Probation revoked for grandmother
After being convicted for concealing methamphetamine on her 4-year-old granddaughter last year, a local grandmother had her probation revoked this week for concealing money from her probation officer.
The defendant, Marylyn Sue Whitman, 43, was ordered back to jail by Circuit Court Judge Charles Haston this week. She was directed to stay behind bars until New Year’s Eve of this year and then be returned to serving the remainder of her eight-year probationary sentence. Whitman had already served 240 days of her original sentence before being released on probation.
Whitman was charged with the crime after her 4-year-old granddaughter showed a bag of meth to Department of Children’s Services officials. The girl told investigators her grandmother had given her the bag containing the drugs.
The child had been taken into DCS custody after Whitman was arrested following a fight at Lucky Shot Game Room in the Lucky Community. The game room, owned by her husband Dean Whitman Jr., had been raided earlier in the week due to drug activity there. Dean Whitman Jr. and his daughter Deanna Marie Whitman, 22, had both been arrested in the initial raid.
Investigators suspect Mrs. Whitman stashed the drugs on her granddaughter so deputies would not find the narcotics on her person during booking.
The violation of her parole came after she failed to meet with her probation officer on two occasions in January. In addition to skipping the meetings, Whitman reportedly did not pay her required fines, claiming she did not have a job to raise the cash needed.
However, in the violation warrant, her probation officer pointed out, while claiming she did not have money to pay her probation fees, Whitman borrowed $250 to purchase a car.
The evidence against Whitman was enough for Judge Haston to direct her back to jail after he reluctantly issued the probationary sentence late last year. Along with her sentence, Whitman has been warned she can not have any contact with her granddaughter.