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Tami Peel sits in court on Tuesday.
A former Fallon softball coach placed on probation for supplying alcohol for her teen-aged daughter's party in January 2008 is facing additional charges in Justice Court for violating terms of her probation.
Tami Peel has also been charged with the same violations in District Court.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Ronda Clifton filed paperwork Tuesday morning in Justice Court asking that Peel's probation be revoked.
Peel received a 45-day sentence in Justice Court from visiting Justice of the Peace Richard Glasson on April 20 for five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and she was given five six-month suspended sentences to run consecutively if she violated terms of her probation.
Peel is now accused of violating the special condition that she not use or possess alcohol, not be around intoxicants and not following directives and conduct of her probation.
According to court documents, Peel threatened two 15-year-old boys on May 24, and a Fallon Police officer, who was not aware of her probation, sensed she was intoxicated and told her to stay away from them.
After officers were informed of her probation and possible violation, they unsuccessfully tried to locate her.
Later that afternoon, Peel arrived at the Churchill County Jail to begin serving her 45-day Justice Court sentence, but deputies observed that she appeared to be intoxicated and asked her to submit to a breath test.
The test was attempted 15 times, but she allegedly failed to cooperate. The report stated she did not blow hard enough into the machine and continuously placed her fingers in the way of the mouthpiece.
A state Parole and Probation officer asked deputies to try again, and Peel, after being told her probation officer had been contacted, provided and registered a .122 blood-alcohol content followed by a .110.
Peel told the division she unknowingly drank Gatorade that may have contained alcohol. She said she found the bottle lying on the ground at a youth softball tournament in Fallon that she attended with her family.
In its report the division stated Peel's actions are a great concern because she had been on probation only 34 days prior to the alcohol violation. The report said the concern is magnified because Peel consumed alcohol at a youth softball tournament.
She was also in District Court on Tuesday to answer charges for violating her probation on the child endangerment charge.
The former softball coach received a one-year jail sentence with all but 30 days suspended and 100 hours of community service on April 20 from Judge David Huff on the gross misdemeanor charge.
Peel appeared in court without an attorney and said her lawyer, Joel Barber, had withdrawn as her counsel. Huff said Barber should be representing her, but he was informed the attorney is vacationing in Mexico and would not be back for five weeks.
Huff said since Peel had hired an attorney for her prior proceedings, she could not claim to be indigent to receive help from the public defender's office. Peel said she was ready to move forward without an attorney, but Huff said she needed to be represented.
Huff continued the case to July 14 and said he wants her to have an attorney by then. He also said he would like to have a hearing prior to this date since Peel is incarcerated at the county jail.
Tami Peel has also been charged with the same violations in District Court.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Ronda Clifton filed paperwork Tuesday morning in Justice Court asking that Peel's probation be revoked.
Peel received a 45-day sentence in Justice Court from visiting Justice of the Peace Richard Glasson on April 20 for five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and she was given five six-month suspended sentences to run consecutively if she violated terms of her probation.
Peel is now accused of violating the special condition that she not use or possess alcohol, not be around intoxicants and not following directives and conduct of her probation.
According to court documents, Peel threatened two 15-year-old boys on May 24, and a Fallon Police officer, who was not aware of her probation, sensed she was intoxicated and told her to stay away from them.
After officers were informed of her probation and possible violation, they unsuccessfully tried to locate her.
Later that afternoon, Peel arrived at the Churchill County Jail to begin serving her 45-day Justice Court sentence, but deputies observed that she appeared to be intoxicated and asked her to submit to a breath test.
The test was attempted 15 times, but she allegedly failed to cooperate. The report stated she did not blow hard enough into the machine and continuously placed her fingers in the way of the mouthpiece.
A state Parole and Probation officer asked deputies to try again, and Peel, after being told her probation officer had been contacted, provided and registered a .122 blood-alcohol content followed by a .110.
Peel told the division she unknowingly drank Gatorade that may have contained alcohol. She said she found the bottle lying on the ground at a youth softball tournament in Fallon that she attended with her family.
In its report the division stated Peel's actions are a great concern because she had been on probation only 34 days prior to the alcohol violation. The report said the concern is magnified because Peel consumed alcohol at a youth softball tournament.
She was also in District Court on Tuesday to answer charges for violating her probation on the child endangerment charge.
The former softball coach received a one-year jail sentence with all but 30 days suspended and 100 hours of community service on April 20 from Judge David Huff on the gross misdemeanor charge.
Peel appeared in court without an attorney and said her lawyer, Joel Barber, had withdrawn as her counsel. Huff said Barber should be representing her, but he was informed the attorney is vacationing in Mexico and would not be back for five weeks.
Huff said since Peel had hired an attorney for her prior proceedings, she could not claim to be indigent to receive help from the public defender's office. Peel said she was ready to move forward without an attorney, but Huff said she needed to be represented.
Huff continued the case to July 14 and said he wants her to have an attorney by then. He also said he would like to have a hearing prior to this date since Peel is incarcerated at the county jail.
