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Judge Stanley hands out 11 jail sentences

Eleven people were sentenced last week by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley.

Included in circuit court action:

• Charlie Merriman was ordered to serve 240 days of a five-year sentence and attend anger management courses for aggravated burglary, theft and domestic assault.

• Chris Cummings was ordered to serve 210 days of an eight-year sentence and pay $3,000 plus costs for sale of drugs.

• Jody Jennings was directed to serve 210 days of a five-year sentence and pay $2,500 plus court costs for manufacture of meth.

• Ricky Lawson was ordered to serve 180 days of a three-year sentence and pay $2,000 plus costs for attempted manufacture of meth.

• Clifton Dale Bonner was instructed to serve 90 days of a three-year sentence and pay $4,000 plus costs for sale of morphine.

• Royal Martin was ordered to serve 90 days of a three-year sentence, pay $1,350 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for sale of cocaine and DUI.

• Kyle Nelson was ordered to serve 270 days of a six-year sentence and pay $2,000 restitution for vandalism and theft.

• Eric Wilson was given an 11-29 sentence to be served at 75 percent for vandalism and resisting arrest.

• Terry Miller was instructed to serve 48 hours of an 11-29 sentence, pay $350 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

• Jerry R. Rutledge Sr. must serve 150 days for violation of probation.

• Donald Taylor must serve the balance of his sentence for violation of probation.

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