By Brenda Starkey
Chronicle correspondent

     Three of five juveniles charged in a January crime spree in Keller pleaded guilty to reduced charges and were sentenced in Ferry County Superior Court June 20.
     One, Richard Cobos, 15, Keller, failed to appear in court and Judge Allen Nielson issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
     Kyle J. Grinnell, 16, Coulee Dam, pleaded guilty to residential burglary, two counts of first-degree malicious mischief and taking of a motor vehicle.
     Those charges stem from Feb. 27 break-ins at vacation homes.
     He also entered guilty pleas to first-degree criminal trespass and third-degree malicious mischief involving breaking a window at the Keller Store in order to use the telephone, according to court records.
     Grinnell, who is in a drug abuse treatment program, was sentenced to 180 days of confinement, 30 for each charge, to run consecutively with credit for six days already served.
     Grinnell had been using ecstasy and drinking at the time of the Keller crimes, his attorney said.
     “He wants to improve himself,” the attorney said. “Mr.Grinnell has stepped up to the plate and taken responsibility.”
     Janae E. Joseph, 15, Nespelem, pleaded guilty to three counts of residential burglary and three counts of malicious mischief stemming from the burglaries on Dick Creek Road.
     Joseph, who is in a drug treatment program at the Healing Lodge, will receive credit for successful completion of the program, according to court records.
     The state asked that she receive 90 days in detention for her crime. Sentencing was set for Aug. 15.
     Alysia L. Weger, 15, Nespelem, pleaded guilty to two counts of residential burglary for entering homes on Dick Creek Road. She also entered guilty pleas to a count of second-degree malicious mischief and first-degree criminal trespass for the Keller Store incident.
     The prosecution asked for a total sentence of 90 days in detention with credit for eight days served.
     She, too, will be given credit for successful completion of a 90-day inpatient treatment program.
     Weger probably was the most cooperative of all five of the teens charged in the case, deputy prosecutor Tom Brown told the court.
     Melanie J. Clark, 15, Nespelem, the fifth teen charged in the case, is going to treatment, and will be held in Martin Hall, Medical Lake, until there is a trial, the court was told.
     A restitution hearing has been set for July 18 in the case.
     The teens will be responsible for court costs and restitution for damage to the homes, vehicles and the Keller Store, the court decided.