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NAPLES DAILY NEWS W«d,, April, 1976Deal Made, Hendry Gets Tentative SBv JOE KOLLIN SUff WriterThe maximum fo-ycar sentence Mark Alan Hendry faced was whittled down Tuesday to one year after hours of wheeling and dealing between the teenager’s attorney and a prosecutor.MARK HENDRY ... plea bargain.But the bargain struck during the afternoon between the defense and prosecuting attorneys is only tentative - the judge said if he can't go along with the one-year maximum sentence for Hendry, he will refuse the deal and force Hendry to again face 10 years.Hendry, 18, the son of former Collier County sheriff E. A.Doug Hendry, faced two sets of charges:- Grand larceny, for allegedly stealing an auto engine last Dec. 7. He faced five years in prison on the charge.- Violation of probation. Earlier last December he pleaded guilty to a burglary charge and was given probation. He was accused of violating it. II the judge revoked the probation, he faced another five years in prison on the burglaiy charge.THE WHEELING and dealing Monday afternoon in the courthouse corridors was between Hendry’s attorney, J. Blan Taylor, and Assistanl State Attorney Donald E.The wheeling and dealing Monday afternoon in the courthouse was between Hendry's attorney, J. B/an Taylor, and Assistant State Attorney Donald Pel/echia.Peltecchia.lAfter agreeing on the deal that spared Hendry from facing a possible nine years in prison, they went before Circuit Judge Charles T. Carlton and presented the negotiations for his approval.Taylor told the judge that Hendry would plead guilty to both charges against him: stealing the auto engine and violating his probation.In exchange, Peltecchia said, he would recommend the judgeimpose a sentence not greater than one year in the county stockade.UNDER TERMS of the deal, Carhon could sentence Hendry to one year for the theft and another for the probation violation on the burglary charge, but both sentences would run concurrently fnr a total of one year, they said.The deal also included the judge ordering a background investigation of Hendry prior to sentencing.Peltecchia told the judge that everyone involved was agreeable to the deal, including the sheriff’s deputies who arrested Hendry on the theft charge and probation officers who charged him with violating the probation.•*We feel these negotiations are fair,” the prosecutor told the judge.•Carlton accepted the deal with one condition.“IF 1 CAN’T gu along with the plea bargain because the
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Naples Daily News
Naples, Florida, US
Wed, Apr 14, 1976
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