Sentences issued in Superior Court April 6-9
The Barrow County Superior Court recently sentenced the following people. Those charged and their sentences are listed below. Charges listed as nolle prosequi are those in which the prosecutor or plaintiff indicated they would not proceed with the case. In criminal cases, a disposition of nolle prosequi may be entered when evidence proves innocence or charges cannot otherwise be proved.
The following sentences were issued as part of negotiated plea agreements on April 9, 2010 with Superior Court Judge Joseph Booth presiding:
• Rodney Anthony Williams, sale of cocaine and marijuana: pled guilty to lesser included offenses of possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute: ten years probation, $3,000 fine, sentenced to serve five years suspended upon completion of intensive probation, banished from Piedmont Circuit except for trial and agree to testify truthfully against co-defendants. Trafficking in cocaine: nolle prosequi.
• Lindsey Jordan Shepley, criminal attempt to fraudulently obtain a controlled substance merged with one count of first degree forgery: five years probation and a $1,000 fine. Escape: 12 months probation and a $500 fine.
• Kato Reed, sale of cocaine and marijuana: pled guilty to lesser included offenses of possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute: ten years probation, $3,000 fine, sentenced to serve five years suspended upon completion of intensive probation, banished from Piedmont Circuit except for trial and agree to testify truthfully against co-defendants. Trafficking in cocaine and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana: nolle prosequi.
• Julie A. Miller, deposit account fraud: 12 months probation, $1,749 in restitution and a $500 fine.
• Lance Miller, theft by taking: 12 months probation, $141 in restitution and a $500 fine. Obstruction and theft by deception: nolle prosequi.
• Darenda Gay Johnson, family violence battery: 12 months probation, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine.
• Mitchell James Mobley, possession of methamphetamine: five years probation, narcotics anonymous classes and a $500 fine. Possession of drug related objects and failure to maintain lane: nolle prosequi.
• Kevin Wayne Jones, family violence battery: two years probation, $500 fine, restitution and anger management classes. Criminal trespass: nolle prosequi.
• Frances Thomason Mines, possession of methamphetamine merged with one count of possession of a drug related object: first offender treatment, three years probation, narcotics anonymous classes and a $500 fine.
• David Joseph McNeese, manufacturing marijuana: ten years probation, $1,500 fine, six to 12 months of residential substance abuse treatment suspended upon successful completion of six months of intensive probation.
• Andrew Ivy Phillips, theft by shoplifting and giving false name or date of birth to a law enforcement officer: 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine. Possession of cocaine: nolle prosequi.
• German Rene Choxom-Tash, aggravated assault: five years probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine. One year sentence suspended upon completion of family violence intervention program. False imprisonment and family violence battery: nolle prosequi.
• Ronald Oliver Nicholson, terroristic threats and family violence battery: ten years probation, no contact with victims and a $1,500 fine. Two year sentence suspended upon service of 120 days with credit for time served. Family violence battery, family violence simple assault and third degree cruelty to children: nolle prosequi.
The following sentences were issued as part of negotiated plea agreements on April 6, 2010 with Superior Court Judge T. Penn McWhorter presiding:
• Charles David Griffin, obstruction: 12 months probation less 13 days confinement and a $500 fine.
• Jerry Donata Sanders, obstruction: 12 months probation less 13 days confinement and a $500 fine.
• Charles Ray Martin, child abandonment: 12 months probation suspended upon registration for child support services. Defendant must continue to show proof of payment of child support.
• Mitchell Lee Phillips, Family violence battery, simple battery and simple assault: four years probation, no violent contact with victim and $2,000 in fines.
• Kenneth B. Wheeler, simple battery and criminal trespass: two years probation, no contact with victim, restitution and a $1,000 fine.
• Christopher Ryan Griffin, criminal trespass: 12 months probation and a $250 fine.
• Angela Doyle, disorderly conduct: 12 months probation and a $500 fine. Two counts of family violence simple battery and one count of criminal trespass: nolle prosequi.
• Adrian Steeley a.k.a. Adrian Nicole Price, two counts of disorderly conduct: two years probation, no violent contact with victim and a $1,000 fine. Simple battery: nolle prosequi.
• Tamaria Steeley, disorderly conduct: 12 months probation, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine. Battery: nolle prosequi.
• Jeffrey McCarty, criminal trespass merged with one count of simple assault: 12 months probation and a $500 fine.
• Timothy Lee Colli, disorderly conduct: 12 months probation less 13 days confinement, no violent contact with victim and a $300 fine.
• Joseph Craig Mauldin, driving while license suspended: 12 months probation less ten days confinement and a $750 fine. Driving a motor vehicle with suspended registration: nolle prosequi.
