2 sentenced for passing counterfeit money

* Andre L. McKinney, 30, 918 Vernon St., pleaded guilty to criminal simulation and possessing more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell. Related charges of simple possession of marijuana and resisting arrest were dismissed.

On the criminal simulation charge, he was accused of being part of a group that passed counterfeit money at Lowe's Home Improvement and Wal-Mart in early 2009. He was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $385 restitution to Lowe's.

On the drug charge, he was sentenced to eight years in prison and will serve that time consecutively to the first sentence. He was fined $2,000.

* Loroy Salter McKinney, also known as Loroy M. Salter, 35, 1709 Schaffer St., pleaded guilty to criminal simulation and fourth-offense driving on a revoked license.

On the criminal simulation charge, he was accused of being part of a group that passed counterfeit money at Lowe's Home Improvement and Wal-Mart in early 2009. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, followed by 23 months of supervised probation. He also was ordered to pay $385 restitution to Lowe's.

On the license charge, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, followed by 10 months, 29 days of supervised probation. The sentences are to be served concurrently.

* Sandra Kay Devasier, 180 Keystone Drive in Tiptonville, was granted pretrial diversion on a charge of possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell. She was placed on supervised probation for two years years, ordered to pay a $35 monthly supervision fee and agreed to testify against her co-defendant.

* Christopher B. Hendrix, 26, 1500 Byron St., pleaded guilty to two counts of promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and one count of theft of property less than $500. An additional charge of aggravated burglary was dismissed.

On each of the methamphetamine charges, Hendrix was sentenced to six months in jail, followed by two and a half years in a community corrections program. The sentences are to be served consecutively.

On the theft charge, Hendrix was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days in jail. He is to serve that time concurrently with the drug charges.

* Nicholas Tyler Hogeland, 19, 4710 Highway 104 West, pleaded guilty to possessing more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell, burglary of a motor vehicle and escape. Related charges of driving with a revoked license and evading arrest were dismissed.

On the drug charge, he was sentenced to eight months in jail, followed by seven years, four months in drug court. He was fined $2,000.

On each of the other two charges, Hogeland was sentenced to a year in drug court. Those sentences are to be served consecutively with each other and with the drug sentence.

* Michael Paul Huke, 29, 5193 Highway 78, was granted pretrial diversion on five counts of burglary of a motor vehicle and one count of theft of property in excess of $500. He was placed on supervised probation for two years and was ordered to pay $1,653 in court costs, $400 restitution to one victim and a $35 monthly supervision fee. He also was forbidden to contact any of his victims.

* Ryan Wade Mathis, 25, 401 E. Cedar St., pleaded guilty to escape. He was accused of escaping from the custody of the Dyer County Sheriff's Department while he was at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center on Sept. 9. He was sentenced to two 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. He will serve his sentence consecutively to all prior sentences.

* Andy Moore, 42, of Dyersburg, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of selling less than half a gram of cocaine. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail, followed by four years in a community corrections program. He was fined $2,000 and ordered to pay $145 restitution to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department's Narcotics Division.

* Timothy Charles Watson, 35, 1821 Whitney Young, pleaded guilty to a number of charges and was sentenced to almost three years incarceration.

On an indictment charging him with possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell, driving with a revoked license, evading arrest, resisting arrest, tampering with evidence and identity theft, Watson pleaded guilty to the marijuana charge. He was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days in jail. The other charges were dismissed.

On an indictment charging him with driving with a revoked license, simple possession of marijuana and tampering with evidence, Watson pleaded guilty to simple possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days in jail. He also was fined $250.

On an indictment charging him with four counts of fraudulently obtaining TennCare benefits, Watson pleaded guilty to one count. He was sentenced to two years in prison and will serve that time consecutively to all other sentences. The remaining charges were dismissed.

Watson will serve the first two sentences concurrently with each other and with a previous 15-year sentence. The third sentence is to be served consecutively with all other sentences.

Two additional counts of felony failure to appear were dismissed.