and his son. According to court documents, the texts were mean and threatening and aimed at the son’s mother’s new boyfriend. The son’s mother fears Velasquez will harm her son or her and feels Velasquez’s behavior is escalating.

Velasquez currently is serving a suspended sentence for two cases – Violation of a Protective Order and Strangulation of Partner or Family Member

St. Ignatius woman charged with burglary

Quianna Lee Haynes, 21, St. Ignatius, was charged with Burglary, a felony, March 23 in Judge Christopher’s court.

The penalty is imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed 20 years or to be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or both.

Haynes’ case began on April 11, 2022, when a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a dispatch call to assist Tribal Law Enforcement with a burglary at a home near St. Ignatius.

The property owner, Haynes’ grandmother, and Haynes’ mother had returned from work and school and found a broken window on the house. Missing inside the residence was an X-Box, a TV, and other property not belonging to Haynes. The women suspected the younger Haynes of breaking in and stealing property not belonging to her to sell or exchange for drugs.

The deputy located Haynes and questioned her; she denied breaking into the residence and stealing any property. Learning of someone else who might know where the stolen property was located, the deputy talked to that person and learned that the person had observed Haynes and her boyfriend bring an X-box and a TV to people known to them. The person recovered the items and gave them to the deputy. Haynes’ grandmother identified them as the stolen property.

On April 30, the deputy saw Haynes and questioned her again. She said her boyfriend broke the window, and they both went inside the residence and took the X-Box and TV. She admitted they sold the items.