• Jeffrey Wagoner, speeding and expired registration: 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine. Obstruction: nolle prosequi.
• James Benitez Arturo, family violence simple battery: 12 months probation less two days confinement, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine.
• Reynaldo Villagomez-Juarez, disorderly house: 12 months probation and a $500 fine/ Eleven counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor: nolle prosequi.
• Kim Lee Abernathy, obstruction: 12 months probation and a $500 fine.
• Eldrickous Brown, carrying a deadly weapon to a public gathering and carrying a concealed weapon: 12 months probation and a $750 fine.
• Amanda Nicole Schell, simple battery: 12 months probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine.
• Michael James Johnson, obstruction: 12 months probation and a $500 fine. Additional count of obstruction: nolle prosequi.
• Randy Ormsby, battery and criminal trespass: 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine. Interference with government property: nolle prosequi.
• James Floyd Price, theft by conversion: 12 months probation, $3,483 in restitution and a $500 fine.
• Juan Carlos Juarez, criminal trespass: 12 months probation, 50 hours of community service and a $250 fine.
The following sentences were issued as part of negotiated plea agreements on April 7, 2010 with Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff presiding:
• Porfirio Garcia Galicia, trafficking in cocaine pled to lesser included offense of possession with intent to distribute: two years confinement, 13 years probation, no contact with co-defendant and a $5,000 fine.
• Jack Dorsey Ruan, possession of methamphetamine, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and passing in a no-passing zone: three years confinement, two years probation and a $1,000 fine.
• Ricardo A. Alarcon, speeding: 12 months probation and a $300 fine.
• Lamar Winslow Chapman, theft by taking: first offender treatment, ten years probation, $8,300 in restitution and a $1,000 fine.
• David Atherton, four counts of sale of marijuana: 280-365 days confinement, 30 years probation and a $2,500 fine. Manufacturing marijuana: nolle prosequi.
• Jason Head, deposit account fraud: 18 years confinement, one year and six months probation, $2,582 in restitution and a $1,600 fine.
• Rodney Anthony Williams, sale of cocaine and marijuana: pled guilty to lesser included offenses of possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute: ten years probation, $3,000 fine, sentenced to serve five years suspended upon completion of intensive probation, banished from Piedmont Circuit except for trial and agree to testify truthfully against co-defendants. Trafficking in cocaine: nolle prosequi.
• Lindsey Jordan Shepley, criminal attempt to fraudulently obtain a controlled substance merged with one count of first degree forgery: five years probation and a $1,000 fine. Escape: 12 months probation and a $500 fine.
• Kato Reed, sale of cocaine and marijuana: pled guilty to lesser included offenses of possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute: ten years probation, $3,000 fine, sentenced to serve five years suspended upon completion of intensive probation, banished from Piedmont Circuit except for trial and agree to testify truthfully against co-defendants. Trafficking in cocaine and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana: nolle prosequi.
• Julie A. Miller, deposit account fraud: 12 months probation, $1,749 in restitution and a $500 fine.
• Lance Miller, theft by taking: 12 months probation, $141 in restitution and a $500 fine. Obstruction and theft by deception: nolle prosequi.
• Darenda Gay Johnson, family violence battery: 12 months probation, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine.
• Mitchell James Mobley, possession of methamphetamine: five years probation, narcotics anonymous classes and a $500 fine. Possession of drug related objects and failure to maintain lane: nolle prosequi.
• Kevin Wayne Jones, family violence battery: two years probation, $500 fine, restitution and anger management classes. Criminal trespass: nolle prosequi.
• Frances Thomason Mines, possession of methamphetamine merged with one count of possession of a drug related object: first offender treatment, three years probation, narcotics anonymous classes and a $500 fine.
• David Joseph McNeese, manufacturing marijuana: ten years probation, $1,500 fine, six to 12 months of residential substance abuse treatment suspended upon successful completion of six months of intensive probation.
• Andrew Ivy Phillips, theft by shoplifting and giving false name or date of birth to a law enforcement officer: 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine. Possession of cocaine: nolle prosequi.
• German Rene Choxom-Tash, aggravated assault: five years probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine. One year sentence suspended upon completion of family violence intervention program. False imprisonment and family violence battery: nolle prosequi.
• Ronald Oliver Nicholson, terroristic threats and family violence battery: ten years probation, no contact with victims and a $1,500 fine. Two year sentence suspended upon service of 120 days with credit for time served. Family violence battery, family violence simple assault and third degree cruelty to children: nolle prosequi.
The following sentences were issued as part of negotiated plea agreements on April 6, 2010 with Superior Court Judge T. Penn McWhorter presiding:
• Charles David Griffin, obstruction: 12 months probation less 13 days confinement and a $500 fine.
