A Wellington man who led lawmen on a high speed chase into Clarendon last month was sentenced to three years probation for the state jail felony offense of evading arrest when the district court met in Childress on Monday.
Carl Franklin Bedwell III was arrested July 18 after Donley County dispatchers received multiple 911 calls with reports of someone driving erratically – going on the left and right shoulders, eastbound on US 287 west of Clarendon – at speeds in excess of 100 mph.
A state trooper stopped Bedwell west of Clarendon, but he re-started his vehicle and fled the scene despite warnings and three gunshots fired by a Donley County deputy. Bedwell then crossed the west city limits at approximately 85 mph, and the trooper and two deputies boxed in his vehicle as he neared the intersection of Allen Street and US 287.
District Attorney Luke Inman’s office said Bedwell pleaded guilty to a complaint and information filed by the state and was convicted. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Bedwell is required to pay a $1,000 fine to
Donley County and $390 in court costs. If Bedwell violates probation, he could face up to two years in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Also on Monday, the court sentenced Bobby Allen Prentice to 60 days in the Childress County Jail after he pleaded guilty to the Class A misdemeanor of theft and placed Armando Hinojosa Jr. on probation for a period of two years for the Class A misdemeanor offense of theft.
Prentice was arrested in Childress County on May 22, 2009 for the offense of theft. Hinojosa was arrested for burglary of a building in Collingsworth County on August 3, 2009. Hinojosa’s co-defendant, Sawyer Adams, plead out to the same offense in County Court and was required to pay a fine of $4,000 and spend 10 days in county jail.
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