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Traffic Court
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Sentences were handed down Thursday by Judge Bill Locke in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in court action:• Allen Hale was ordered to serve 120 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $50 plus costs and lose his driver license for sixth-offense driving on a suspended license.• Gregory Smartt was instructed to serve 47 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $650 plus costs, perform 24 hours public service work, attend DUI class and lose his driving privileges for one year for DUI.• Armando Ramirez was instructed to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $50 plus costs and lose driving privileges for two years for second-offense driving on a revoked license.• Samuel Darrell was directed to serve four days of an 11-29 sentence and must pay $400 plus costs, attend DUI class, perform 24 hours public service work and lose his driver license for one year for DUI, driving on a suspended license, evading arrest and violation of probation.• Matthew Edwards was bound to the grand jury on charges of evading arrest and driving on a revoked license.• Rachel Johnson was directed to serve 10 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $50 plus costs and lose her driver license for two years for second-offense driving on a suspended license.• Alirio Granados was directed to serve four days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $400 plus costs and lose driving privileges for one year for DUI and driving on a suspended license.• Huston Thaxton was bound to the grand jury on charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of paraphernalia and driving on a suspended license.• Virginia Murphy was bound to the grand jury on the charge of second-offense DUI.• Dori Perry was bound to the grand jury on the charge of second-offense driving on a suspended license.• Franklin McCormick and Wendell Stoner were instructed to serve 48 hours of 11-29 sentences, pay $350 plus costs, and lose their driver licenses for one year for DUI.• April Pemerton was issued a six-month probationary sentence and must pay $50 plus costs and lose her driver license for one year for driving on a suspended license.• James Garrett was bound to the grand jury on the charge of driving on a revoked license.• Sandro Aguirre was directed to serve seven days and pay $50 plus costs for driving without a license.• Willard May, Aaron Bryant, Mario Sandoval and Shannon Cabrera must pay $10 plus costs for driving without a license.• Seth Jones must serve the balance of his sentence for violation of probation and second-offense driving on a revoked license. He may be considered for early release after nine months.