Sentences were handed down in two Donley County cases last Friday when the 100th District Court was convened in Childress, according to information from District Attorney Luke Inman’s office.
Jeremy Matthew Blackwell pled guilty to a second degree felony offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 10 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Blackwell was arrested for the second degree felony offense on March 6, 2009. Blackwell was indicted on three second degree felony counts by the Donley County Grand Jury on June 22, 2009.
“The Donley County Sheriff’s Office did an excellent job in investigating these offenses by Blackwell which resulted in the plea today,” Inman said.
Blackwell was scheduled to be tried in Donley County on July 29, 2009. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Blackwell is required to a pay a $4,000 fine.
In a separate case, Joe Wayne Clark, Jr., was placed on probation for a period of two years for the State Jail felony offense of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger. Clark was convicted and sentenced to two years in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, but the sentence was probated for two years.
Clark was arrested in Donley County on June 23, 2009, for the driving while intoxicated offense. Clark pleaded guilty to a complaint and information filed by the state for the State Jail felony offense and was convicted of the state jail felony.
Pursuant to the plea agreement, Clark is required to pay a $1,500 fine to the county, $565 in court cost, complete an alcohol education program, among other conditions of probation.
Inman was assisted by Assistant District Attorney Greg Buckley, prosecuted the cases, with Judge Stuart Messer presiding.
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