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Circuit Court
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Richard Adams, with his attorney Robert Newman, enters a plea during Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon.
A Criminal Court docket was heard by Judge Bart Stanley Wednesday, Sept. 25, in Circuit Court. Included in Wednesday’s action: • John Paul Belew pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm, and was sentenced to three years in jail to serve 364 days. He was ordered to pay court costs and have no contact with the victim, and was given credit for 301 days already served in jail. Belew also received two consecutive sentences of 11 months and 29 days on supervised probation, $150 fines and court costs after pleading guilty to two counts of violation of an order of protection. He was again ordered to have no contact with the victim.