Man accused in beating, robbery convicted of reduced charge

* Scotty J. Bolden, 39, 209 2nd Ave., was granted pre-trial diversion on a charge of violating the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Act. He was placed on supervised probation for two years and ordered to pay $1,073 in court costs and a $35 monthly supervision fee.

* Jason Wayne Millner, 27, 848 Friendship Road, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of simple assault. He was accused of injuring a man during a barroom fight on Jan. 1. He was placed on unsupervised probation for 11 months and 29 days and forbidden to contact the victim.

* Danny L. Sims, 53, 1384 Cumberland St., pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. A related charge of violating the implied consent law was dismissed. Sims was sentenced to 48 hours in jail followed by 11 months, 27 days of unsupervised probation. He was fined $350 and his driver's license was revoked for a year.

* Jerry Wilkes, 45, 215 Jones in Newbern, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of facilitation of selling more than half a gram of cocaine. He was sentenced to four years and six months in prison and ordered to pay $160 restitution to the West Tennessee Drug Task Force.

* Brian Taylor Wilson, 38, Courtland Square Apartment 12, was convicted by a jury on a reduced charge of theft of property less than $500. He had been originally been indicted for robbery. He was accused of beating an Upper Finley Road resident and leaving him unconscious on Halloween last year. Wilson reportedly stole $30. Wilson was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days in jail and must serve that time consecutively to all previous sentences in Tennessee and Kentucky.