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Deal Made, Hendry Gets Tentative SentenceMARK HENDRY ... plea bargain.By JOE KOLLIN Staff WriterThe* maximum 10-year 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.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.llendry, 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 Iasi 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. lie was accused of violating it. If 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 Assistant State Attorney Donald E.The wheeling and dealing Monday afternoon in the courthouse was between Hendry's attorney, J. Blan Taylor, and Assistant State Attorney Donald Pellechia.Pellecchia.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, Pellecchia 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 boih sentences would run concurrently fur a total of one year, they saidThe deal also included the judge ordering a background investigation of Hendry prior to sentencing.Peltecchia fold 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 I CAN’T go along with the plea bargain because theends of justice will require a different disposition (a longer sentence), J will allow him to withdraw his (guilty) plea and go 10 trial,” the judge iold the attorneys.The judge asked Hendry lo explain the crime he had just confessed to committing.“We got together, me and two other people ... and went to Otto’s (a car repair shop) and picked up this motor,” Hendry told him.“You look it out of an auto?” the judge asked.“Yes, sir.”TWO OTHER MEN were arrested with Hendry on the alleged auto theft cherge, Wii-liam E. Saunders, 2«, of 4011Coconut Circle N. and Dennis Ray Ard, 22, of 2785 Florence Court. Both are awaiting trial.Pellecchia was asked if part of the deal with Hendry included his promise lo testify against the two others. The prosecutor refused tocomment.Carlton said he will sentence Hendry when the background investigation of him iscomplete.The pleas Tuesday ended a long round of legal hassling in the Hendry case. Taylor earlier had asked Carl ion to move Hendry’s trial out of Collier County because of the publicity the case has rece.ved. Carlton had temporarily denied the request.
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Naples Daily News
Naples, Florida, US
Wed, Apr 14, 1976
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