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Circuit Court
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Sentences were handed down by Judge Bill Locke in abbreviated Tuesday and Thursday installments of General Sessions Criminal and Traffic Court last week. Included in court action:• Jason Madewell was given a six-month sentence to serve and must pay $50 plus costs and lose his driver license for one year for second-offense driving on a suspended license and violation of probation.• Kiel Blaauw was directed to serve 10 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, perform 24 hours public service work and undergo anger management for harassment.• Donald Savage was instructed to serve 10 days of an 11-29 sentence and pay $150 plus costs for possession of drug paraphernalia.• Michael Foster was ordered to serve 48 hours of an 11-29 sentence, pay $400 plus costs, perform 24 hours public service work and undergo a drug and alcohol assessment for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.• Jack Chisam was directed to serve five days of an 11-29 sentence and attend batterer intervention for domestic assault.• Steven Gerhardt and Eric McEntee were ordered to serve two days and pay $10 plus costs for public intoxication.• Shawn Gibson must serve the balance of sentence for violation of probation.• Nicholas Mayberry must serve 10 days for failure to appear in court.• Scott D. Beechum was directed to serve 30 days of an 11-29 sentence and must undergo a drug and alcohol assessment for violation of probation.• Jason Robart must serve two days and have probation extended by one year for violation of probation. CorrectionEtoye Bates was not the person bound to the grand jury on drunk driving charges as reported in Friday’s edition.