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Traffic Court
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A 56-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Bill Locke in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in court action:• Hugo Ponce was ordered to serve seven months of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $150 plus costs for criminal impersonation, third-offense driving on a revoked license, driving without a license, failure to appear in court and violation of probation.• Michael Moore was directed to serve 30 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $100 plus costs, and perform 24 hours public service work for second-offense driving on a revoked license.• Etoye Bates was bound to the grand jury on the charge of third-offense DUI.• Michael Brown was ordered to serve seven days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $50 plus costs and lose his driver license for one year for second-offense driving on a revoked license.• Laura Smith and Casey Welch were ordered to serve 48 hours of 11-29 sentences, pay $350 plus costs, perform 24 hours public service work and lose driving privileges for one year for DUI.• Steven Gebhart was given 30 days but released on time served for public intoxication.• Cathie McMahan, William Earls, Jonathan Earls and Michael Davis must pay $10 plus costs for driving without a license.The remainder of cases on the docket were either up for arraignment, continued, dismissed, or were minor moving violations settled by fine or driving school. ClarificationJeffrey Chandler who entered a guilty plea to driving on a revoked license is not the 56-year-old Jeffrey Chandler who graduated in 1976.