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Shoplifting Suspects Face Brief Terms in District Court
District Court Judge Dari Fowler handed brief jail terms and fines to several defendants jailed for shoplifting. Margaret Bethea 48 hours and $10, Donese Byerly 24 hours and $10, Rosa Kollock 24 hours, Wayne McIntosh 48 hours, Dimple Payne 24 hours, Thomas Phillips 3 days, Lester Taylor 48 hours, and Evelyn Williams 48 hours and $10. Taylor appealed. Two men for larceny of soft drink bottles got 30 days each. Ernest Harps fined $10 for carrying a concealed weapon and public drunkenness. Kenneth Skipper’s marijuana charge was non-suited. Mary Rore taxed costs for malicious damage. In another case, three defendants received two-year suspended sentences, $50 fines, and probation for larceny of $88 polyfoam from Earnhardt Mfg. Co. Ben Brown got nine months for malicious damage. Jerry Heath nine months suspended for shoplifting. Albert Bennett Jr. pled guilty to reckless driving after drunken driving.