AUGUSTA — Juries convicted one man and cleared another in separate trials held this week at the Capital Judicial Center. A Mercer man was convicted by a jury Tuesday of operating under the influence and failing to stop for an officer.

Timothy R. Yoder, 56, was sentenced to two days in jail and fined $600. His driver’s license was suspended for 150 days.

The verdict came at the close of a 1 1/2-day trail at the Capital Judicial Center.

According to the complaint, a woman at a convenience store in Smithfield reported a drunken driver to a Maine Game Warden.

The warden stopped Yoder in Waterville on July 1, 2014.

In a separate trial Wednesday, Darrin W. Cates, 45, of Winslow, was cleared of a charge of violating a condition of release. A jury found him not guilty following a short deliberation. He was accused of failing to give a written change-of-address notice and possessing a computer or data storage. The judge acquitted him of the address portion, and the jury cleared him of the remainder.

Three other people were sentenced this week on drug charges in separate cases handled in the same courthouse:

• Justin Oakley Smith, 27, formerly of Augusta and now of Pittston, unlawful trafficking in heroin and criminal forfeiture of $1,240, both Jan. 2 in Augusta; five-year prison sentence, all but nine months and one day suspended, three years of probation, $400 fine.

• Eric D. Lee, 23, of Augusta, unlawful possession of heroin March 2, 2014, in Farmington; four-year jail sentence, all suspended, two years of probation, $400 fine.

• John J. Dewar, 49, of Lewiston, unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs April 28, 2014, in Augusta; three-year jail sentence, all but six months suspended, two years of probation, $400 fine.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

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