Sentences issued in Superior Court

The following sentences were issued as part of negotiated plea agreements with Superior Court Judge Joseph Booth presiding:

• Andre Julius Samples, possession of cocaine, fleeing, obstruction, suspended license, DUI, no signal, suspended registration and failure to obey a traffic control device: two years confinement.

• Herbert Edward Lee, possession of hydrocodone: four years probation and a $1,000 fine. Two counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance: nolle prosequi.

• Chris Franco, statutory rape: 12 months probation less 45 days confinement, no contact with victim and a $500 fine.

• Kimberly Dale Epps, giving false information to a law enforcement officer: 28 days confinement.

• Alicia Ryan Pierce, theft by deception: one year probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine. Reckless conduct: one year probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine. Criminal trespass and simple battery: two years probation, no contact with victim and a $1,000 fine. False report of a crime: one year probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine. Violation of a family violence order, false statements and two counts of criminal trespass: nolle prosequi.

• Gary Wayne Studstill, fleeing and attempting to elude and driving while license suspended: one year probation less ten days confinement plus a $1,000 fine.

• Anthony M. Strickland, third degree cruelty to children and family violence battery: one year probation and a $500 fine.

• Nicholas Alexander Atkinson, simple battery: one year probation, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine. Two counts of third degree cruelty to children: nolle prosequi.

• Tom Couch, violation of a temporary protective order: 12 months probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine.

• Richard Davenport, criminal trespass: 12 months probation less 45 days confinement and a $500 fine.

• Russell Marquise Barnes, battery of a pregnant woman: two years probation, no violent contact with victim and a $1,000 fine.

The following sentence was issued as part of a negotiated plea agreement with Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff presiding:

• Kelly Rose Shierling, possession of methamphetamine: two years confinement.

The following sentence was issued as part of a negotiated plea agreement with Superior Court Judge T. Penn McWhorter presiding:

• Donald Ervin Richmond, DUI drugs, DUI less safe and weaving over roadway: one year probation less 24 hours confinement, 40 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine.