Mancos resident Julie Ott was sentenced Thursday to three years probation and ordered to pay $54,560 in restitution to the Dove Creek Fire Protection District after a jury found her guilty of criminal mischief causing damage between $20,000 and $100,000 to DCFPD property.
The jury in late February concluded that in May 2017 Ott unlawfully and knowingly damaged DCFPD property by excavating beyond her property line at the La Watha LLC bakery property at 101 U.S. Highway 491 in Dove Creek, adjacent to the Dove Creek Volunteer Fire Department building.
After rendering Ott’s sentence, 22nd Judicial District Judge Todd Plewe told Ott and DCFPD board president Dan Johnson that he hopes there are no further conflicts between the neighbors, noting that there have not been any other criminal acts.
“There’s a whole lot of anger here but this is the only case,” Plewe said. “Everybody should be commended for that.”