The district court heard three pleas on Donley County cases during the month of February.
The court met in Clarendon on Friday, February 26, 2016, to hear one plea.
Steven Wayne Kelley was placed on probation for a period of eight years for the second degree felony offense of failure to register as a sex offender enhanced. Kelley pleaded guilty and was placed on deferred adjudication for the offense.
Kelley, 54, from Amarillo, was arrested in Donley County for the offense that took place on November 24, 2014, by DPS Trooper Travis High. Kelley was indicted by a Donley County Grand Jury on January 25, 2016.
Pursuant to the plea agreement, Kelley is required to pay a $500 fine to Donley County, $488 in court costs, and successfully complete 300 hours of community service. If Kelley violates probation, he could face up to 20 years in the Institutional Division of the TDCJ.
On Monday, February 22, the court met in Childress and heard a plea from David Louis Barrett, who was placed on probation for a period of three years for the third degree felony offense of prohibited substance in a correctional facility.
Barrett, 41, from Lawton, OK, pleaded guilty and was placed on deferred adjudication for the offense.
Barrett, was arrested in Donley County for the offense that took place on February 1, 2016 by Donley County Deputy Sonny Marasco. Barrett pleaded to an information filed by the State on February 17, 2016.
Pursuant to the plea agreement, Barrett is required to pay a $3,000 fine to Donley County, $488 in court costs, $180 restitution, and complete 200 hours of community service. If Barrett violates probation, he could face up to 10 years in the Institutional Division of the TDCJ.
The court also met in Panhandle on Monday, February 8, where Martin Medina Ortiz pleaded true to allegations listed in the State’s Motion to Revoke and was sentenced to 14 months in the State Jail Division of TDCJ for the state jail felony offense of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger.
On May 31, 2011, Ortiz originally pleaded to the charges from the April 17, 2011, offense in Donley County, when he was arrested by Trooper Aaron Tarnutzer. The State filed the motion to revoke on January 31, 2013, alleging five violations of community supervision.
Ortiz is required to pay $558 in court costs to Donley County and a $2,500 fine.
District Attorney Luke Inman prosecuted aforementioned cases, assisted by Scott Sherwood and Greg Buckley, with the Honorable Judge Stuart Messer presiding.
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