Man Gets Five Years for Probation Violation

Keidarious Foster of Monticello, was on the Superior Court calendar Tuesday, with Judge William A. Prior, presiding, to face charges of violation of probation for the sale of marijuana in 2011.

Sufficient evidence was presented to satisfy the court that Mr. Foster had violated his probation on or about November 9, 2012 when he had committed the subsequent offense of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and failure to pay court ordered fines and fees.

Mr. Foster was sentenced to serve the balance of his probated sentence in the state penal system with an end date of March 28, 2018.

Four other probation violation cases were also processed with details as follows:

•David Lee Sherill, who was on probation after serving four years for a conviction on charges of child molestation in March of 1994, was found to have violated his probation via the new charges of failure to report, failure to pay court ordered fines and fees and failure to complete sex offender treatment. Mr. Sherill was sentenced to serve the balance of his probation in the county jail with a release date of July 29, 2013.

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•Laura Ramey who was on probation for obtaining/attempting to obtain dangerous drugs by fraud, possession of meth and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in March, 2010, was found to violated her probation by failure to report and failure to pay court ordered fines and fees. Ms. Ramey was sentenced to serve 120-180 days in the county jail suspended upon entry into a state detention center for 180 days.

•Stacy Thrash, who was on probation for conviction on the charge of sale of Alprazolan in November of 2010, was found to have violated her probation via the positive results of a drug screen. Ms. Thrash was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail suspended upon entry into a state detention center for 60-90 days, and upon release ordered to complete out patient drug and alcohol treatment and mental health counseling as directed by the probation officer.

•Jessie Carver, who was on probation for conviction of the charge of theft by taking in November of 2010, was found to have violated his parole by failure to report and failure to report address change.  Mr. Carver was sentenced to serve 120-180 days in a state detention center and upon release be returned to regular probation supervision.

Also, in a first appearance Jayson Lamion Hogan pled guilty to the charges of identity fraud, giving false information to a law enforcement officer and driving while license revoked. Mr. Hogan was sentenced to four years to be served on probation, fines and fees totaling $1,030 and restitution of $350.

In addition, six other probation revocation cases were continued and nine civil cases were heard and processed.