• Jerry Donata Sanders, obstruction: 12 months probation less 13 days confinement and a $500 fine.
• Charles Ray Martin, child abandonment: 12 months probation suspended upon registration for child support services. Defendant must continue to show proof of payment of child support.
• Mitchell Lee Phillips, Family violence battery, simple battery and simple assault: four years probation, no violent contact with victim and $2,000 in fines.
• Kenneth B. Wheeler, simple battery and criminal trespass: two years probation, no contact with victim, restitution and a $1,000 fine.
• Christopher Ryan Griffin, criminal trespass: 12 months probation and a $250 fine.
• Angela Doyle, disorderly conduct: 12 months probation and a $500 fine. Two counts of family violence simple battery and one count of criminal trespass: nolle prosequi.
• Adrian Steeley a.k.a. Adrian Nicole Price, two counts of disorderly conduct: two years probation, no violent contact with victim and a $1,000 fine. Simple battery: nolle prosequi.
• Tamaria Steeley, disorderly conduct: 12 months probation, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine. Battery: nolle prosequi.
• Jeffrey McCarty, criminal trespass merged with one count of simple assault: 12 months probation and a $500 fine.
• Timothy Lee Colli, disorderly conduct: 12 months probation less 13 days confinement, no violent contact with victim and a $300 fine.
• Joseph Craig Mauldin, driving while license suspended: 12 months probation less ten days confinement and a $750 fine. Driving a motor vehicle with suspended registration: nolle prosequi.
• Jeffrey Wagoner, speeding and expired registration: 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine. Obstruction: nolle prosequi.
• James Benitez Arturo, family violence simple battery: 12 months probation less two days confinement, no violent contact with victim and a $500 fine.
• Reynaldo Villagomez-Juarez, disorderly house: 12 months probation and a $500 fine/ Eleven counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor: nolle prosequi.
• Kim Lee Abernathy, obstruction: 12 months probation and a $500 fine.
• Eldrickous Brown, carrying a deadly weapon to a public gathering and carrying a concealed weapon: 12 months probation and a $750 fine.
• Amanda Nicole Schell, simple battery: 12 months probation, no contact with victim and a $500 fine.
• Michael James Johnson, obstruction: 12 months probation and a $500 fine. Additional count of obstruction: nolle prosequi.
• Randy Ormsby, battery and criminal trespass: 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine. Interference with government property: nolle prosequi.
• James Floyd Price, theft by conversion: 12 months probation, $3,483 in restitution and a $500 fine.
• Juan Carlos Juarez, criminal trespass: 12 months probation, 50 hours of community service and a $250 fine.
The following sentences were issued as part of negotiated plea agreements on April 7, 2010 with Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff presiding:
• Porfirio Garcia Galicia, trafficking in cocaine pled to lesser included offense of possession with intent to distribute: two years confinement, 13 years probation, no contact with co-defendant and a $5,000 fine.
• Jack Dorsey Ruan, possession of methamphetamine, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and passing in a no-passing zone: three years confinement, two years probation and a $1,000 fine.
• Ricardo A. Alarcon, speeding: 12 months probation and a $300 fine.
• Lamar Winslow Chapman, theft by taking: first offender treatment, ten years probation, $8,300 in restitution and a $1,000 fine.
• David Atherton, four counts of sale of marijuana: 280-365 days confinement, 30 years probation and a $2,500 fine. Manufacturing marijuana: nolle prosequi.
• Jason Head, deposit account fraud: 18 years confinement, one year and six months probation, $2,582 in restitution and a $1,600 fine.
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Sadly this problem exist in every county in Georgia.
We already are paying the price.The Probation and Parole systems were created to aleve jail&prison overcrowding, now the courts are clogged with probation and parole violators.We all know its cheaper to take a plea deal involving probation or parole than to take a case to trial, but if a thug gets 10 years and ACTUALLY does 10 years, think of how many fewer cases the court system would have to handle. Smaller caseloads equal more time to properly prosecute cases and almost eliminates the fast-food,get-in-and-get-out, revolving door.
Its the old saying "If you do it right the first time......."
Consider the statistic of crimes committed to crimes reported or prosecuted, maybe 50%. So again I ask how much could be prevented both known an unknown crimes.
I do not pretend to have all the answers but what I know is the current system is not working.How many times do we have to hear of a molester or murderer out on parole becoming a repeat offender?
The truth is kids, from good homes and bad, see crime as an option now. There is no real consequences. Kids live for the moment the see the drug dealer with money and cars, he goes to jail and is back in a month or less.
Something has to change.