Judge Shayne Sexton heard several criminal plea agreements recently in Claiborne County Criminal Court, including one for Orville Brock, 62, charged with aggravated assault.
Brock was sentenced to a split confinement of four years TDOC supervised probation with two days confinement. He was given credit for two days jail time already served. Brock must pay at least $150 per month in court costs and is barred from any contact with his victim. As a condition of his probationary status, Brock agreed to forfeit to the New Tazewell Police Department all seized weapons.
Scott Douglas Hatfield, 25, charged with domestic assault, possession of a schedule II controlled substance and attempted introduction of a controlled substance into a penal facility, was sentenced to a split confinement of four years TDOC supervised probation with 165 days confinement. Hatfield was given credit for 165 days jail time already served. He must pay at least $100 per month in court costs and fines including a $750 fine and forfeits $2,000 to the Claiborne County Drug Fund. Hatfield is barred from any contact with his victim.
Steve Edward Vanburen, 57, charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, was sentenced to a split confinement of six years TDOC supervised probation with one year confinement. Vanburen was given credit for any jail time from Aug. 25. He must pay at least $100 per month in court costs beginning 30 days after release from jail.
Charles Franklin Wray, 49, charged with violation of the sexual offender registration law, was sentenced to a split confinement of two years TDOC supervised probation with 90 days confinement. Wray was given credit for 14 days jail time served. He must pay at least $150 per month in court costs beginning on Feb. 19 and is subject to GPS monitoring for the remainder of the probationary portion of his sentence. Wray is subject to all sexual offender registration and restrictions.
Kevin Lawrence Fleenor, 36, charged with violation of the sexual offender registration law, was sentenced to a split confinement of two years TDOC supervised probation with 90 days confinement. Fleenor was given credit for 88 days jail time served. He must pay at least $100 per month in court costs beginning 30 days after release from jail. Fleenor is subject to all sexual offender registration and restrictions.
Rebecca McCrary, 31, charged with neglect of a child under the age of eight years and promotion of methamphetamine manufacture, was sentenced to a split confinement of nine years supervision by Community Corrections with 365 days confinement. McCrary was given credit for 152 days jail time served. She must pay at least $100 per month in court costs.
John David Collins III, 26, charged with arson, burglary and two counts of theft over $1,000, was sentenced to six years supervision by Community Corrections. Collins must pay at least $150 per month in court costs beginning 30 days after his release from jail and must pay a total of $300 to the Economic Crime Fund. He must also pay $10,000 in restitution to one of his victims and is barred from any contact with all his victims. Collins must stay at least 1,000 feet from their properties.
Jeremy J. Llewellyn, 28, charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and aggravated burglary, was sentenced to six years confinement with credit for 83 days jail time already served.
Hazel Gray, 20, charged with submitting a false report, was sentenced to a split confinement of four years TDOC supervised probation with 30 days confinement. Gray was given credit for 30 days jail time already served. She must pay at least $100 per month in court costs and a total $800 in restitution to the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office and the Tazewell and New Tazewell Police Departments.
James David Crawford, 30, was initially charged with driving under the influence, possession of methamphetamine with the intention to sell, simple possession of a schedule VI drugs and drug paraphernalia. Counts two and four were dismissed and Crawford was sentenced on DUI and simple possession to a concurrent 11 months, 29 days at 75 percent confinement. He was given credit for jail time served since Aug. 23 to Jan. 19.
Joseph Hurst, 52, charged with two counts of forgery and one count of theft of property under $10,000, was sentenced to a split confinement of six years TDOC supervised probation with one year confinement. Hurst was given credit for 95 days jail time already served. He must pay at least $150 per month in court costs beginning 30 days after release from jail. He forfeits a total $450 to the Economic Crime Fund. He must pay $750 in restitution to one of his victims and is barred from any contact with all of them. He must stay at least 1,000 feet from their properties.
Michael Wayne Diddle, 48, charged with driving under the influence, was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days unsupervised probation. Diddle must pay at least $100 per month in court costs.
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