Court orders rider for theft

SANDPOINT -Jurisdiction was retained Monday for a Sandpoint woman who faced more than 30 criminal charges after stealing another woman's financial transaction cards last year.

That means Zoe Hannah Maynard will serve up to a year in prison before a decision is made to place her on probation or order her to serve an underlying prison term.

Maynard, 20, also admitted violating the terms of her probation in a felony drug possession case by being charged with additional crimes, which stemmed from the 2014 theft of a woman's financial transaction cards.

Maynard was accused of using the cards at local stores to purchase merchandise or receive cash back on minor purchases, according to police reports in the case. All told, Maynard racked up $1,041 in fraudulent transactions.

Maynard was charged with one count of felony theft, eight counts of burglary, eight counts of criminal possession of a transaction card, seven counts of forgery and eight counts of misdemeanor theft.

In exchange for pleading to the felony theft charge, the 31 other charges were dismissed, court records show. Maynard entered an Alford plea to the lone remaining charge, which meant that she admitted no culpability for the offenses but conceded she could be convicted of them.

First District Judge Barbara Buchanan agreed to adopt the state and defense recommendation of retained jurisdiction in the theft case, court records indicate. Buchanan imposed an underlying sentence of one to three years and retained jurisdiction, also known as a rider.

The admitted probation violations resulted in a concurrent rider. Maynard was arrested for possessing meth in 2013 and was given a two- to four-year term with retained jurisdiction.