Cops and Courts Followup, July 16

• On Wednesday, Erick Garza Armenta was sentenced for sexually molesting his two Burnsville-based step-daughters. Though Armenta originally intended to fight the charges he entered a guilty plea on July 13.

In exchange, the state dismissed the first of three charges against Armenta. He was convicted of the remaining two.

A Dakota County judge imposed 94 days of confinement in the Dakota County jail (which Armenta has already served) and 84 months (seven years) of prison time in St. Cloud, but stayed the sentence for 25 years, meaning if Armenta follows the terms of release he will remain free. The terms are as follows: Armenta will be on probation for 25 years, during which time he is barred from all contact with the victims and he must register as a predatory offender. He will also undergo a psychosexual evaluation and sex offender treatment. 

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• On Monday, Tatiana Oline Linge was convicted of terroristic threats — a felony charge —  for she menacing comments she made during a bout of stalking that occurred for at least four months during 2010. Linge, of Minneapolis, barraged her victim with phone calls, slashed the woman's tires and is suspected of setting the car alight, among other things.

As a part of the plea agreement, two additional misdemeanor charges of stalking were dismissed. For the felon charge, Linge was sentenced to 30 days in the Dakota County jail, with work-release privileges and 18 days of credit for time already served. She will also face five years of probation and $540 in fines.

Olinge was also ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation.

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• A Burnsville man accused of extreme child neglect will make an appearance in court next week, on July 20. Andrew Worcester was charged in tandem with his wife in April, after authorities discovered the couple's developmentally delayed 7-year-old son locked in a filthy room, covered with sores and wearing a diaper filled with his own waste.

On Wednesday, Worcester will attend a settlement conference. If the defense and the state do not reach an agreement Worcester will stand trial on Aug. 9. His wife, Delilah Worcester, is scheduled for a settlement conference on Oct. 19.

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