ALPENA — A man whose wife was sentenced two weeks ago for stealing a purse was himself sentenced Monday in the 26th Circuit Court in Alpena for making illegal use of the contents of the purse.

Jacob Beauvais pleaded guilty in April to using stolen credit cards to make purchases after his wife stole a woman’s purse from a shopping cart in September 2018 and gave it to Beauvais.

Judge Michael Mack, noting he had sentenced Tara Beauvais to 90 days in jail, sentenced her husband to 120 days, plus 18 months probation and 40 hours of community service.

The judge noted that Jacob Beauvais, who chose to not be represented by an attorney, ought to serve the greater sentence as he had committed the greater number of crimes by making use of stolen credit cards, “for lottery tickets, of all things,” Mack said.

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A man who transported a large quantity of heroin was sentenced on Monday to a year in county jail after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession and delivery of a controlled substance as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

Ryan Kaiser was arrested in March in possession of a lockbox, which he could not open. When police opened the box, they found it contained 35 grams of heroin, which Kaiser was transporting from Detroit. Before sentencing, Kaiser expressed his apologies to his family “and to the people of Alpena for bringing drugs into this town.”

Once he is released, Kaiser will be on probation for two years.

“If you violate, I will send you to prison for as long as I can,” Mack warned.

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A jail inmate serving out a sentence for another crime was back in court on Monday for flushing a plastic lid down a jail toilet, causing damage to the jail’s sewer system.

Garrett Deacons pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of police property and will be sentenced in July.

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Two women came before Mack on charges related to the same incident: a drug bust in Alpena in early March.

Aaron Bissonette, of Alpena, pleaded guilty to providing a narcotic she had obtained on the street to two people who were staying in her apartment and allowing them to use her home as a distribution point for the drug. She will be sentenced in August.

Some facts that were reported about her were incorrect, Bissonette said, but “I did it. Now, I just want to do my time and never do it again.”

Lansing resident Chastity Wolff, who was staying with Bissonette at the time, was in court for sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to deliver heroin. Wolff was sentenced to 92 days in jail, with credit for time served, plus two years of probation.

“You’ve got three children,” Mack reminded Wolff. “I can’t think of anything that would motivate me more to stay sober than those three. So let’s get busy.”

Julie Riddle can be reached at 989-358-5693 or jriddle@thealpenanews.com.