New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Driving under suspension cases dominate court

Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies reported that his department has filed 43 driving under suspension charges this year, nearly one a week. That is a 34% increase over last year, when 32 cases were filed. In this report alone, we have information about five individuals with driving under suspension charges, and four of them are known habitual offenders.

Charles Novotny of Sheyenne was sentenced for driving under suspension on Nov. 14. He was stopped on Nov. 5 for failure to display registration tabs. In addition to the suspension charge, he was also...