Man sentenced to 11 years on robbery, other charges

* Allen Wayne Ables Jr., 26, 150 Unionville Road, pleaded guilty to a number of charges and received an 11-year sentence.

On a charge of robbery, he was accused of stealing about $250 cash from the Dodge Store on Oct. 7, 2007. He was sentenced to eight years in prison as a multiple offender, which means he must serve at least 35 percent of his sentence before he may be considered for parole.

On a charge of attempted robbery, Ables was accused of entering a Horner Road home, striking the resident in the head and demanding money on Sept. 23. He fled before getting any money. Ables was sentenced to six years in prison as a multiple offender.

On two counts of felony failure to appear, Ables was sentenced to two three-year sentences as a multiple offender.

The failure to appear sentences are to be served concurrently with each other. The robbery and attempted robbery sentences are to be served concurrently with each other and consecutively to the sentences for failure to appear.

An additional charge of robbery was not prosecuted against Ables.

* Rosaire M. Dubrule, 61, 850 Dan Willis Road, was sentenced to six months of probation.

A jury convicted him May 27 on charges of reckless driving and resisting arrest. The jury also found him not guilty of felony evading arrest and the state dismissed a charge of violation of the implied consent law.

On each conviction, he was sentenced to six months in the county jail, suspended to time served and placed on supervised probation for six months. The two sentences are to be served concurrently. Dubrule also was fined $250 on the reckless driving charge and $500 on the resisting arrest charge.

* Lanny H. Fowler, 25, address unavailable, pleaded guilty to felony failure to appear. He was sentenced to 55 days in the county jail and will serve that time consecutively to previous sentences in Dyer and Lauderdale counties.

* Keith Allen Gruggett, 39, 34 Dogwood in Finley, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of domestic assault. He had been indicted for aggravated assault after allegedly breaking a woman's jaw on Jan. 28. He was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days in jail, immediately suspended to probation.

* Robert E. Hall, 24, 155 Williams Drive, pleaded guilty to especially aggravated burglary. Additional charges of aggravated assault and theft of property less than $500 were dismissed. Hall was accused of bursting into a Newbern home on March 28, 2008. He reportedly shot one of the residents in the leg and fired two more rounds at a second resident. He stole a woman's purse and fled. He was sentenced to eight years in prison but the sentence was immediately suspended. Hall was placed on probation for eight years.

* Andre Raymond Hill, 23, whose address is listed both as 510 Roberts Ave. and 1020 Upper Finley, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminal trespass. He had been indicted with burglary of a motor vehicle after allegedly entering a Volkswagen Beetle at West Tennessee Motors on April 30. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Hill also pleaded guilty to driving with a revoked license. He was sentenced to six months in jail, with the sentence being immediately suspended. He was placed on probation for six months and will serve that time concurrently with his sentence for criminal trespassing.

* Jerry T. Jimerson, 32, address unavailable, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of facilitation of a sale of a Schedule II controlled substance. He was sentenced to two years in a community corrections program.

* Chris Johnson, address unavailable, was not prosecuted on a charge of selling morphine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

* Thomas H. Lents, 822 Sir Lionel, was granted pretrial diversion on charges of forgery and theft of property in excess of $1,000. He was placed on supervised probation for two years. He was ordered to pay $2,425 restitution and $899.50 in court costs.

* Beverly Ann Owen, also known as Beverly Hicks, address unavailable, was not prosecuted on a charge of theft of property in excess of $1,000. She had been accused of stealing a riding lawn mower in March.

* James David Seaton, 18, 179 Richwood Road in Finley, was granted pretrial diversion on a charge of theft of property in excess of $1,000. He was placed on probation for two years, ordered to pay $799 in court costs and a $35 monthly supervision fee. He also was forbidden to contact the victims. He was accused of entering a Clifton Drive home in March and taking cash and a pistol.

He was not prosecuted on a related aggravated burglary charge.

* Roy Lynn Prince, 35, 207 Fuller St. in Newbern, was not prosecuted on a charge of driving with a revoked license.

* Tana Joan Shipley, 26, 417 Church St., Apartment B, pleaded guilty to selling Alprazolam, a Schedule IV controlled substance, and selling hydromorphone, a Schedule II controlled substance.

On the first charge, she was sentenced to three years in prison with the sentence suspended immediately and Shipley placed on probation. She had been incarcerated since April 16. Her $2,000 fine was suspended but she was ordered to pay $110 restitution to the Dyersburg Police Department Drug Fund.

On the second charge, she was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, suspended immediately. She was placed on probation for the same time period. The sentences are to be served concurrently. Her $2,000 fine was suspended but she was ordered to pay $130 restitution to the DPD Drug Fund.

Additional charges of selling a Schedule I controlled substance and selling more than half a gram of cocaine were dismissed.

* Demario Lamar Turner, 19, 205 St. Joseph, Apartment D, was not prosecuted on a charge of felony failure to appear.

* Thomas Paul Ward, 40, 21 Jo Circle, pleaded guilty to selling morphine, a Schedule II controlled substance. He was sentenced to three years in a community corrections program. His $2,000 fine was suspended to $500 and he was ordered to pay $600 restitution to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department Drug Fund.

* Shanna M. Wilson, 29, 148 Halliburton St. in Ripley, pleaded guilty to obtaining possession of a controlled substance by fraud, attempting to obtain possession of a controlled substance by fraud and obtaining TennCare medical assistance by fraud. She was sentenced to two years in prison on each count and will serve the sentences concurrently. Her TennCare benefits were terminated.

* A charge of possessing more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell was dismissed against Dustin Young, also known as Dustin Maze, 20, 628 Christie St., Apartment A.