Judge Shayne Sexton processed several plea agreements recently, during hearings in Claiborne Criminal Court.
Steve Edward Vanburen, 58, charged with violation of the Sexual Offender Registration Act, was sentenced to six years at 35 percent confinement. This case runs concurrently with a violation of probation case which was heard on June 5.
Roger Lefew, 61, charged with solicitation for sale of methamphetamine, was sentenced to one year TDOC supervised probation. He must pay at least $100 per month in court costs beginning upon the expiration of an existing sentence.
Hunter Hassler, 25, was initially charged under two separate cases with possession of more than .5 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to sell or deliver and the sale and delivery of a schedule II controlled substance. Hassler was sentenced to a concurrent eight years at 30 percent confinement for the reduced sentence of possession of meth with the intent to sell and the sale of a schedule II controlled substance. He was given credit for 132 days of jail time already served.
Clinton Arnold, 27, charged with driving under the influence and felony evading arrest, was sentenced to a concurrent four years at 30 percent confinement. Arnold was given credit for jail time already served from May 7 to June 5.
Daniel Sexton, 33, charged with possession of a schedule IV drugs with the intent to sell, was sentenced to three years at 30 percent confinement. Sexton was given credit for 30 days of jail time already served. This case runs concurrently with prior ones.
Andrea Rathbone, 35, charged with theft over $500, was sentenced to a split confinement of two years TDOC supervised probation with 42 days confinement. Rathbone was given credit for 42 days of jail time already served. She must pay at least $50 per month in court costs beginning on July 10 and forfeits $75 to the Economic Crime Fund. Rathbone must pay $340 in restitution to Napier Auto Sales in $50 per month installments. She is jointly and severally liable for this restitution with her co-defendant. This case runs concurrently with all prior ones.
Michael Justin Carmony, 32, was initially charged under two separate cases with the sale of a schedule II, a schedule III and a schedule VI controlled substances. Carmony was sentenced to a concurrent 11 months, 29 days confinement under the reduced sentences of simple possession of a schedule II and a schedule III controlled substances (the second counts on each case is nolle). He was given credit for any jail time served since the date of his offense. Carmony is responsible for a $750 fine, but is indigent of any other costs.
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