Theft, burglary charges top Circuit Court cases

* Robert George Blakemore, 48, 2381 Old Rives Road in Obion, pleaded guilty to identity theft. He was sentenced to four years in prison and must serve that concurrently with a sentence in Obion County. He also was ordered to pay $20,000 restitution to the victim.

* Randall Eugene Jackson Jr., 19, 230 Dillard St. in Ridgely, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft in excess of $10,000, aggravated burglary and theft of property in excess of $1,000.

For the conspiracy charge, he was sentenced to four years in a community corrections program. He was accused of plotting to steal three vehicles from Rick Hill Nissan on Feb. 7.

For the aggravated burglary and theft charges, he was sentenced to four years in a community corrections program, serving those two sentences and the conspiracy sentence concurrently. He was accused of breaking into a Holly Springs Cemetery Road home Feb. 7 and stealing a 47-inch LCD television, a digital camera, DVDs, a computer printer, laptop computer and DVD/VCR combination.

* Cristal L. Merrick, 33, Friendly Acres in West Salem, Ill., pleaded guilty to a variety of drug charges.

For promoting methamphetamine manufacture, she received a suspended four-year sentence and placed on probation for the same amount. She had been incarcerated from March 3 to June 2.

For simple possession of dihydrocodeine, a Schedule III controlled substance, she received a suspended 11-month, 29-day sentence and placed on probation. Her $750 fine was suspended.

For simple possession of cocaine, she received a suspended 11-month, 29-day sentence and placed on probation. Her $750 fine was suspended.

For simple possession of marijuana, she received a suspended 11-month, 29-day sentence and placed on probation. Her $250 fine was suspended.

She is to serve all of the sentences concurrently.

* Willie Moorer, 44, address unavailable, pleaded guilty to felony failure to appear. He was sentenced to a year in prison and must serve that consecutively to a prior sentence.

* Mike Savinski, 42, address unavailable, pleaded guilty to theft of property valued between $1,000 and $10,000 and felony failure to appear.

On the theft charge, he was accused of cashing a $2,690 check that he knew had been altered on July 17, 2007. He was sentenced to three years of probation and $2,690 restitution to Allen's Grocery on Wheeler Street.

On the failure to appear charge, he was sentenced to a year in prison, serving 90 days of incarceration and a year on probation. The sentences are to be served consecutively.

* James R. Simpson, 44, 618 Christie, pleaded guilty to burglary and theft of property in excess of $500. He was accused of entering a Forshee Street shed and stealing a rechargeable flashlight, Werner 12-foot extension ladder, Werner stepladder, a hammock, tools, and a gasoline-powered leaf blower on Oct. 23.

For the burglary charge, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail followed by one year and nine months of supervised probation.

For the theft charge, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail followed by nine months of supervised probation. The sentences are to be served concurrently.

* Vandy Dewanye Taylor, 32, 2027 Hornbrook, was not prosecuted on a charge of selling more than half a gram of cocaine.