03.31.26 Dane County Initial Appearances

Dane County Crime provides publicly available recordings of Initial Appearance hearings from the Dane County Circuit Court. These videos are sourced from the court's public livestream and posted here for transparency, accessibility, and public information. All individuals are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. 00:00:00 ELIAV MATAN GOLDMAN (Goldman is the teacher arrested on 03/27/26 after an investigation was led to him being charged with Grooming of a Child for Sexual Activity - Position of Trust and Sexual Misconduct by School Staff Person or Volunteer. Goldman was an employee of Madison Metropolitan School District at Toki and Memorial and the Children’s Theater of Madison located within the MYArts Children’s Theater building on Mifflin. The investigation uncovered with allegedly 130,000 text exchanges between the two, with close to 20,000 texts in the month of March 2026.. State requested $20,000 for bail, and Commissioner granted bail at $5000. 00:13:00 OMAR SHAREFFE REED 00:21:25 ERIC CURTIS MCCORMICK 00:26:18 MIGUEL ALEJANDRO AYALA 00:28:03 CHASTITY TAYON LINZY (charged with 2 counts Child Abuse - Intentionally Cause Harm with Repeater modifiers and 1 count of Disorderly Conduct with Repeater modifier. State requests and Commissioner grants a signature bond.) 00:30:58 DAIMON DEMETRIUS SMITH 00:33:51 DOMINIQUE VIVIAN POSADOWSKA (Posadowska is charged with OWI 4th, Operating While Revoked, Ignition Interlock Device Tampering/Failure to Install/ Violate Court Order, Unsafe Lane Deviation, and Reckless Driving - Endanger Safety) 00:36:22 TRACY MARIE VALLO 00:38:59 DEMETRIUS KARNEN SHEPARD 00:41:10 ASHA SHARIAH GREEN 00:43:00 ALINE PORTIA SPENCE 00:45:41 TANISHA MONIQUE LOVE 00:47:51 ELAINE DOMINCA KARPINEN (prosectuor lists 12 failures to show, and says there are even more further back than 10 years ago) 00:50:45 LANCE BRANDON VAUGHN 00:52:44 BROOKLYN L MARTIN 00:58:54 RAYA LEONARD JUDY 01:00:14 JORGE ALBERTO LEON ZAVALA (Leon Zavala was allegedly caught driving the wrong way on the interstate, while drunk. However OWI charges have not yet been filed by the state) 01:06:51 XAVIER LASTARZIN FREEMAN (Freeman’s fourth open case, and third open case with the same victim. His accumulated charges are as follows: 2 charges False Imprisonment with Domestic Abuse Assessment modifiers, 2 charges Strangulation and Suffocation with Domestic Abuse Assessment modifiers, 1 charge Intimidate Victim/Use or Attempt Force with Domestic Abuse Assessment modifiers, 1 charge Disorderly Conduct with Domestic Abuse Assessment modifiers, 3 charges Bail Jumping - Felony with Domestic Abuse Assessment modifiers, 1 charge Resisting or Obstructing an Officer, Theft-Movable Property in an amount greater than $2500 and less than $5000.) 01:09:04 AARON MORRIS OWENS 01:12:49 DYLAN MAHIAI KAIOULA 01:20:18 ARINZE MK OKOYE 01:22:19 JALEN KESHAWN LOUIS HASSELL 01:23:55 ANTHONY JOSEPH BARKER (charged with OWI 4th and Operating w/ PAC - 4th. Granted a siganture bond.) 01:25:58 IMARI JOANNA FAYE DIXON 01:3039 MATTHEW MARK THEISS 01:32:52 JACOB D KASTELIC 01:34:10 JULIUS ERIC LORENZO BOOTH (Booth is charged with Convert Weapon/Provide Full-Auto. Fire, Carry Concealed Weapon, Resisting or Obstructing an Officer, Battery with as a Party to a Crime moidifier, Armed Robbery, and Disorderly Conduct. Booth just turned 18.) 01:42:57 DEVONTAE VONTELL SMITH 01:44:52 JERMAINE ERIC PEEPLES (Peeples is charged in this case with Possess w/Intent-Cocaine in an amount greater than 5 grams, but less than 15 grams with a Second and Subsequent Offense modifier, Possess Amphetamine/LSD/Psilocin with a Second and Subsequent Offense modifier, Possession of Narcotic Drugs with a Second and Subsequent Offense modifier) Something that is discussed during today’s IA is Vivitrol. The commissioner is unable to order a person to use it - which is understandable. But then it leaves it to the Jail to ensure that those who want it, get it. Seems there should be a middle ground here, that if a person wants to be able to use Vivitrol to aid in sobriety they can request the commissioner to order it. The Dane County Jail has a program called Medication Assistance Treatment (MAT) that helps people with addiction maintain sobriety. This program serves our community by helping break the revolving door of addiction-based behavior that leads to future arrests.