A man who originally received an unusually light sentence for violating the state's motor vehicle habitual offender law is now going to prison.

Everett Agee, 46, 622 Tigrett in Halls, just couldn't stop driving motor vehicles.

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Agee was declared a habitual traffic offender in 2002 and is forbidden to drive. He pleaded guilty to violating the state's motor vehicle habitual offender law on Sept. 4 in Dyer County Circuit Court. He was sentenced on Oct. 9. Under normal circumstances, Agee would have been required to spend some time in jail, but he was placed in a community corrections program for six years.

The lenient sentence was granted because Agee reportedly suffers from an advanced liver disease and is at high risk for a number of medical emergencies.

In approving the plea agreement last fall, Circuit Judge Lee Moore warned Agee that if he violated the community corrections behavioral contract he would serve the six-year sentence in prison.

Less than two months later, a notice of violation was filed against Agee. He failed to pay his court costs and was arrested Nov. 2 in Lauderdale County on charges of violating the motor vehicle habitual offender act, reckless driving and speeding 89 mph in a 45-mph zone.

Agee returned to circuit court on Monday, May 12, to answer the notice of violation. Moore issued a new sentence and ordered that Agee spend six years in prison.

In other circuit court action on Monday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 13:

* Angela L. Nelson, 33, 159 Pease Ave., pleaded guilty to selling more than half a gram of cocaine and selling less than half a gram of cocaine.

On the first charge, she was sentenced to a year in the county jail and seven years in a community corrections program. She was fined $2,000, but the fine was suspended. She also was ordered to pay $160 restitution to the Dyersburg Police Department's narcotics unit.

On the second charge, Nelson was sentenced to a year in the county jail and two years in a community corrections program. The sentence is to run concurrently with the first sentence. She was fined $2,000 and ordered to pay $160 restitution to the DPD narcotics unit.

* Anthony L. Tipton, 51, address unavailable, pleaded guilty to facilitation of a sale of less than half a gram of cocaine. He was sentenced to four years in prison, but may be furloughed to a long-term drug rehabilitation program after serving six months in jail. He also was ordered to pay $45 restitution to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department narcotics division.

* Teresa M. Whitworth, 46, 102 W. Court St., Apartment 213, was taken off of judicial diversion and sentenced to three years in a community corrections program. She had pleaded guilty to facilitation of a sale of cocaine in excess of half a gram and was placed on judicial diversion in October. Had she abided by the terms of her three-year diversion, she could have eventually asked the court to expunge her record. According to a violation report filed in February, Whitworth failed to report to her probation officer, didn't pay her court costs and supervision fees and failed to comply with mandatory drug screens.

* Kenneth Lee Anderson, 34, address unavailable, was sentenced to three years in prison on a charge of theft of property in excess of $500. A jury found him guilty April 9 of stealing an RCA television from WalMart.

* Brandy A. Jordan, 34, 44 Lock Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery. An additional charge of felony failure to appear was not prosecuted.

On each of the forgery charges she was sentenced to two years in prison, with the terms running concurrently. The sentences were suspended, and she was placed on supervised probation. She must successfully complete the drug court program during her probationary period. She also was ordered to pay $325 restitution to B&B Market, $165.47 to CountryMart and $10 to Short Stop.

* A forgery charge was not prosecuted against Charlie McKinnie Jr., 44, 601 Nora Drive in Newbern. McKinnie covered the losses incurred when he forged a check on the account of Paul Alcozor at the Food Rite in Newbern last summer.

* Darius Jamal Ferguson, 17, of Dyersburg, was placed on judicial diversion on charges of facilitating escape and being an accessory after the fact. He was placed on supervised probation for two years and ordered to pay $449 in court costs and $105 restitution to the victim. He is not allowed to contact a woman injured during the escape or to use intoxicants. He also must obtain his General Equivalency Diploma (GED) during his probationary period.

Ferguson entered a "best interest" plea to both charges on April 1. He was accused of helping Antoine Thomas escape from the McDowell Center for Children on Sept. 23 and of harboring and concealing Thomas after his escape on Oct. 3.

* Calvin Dean Martin, 32, 405 Third St. in Union City, was placed on pretrial diversion on a charge of attempting to obtain possession of a controlled substance by fraud. He was placed on supervised probation for two years, must complete outpatient drug and alcohol treatment and must pay $574.50 in court costs.

* Josh McElrath, address unavailable, pleaded guilty to selling less than half a gram of cocaine and was placed on judicial diversion.