Two people accused of drug crimes and a man accused of stealing telephone lines to retrieve the copper inside were among those making appearances Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

Charles Dickess, 26, of 941 County Road 24, was sentenced to a total of four years in prison on a six count drug indictment.

If Dickess testifies truthfully against his co-defendants and presents no problems while in prison, he could be eligible for judicial release after 18 months but then must undergo a drug rehabilitation program in a community based correctional facility and spend four years on probation.

He was also fined $21,250 and ordered to surrender his driver’s license for two years. Judge Richard Walton gave him credit for time served.

Dickess pleaded guilty in May to five counts of third-degree felony trafficking in crack cocaine and one count of first-degree misdemeanor resisting arrest.

Kimberly Maggard, 41, of 27 Private Drive 708, South Point, pleaded guilty to one count of burglary,

three counts of trafficking in crack cocaine, and one count each of complicity to trafficking in powder cocaine with a firearm specification, complicity to trafficking in crack cocaine with a firearm specification, complicity to possession of crack with a firearm specification and complicity to possession of powder cocaine with a firearm specification.

The burglary charge and the drug charges stem from two separate indictments.

Judge Frank McCown sentenced Maggard to five years in prison on the burglary conviction but withheld sentencing on the drug charges until a later date.

Maggard must testify truthfully against three people arrested with her in a drug bust in South Point earlier this month. Maggard sat in court Wednesday wiping tears from her eyes during the proceedings. In a shaky voice, she answered &uot;yes, your honor&uot; when McCown read each charge against her and asked if she was guilty of them.

As part of her plea agreement, Maggard will be released from jail

for two weeks so she can spend time with a seriously ill family member but she was cautioned if she does not return as she is supposed to, she will face an escape charge and the maximum penalty allowed for the drug charges, which amounts to life in prison in her case.

“I appreciate the opportunity to see my father” she said. This means a lot to me. I am sorry for what I’ve done.”

Also Wednesday, Leonard Russell Daniels, 34, of 293 High St., Coal Grove, pleaded guilty on a bill of information to one count each of disrupting a public service and theft of AT&T telephone lines.

Walton sentenced him to six months in prison on each charge but said the two sentences could run concurrently. Walton also ordered Daniels to make restitution to the telephone company. An exact amount has not yet been determined.

Daniels is one of several people arrested in connection with the theft of telephone lines along Lawrence Street Road in May. The theft of the telephone lines cut service to approximately 400 families.