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Probation violators, others sentenced to prison
Published Monday, February 8, 2010
Drugs, burglary and probation violation were chief among the issues addressed Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.
Brittany Spry, 33, of 214 C Township Road 430, South Point, pleaded guilty to a four-count drug indictment.
Judge D. Scott Bowling sentenced her to a total of three years in prison, fined her $7,500 and suspended her driver’s license for a year.
With good behavior, she may be eligible for judicial release after 6 months if she is accepted at a community based correctional facility and serves four years probation.
Also Wednesday, Steven Triplett, 31, of 9669 State Route 141, Kitts Hill, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. Judge Charles Cooper sentenced him to a total of eight years in prison.
Three people avoided having their cases heard by a grand jury and a common pleas court trial by pleading guilty on bills of information.
In this way, they bypassed much of the judicial process, admitted their guilty and accepted their with punishment.
Alexandria Hammond, of 404 ½ S. Fourth St., Ironton, pleaded guilty on a bill of information to one count of attempt to commit burglary.
Bowling sentenced her to four years community control sanctions under intensive supervised probation (CCS/ISP) and ordered her to complete a six-month treatment program at the STAR Community Justice Center.
Heather Crigger, 29, of Huntington, W.Va., pleaded guilty on a bill of information to one count of possession of drugs.
Bowling sentenced her to four years CCS/ISP and ordered her to successfully complete a rehabilitation program at the STAR Community Justice Center.
Edward R. Hampton, 31, of 83 Private Drive 867, Ironton, pleaded guilty on a bill of information to theft and assault charges.
Bowling sentenced him to four years CCS/ISP and ordered him to complete a rehabilitation program at the STAR Community Justice Center.
Also, Raymond Brown, of 713 Mill St., Ironton, was found guilty of violating his probation, or community control sanctions, during a trial Wednesday. He was on probation for an earlier drug conviction.
Adult Probation Officer Lynne Stewart told Cooper Brown was discharged from the STAR Community Justice Center for failing to follow the rules.
Cooper sentenced Brown to 17 months in prison, a sentence recommended by Lawrence County Prosecutor J.B. Collier Jr., who noted Brown has a prior conviction on his record and had tested the court’s authority.
Brown countered by telling Cooper he was not out stealing to support his habit.
Brown said he felt out of place at STAR because of his age — he is 50 years old — and found the structure at STAR “too intense.”
He said he wants to get help for his drug problem but did not think he would find that help in prison.
“Seventeen months is a long time to go to prison for $90 worth of drugs,” Brown said.
Brown also said if he went to prison for more than 12 months he would lose his supplemental social security (SSI) check.
James Willis, 23, of 2012 S. Third St., Ironton, admitted he violated his probation when he failed to pay court costs, failed to pay his monthly probation supervisory fee and tried to buy a gun — people on probation are prohibited from having a gun.
Bowling sentenced him to nine years in prison. Willis was on probation for an earlier breaking and entering conviction.
Tammy R. Howell, 37, of 218 ½ S. Fourth St., Ironton, admitted she violated her probation by testing positive for drug use and getting arrested on new charges. Bowling sentenced her to two years in prison.
“I’m sorry for letting you down, Mr. Bowling, your honor,” Howell told Bowling.
Howell was on probation for conviction on assault and tampering with evidence charges.
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Posted by hdm1903 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 10:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Brown also said if he went to prison for more than 12 months he would lose his supplemental social security (SSI) check"
THIS IS HORRIBLE! the judge has taken away this mans ability to make a living.
Posted by angelgirl (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Brown took his ssi check away his self. Making a living is working a job not on SSI.
Posted by billco (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
he should not be elgible for government assistance while in prison anyway.
Posted by knothead1 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
He should have thought of that when he was committing crimes.
Posted by billybob (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Amen, billco. Do the crime, do the time. $674 SSI a month for a year is $8,088. Why should he get out of jail with a big savings account waiting for him? Duh!
