Pierce County Circuit Court: Dec. 26-30, 2025

Posted 1/7/26

Initial appearances

Sarah Rose Beil, 37, Hastings, Minn., pleaded not guilty and posted a $5,000 signature bond Dec. 30 on disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping charges. A status …

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Pierce County Circuit Court: Dec. 26-30, 2025

Posted

Initial appearances

Sarah Rose Beil, 37, Hastings, Minn., pleaded not guilty and posted a $5,000 signature bond Dec. 30 on disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping charges. A status conference is slated for 10:30 a.m. Feb. 10.

Cory Allen Cornell, 34, Red Wing, Minn., pleaded not guilty and posted a $500 signature bond Dec. 29 on a possess drug paraphernalia charge. A status conference is scheduled for 3 p.m. Feb. 11.

John William Klug IV, 23, River Falls, pleaded not guilty and posted a $1,000 signature bond Dec. 26 on a disorderly conduct (domestic abuse) charge. A status conference is slated for 3:15 p.m. Jan. 28.

Andrew James Brown Pratt, 41, River Falls, posted a $5,000 signature bond Dec. 30 on a felony bail jumping charge. A status conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 2.

William R. Richardson, 41, River Falls, pleaded not guilty and posted a $1,000 signature bond Dec. 26 on a disorderly conduct (domestic abuse) charge. A status conference is set for 3 p.m. Jan. 28.

Joseph Judah Ritger, 24, River Falls, pleaded not guilty and posted a $5,000 signature bond Dec. 29 on battery (domestic abuse) and disorderly conduct (domestic abuse) charges. A status conference is slated for 1:45 p.m. Feb. 2.

Beckianne Therese Roberts, 34, River Falls, posted a $5,000 signature bond Dec. 29 on felony bail jumping and disorderly conduct charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14.

Kevin D. Schaar, 47, River Falls, posted a $5,000 signature bond Dec. 29 on felony threat to cause bodily harm to certain individuals involved with a court or legal system and felony making terrorist threats charges. A preliminary hearing is slated for 11 a.m. Feb. 3.

John Robert Watts, 59, Spring Valley, posted a $10,000 signature bond Dec. 30 on felony strangulation and suffocation (domestic abuse) and disorderly conduct (domestic abuse) charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Feb. 9.

Closed cases

A felony bail jumping charge against Christian Dale Oxley, 48, Minneapolis, was dismissed Dec. 29 upon completion of a deferred judgment of conviction agreement. The charge stemmed from a May 12, 2023 incident.

Steven Adam Wolfsteller, 41, Faribault, Minn., was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia and fined $277.80 Dec. 30. The charge resulted from a Sept. 7, 2021 incident.

Pierce County Circuit Court, initial appearances, dispositions, Pierce County, Wisconsin