Fourth Circuit Judge Paul Burch presided over a term of General Sessions Court in Dillon last week where nearly 100 people appeared for various hearings, mostly guilty pleas. Cyril Lowery was sentenced to prison for a burglary that occurred in December 2020. Andrew Sipka was sentenced to prison for abusing a child earlier this year. David Brown was sentenced to prison for criminal sexual conduct that occurred in 2018.
Antron McRae was sentenced to prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jessica Blackmon and Lamont Simmons were sentenced to prison for distribution of ecstasy.
Daniel Hamer was sentenced to prison for domestic violence, resisting arrest and threatening an officer.
Among others who pled guilty and received sentences varying from incarceration to time served are: Darius Stackhouse (domestic violence), Tony Burrell (trespassing), Ernest Inman III (weapons), Stevie Woods (resisting arrest), Richard Lee Leach (weapons and drugs), Timothy Berry (domestic violence), Lakesha Manago (cruelty to children), Tracy Carmichael (domestic violence), Steven Woodard (drugs), Zina Locklear (domestic violence), Dominique Williams (weapons), Quanisa Owens (drugs), Dexter Adams (failure to stop for blue light), Montrice Carmichael (drugs), Danielle Sweat (drugs), Jamier Legette (drugs), Larry Frank Meekins (theft and drugs), Landon McPhatter (theft and drugs), Gary Bethea (habitual shoplifting and burglary), Harvey Gause (theft), James McLaughlin (resisting arrest and assault), Avery McLellan (theft), Chesley Blackmon (giving false information to law enforcement), Altyreke McCall (drugs), Austin Bethea (night hunting deer), Evan Vaughn (night hunting deer), Deminico Baker (failure to stop for blue light, weapons), Jacobie Jefferson (drugs), Nicole Manning (drugs), Barry Byrd (drugs), Ahmad Nelson (drugs), Joshua Rogers (drugs), Eddie Hailey (habitual traffic offender), Donnie Roberts (unlawful neglect of a child), Richard Green (drugs), Freddie Benjamin (DUI), Nicholas Roberts (weapons, failure to stop for blue light), and Corey Lunnon (habitual shoplifting).
Editor’s Note: Readers are reminded that in Dillon County several people have the same or similar names.