Former police chief sentenced on drug charges

* Former Trimble Police Chief Donald W. Bennett, 52, 2550 Eastwood Drive in Trimble, received an effective six-year sentence on a variety of drug-related charges.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of selling a Schedule III controlled substance in a drug-free school zone and two counts of selling a Schedule IV controlled substance in a drug-free school zone. A related charge of selling more than half a gram of methamphetamines was dismissed. He received concurrent four-year sentences and was fined $2,000 in each count.

He pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining TennCare medical assistance benefits and was sentenced to a year in prison. The sentence will be served concurrently with the drug sentences above.

Bennett also pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. Related charges of possessing Schedule III and IV controlled substances with intent to sell were dismissed. He was sentenced to two years in prison and will serve that term consecutively to the sentences above.

* Charles Edward Butler, 19, address unavailable, was given a six-month sentence for reckless driving. The sentence was suspended to six months of supervised probation. He must pay $4,506.08 restitution to the Newbern Water Department. A related charge of driving with a revoked license was dismissed. He was accused of borrowing a car, wrecking it on a fireplug and leaving the scene of the wreck.

* David Samuel Cotton Jr., 35, 1496 Jackson Store Road in Crockett Mills, pleaded guilty to second offense driving under the influence of an intoxicant and simple possess of methamphetamines. Related charges of driving with a revoked license and resisting arrest were dismissed.

Cotton received concurrent 11-month, 29-day sentences in the county jail. The sentences were suspended to 45 days, followed by 11 months and 29 days of probation. He was fined $600 on the DUI charge and $750 on the drug charge.

* Carl Allen Haynes, 46, 332 Carter Lane, pleaded guilty to one charge of theft of property in excess of $1,000 and one charge of joyriding. He was accused of taking two pickup trucks in July. He was sentenced to four years in prison on the theft charge and 11 months, 29 days in jail on the joyriding charge. The sentences will be served concurrently with each other and consecutively with all prior sentences and parole revocations.

* Anthony Lynn Jones, 47, 2021 South Wind Cove, pleaded guilty to ninth-offense driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Related charges of violating the implied consent law and fifth offense driving with a revoked license were dismissed. He was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $3,000. He is to serve the sentence concurrently with one from Madison County.

* Three charges against Jerry E. Lanier, 29, 1223 Hornbrook St., were dismissed. He had been charged with possessing more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell, possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony and domestic assault.

* Teresa V. Lindley, 45, 1295 Bethlehem Road in Newbern, pleaded guilty to violating the motor vehicle habitual offender act. She was sentenced to a year in prison. Related charges of fourth offense driving under the influence of an intoxicant and criminal impersonation were dismissed.

* Robert Clint Linebaugh, 34, 1170 Highway 51 Bypass, pleaded guilty to one count of forgery. Two additional counts were dismissed. He was given a suspended two-year sentence and placed on probation. He was ordered to pay $220.58 in restitution to Advance Auto Parts.

* Kenneth O'Neal Lumley, 35, 333 Graves Road in Henning, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of property in excess of $1,000 and theft of property in excess of $10,000. He was accused of stealing a 2001 van and a 2007 off-road utility vehicle and trailer earlier this year.

On the first charge, he was sentenced to four years in prison.

On the second charge, he was sentenced to five years in prison.

The sentences are to be served concurrently with each other and with sentences he has in Missouri.

* Odis Ardell Ross, 32, 409 Isaac Hayes, pleaded guilty to violating the motor vehicle habitual offender act. He was sentenced to a year in prison.

* Desiree Russell, 26, address unavailable, was granted pretrial diversion on a charge of theft of property in excess of $1,000. She was accused of depositing two counterfeit money orders in the amount of $950 into her savings account and then immediately withdrawing $1,900 last May. She was placed on supervised probation for two years and ordered to pay $650 in court costs and $1,900 restitution to Dyersburg Credit Union.

* Tommy L. Smith Jr., 34, 807 McAuley Circle in West Memphis, Ark., pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a handgun. A related charge of driving under the influence of an intoxicant was dismissed. He was sentenced to a year in prison and will serve that time consecutively to all prior sentences and parole revocations in Arkansas.