Drug court removal, sentencing

Ryoma McKenna, now 22, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on a charge for possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana in April of 2009. McKenna was sentenced after he was ordered removed from the county’s drug court program at a hearing last week. Among other conditions, defendants who enroll in the drug court are subject to sentencing on the original charge if they are ordered out of the drug program following a hearing.

Deputy Prosecutor Dan Le Beau petitioned the court to order McKenna removed from the drug court program.

The court found McKenna had failed to appear June 15 when he was scheduled to graduate from the drug court. McKenna later informed the court he failed to appear because he had been jailed out of state for driving with a suspended license. The court later learned a urine sample test results showed residue of marijuana use.