Posted by crackerjack (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at noon (Suggest removal)
That is more than my retirement will be plus I have to pay taxes and insurance out of that. I have worked since I was 16 years old. Disgusting......
Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 1:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Then wise up crackerjack & make the system work for you.
Posted by goybar1 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
DONT JUDGE PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN IN THEIR PANTS !!!
Posted by angelgirl (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Who's Judging?
Posted by hdm1903 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I dont think that gaybar1 means this literally.
Posted by wakeupamerica (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 4:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Lock them all up! If you're going to do the crime then be prepared to do the time.
Posted by CDAWN1 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
As an employee of a prison, I think it is ridiculous for us (taxpayers) to pay for these drugheads and thieves to go lay up on our tax dollar. It will cost roughly $20,000 to house this man vs his $8,000 SSI check. They all should be sentenced to a WORK HOUSE! A concept that is totally foreign to them. Prison is not cost effective for these petty criminals that angers the courts. Trust me...prison will be a vaction for them. They get free housing, food, medical care, commissary, and they get to complain to staff about their rights being violated.
Posted by kimmark (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
thats right he knew what he was doing was wrong. if you can do the crime do your time. wish more of them would get caught
Posted by snoopydog (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think its pretty stupid for a man getting SSI anyway. why isnt he working. thats the problem with these people and the system. they make it too easy for people to lay on their dead ### and collect a check. make them work for it. I know the jobs out there right now are very few and far between. another problem is these pain clinics and Doctors that give drugs to just whoever and get them hooked on the stuff and then they go out and steal or kill for their habits.
Posted by Phuquemawl (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 7:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Amen Snoopydog. I'm 43 with 5 heartattacks, 5 stents, and a triple by-pass under my belt and yet I was denied ANY assistance while I was off work. I see these young people who don't have a clue what a days work consists of, but somehow get pain pills and nerve pills, perscribed from doctors, by the hundreds a month and paid for with the medical card issued to them by the state. My meds are over $600 a month, half of which I can't afford, Therefore I have to work or die. Is there anyone out there who lives in gov't housing for free, collecting food stamps, getting all your meds paid for, driving a new vehicle, and selling pills, ALL TAX FREE, please tell me how you do it? I will pay for your wisdom in minipulating the system and misusing taxpayers dollars. E-mail me your name address and ss number. I will make sure your efforts in these fields are recognized, for all your hard work, by the approppriate awards committee so they your can send you your certificate of acheivment award in the mail. Anyone getting assistance should have to take mandatory drug testing, and if failed, have all benefits yanked.
Posted by Shooter (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 8:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
His parents never taught him the difference between a mailbox and a lunchbox.
Eat a bean
Posted by kimmark (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 9:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
i agree with snoop. there needs to be a better system. people who cant work is one thing but people who cheat the system is another. if they cant pass a drug test they should never be able to get ssi or any help. my life was changed over a druggie. i have worked full time since i was in highschool, worked at my last job for 18 and 1/2 yrs and all in a second my life was changed by a guy on drugs and his two friends also out of there minds. i would do anything to be able to get up and go back to my job but its not going to hapen but he will get all medical treatment he needs in prison for 8yrs and they other 2 never got nothing. but there both on ssi one cause he is a drunk they other over nerves, and there both on druggs.
Posted by jenx12000 (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 11:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
he will get about 18 dollars a month for state pay. taxpayers pay to put him in prison and the state gives them a check for working in prison, why can't he work on the street?
Posted by hdm1903 (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
He has been working on the street. Do u realize how cold its been? and with all the snow it is hard to sell anything right now. Tax refunds are just now making it back into peoples hands. Irontons economy is about to pick up!
Posted by deathdealer (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 1:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
what is the point of suspending a license for a year in a 3 year sentence??
Posted by mamatiger (anonymous) on February 10, 2010 at 12:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Re: Mr. Triplett...If I'm not mistaken there were 5 others involved in this robbery so why are 3 getting charged with complicity and there is no mention of the other two in the court records? Seems this young man is taking the hit for everyone.
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