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Gibbs sentenced for evading arrest
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A man who side-stepped the long arm of the law for two years after evading officers during a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood has taken his punishment.The fugitive, Roy A. Gibbs, 39, was ordered to serve 75 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $100 plus costs. His jail time will be served in addition to time he owes on two separate counts of violation of probation. Gibbs entered pleas before General Sessions Judge Bill Locke to charges of reckless endangerment, evading arrest, second-offense driving on a revoked license, speeding by traveling 70 in a 35 mph zone, and violation of probation.He entered his pleas before the court for running from the highway patrol.