A Starkville man was sentenced in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court Tuesday to a combined 48 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections system for four drug-related charges.
Sixteenth District Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens sentenced Leroy Nelson, 29, to 12 years in the MDOC for each of four counts of sale of cocaine. Nelson also must pay a combined $20,000 in fines and faces five years of post-release supervision.
The charges against Nelson stemmed from an undercover investigation into illegal activity at his Sandhill Arms apartment in August and September 2009.
Nelson was one of several defendants facing drug charges in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court this week.
Judge Lee Howard sentenced Tyrone Paty to 16 years in the MDOC, but suspended 12 of those years, for possession of cocaine between 2 and 10 grams. Paty also faces five years of post-release supervision and must pay a $1,000 fine.
Howard sentenced Lorenzo Nichols to two years in the MDOC for possession of cocaine less than two grams. Nichols also must pay a $1,000 fine and faces five years of post-release supervision.
Kitchens sentenced Courtney Carruth to two years of house arrest for the sale of alprazolam, or Xanax. Carruth must serve 15 years in the MDOC if the house arrest sentence is not completed successfully. Carruth also must pay a $5,000 fine and faces five years of post-release supervision.
Howard sentenced John Foley to three years in the MDOC, but suspended the sentence, for one count of possession of LSD. Foley now must pay a $1,000 fine and undergo three years of probation.
Howard sentenced Mary Chelsea Kohen to eight years in the MDOC for possession of cocaine, but suspended the sentence and ordered Kohen on five years of probation. Kohen also must pay a $1,000 fine.
Kitchens declined to accept the guilty plea of Brooke Nobinger on one count of possession of marijuana and instead put Nobinger on probation for three years. Nobinger also must pay a $200 fine.
Howard sentenced Rodriquas Macon to five years in the MDOC for one count of burglary of an automobile. Howard also sentenced Macon to five years for one count of burglary of a dwelling, but the sentence is to run concurrently with the burglary of an automobile sentence. Additionally, Macon must pay a combined $1,000 in fines and faces five years of post-release supervision.
Kitchens sentenced Patricia Lynn Tiebe to five years in the MDOC for violating the terms of her post-release supervision on an uttering forgery charge.
Howard sentenced Romarcus Gandy to five years in the MDOC for one count of burglary of an automobile. Howard also sentenced Gandy to five years for each of two additional counts of burglary of an automobile, but the sentences are to run consecutively with the first sentence. Gandy also must pay a combined $1,500 in fines and faces five years of post-release supervision.
Kitchens sentenced Marcus Flowers to five years probation for possession of amphetamine and ordered Flowers to pay a $250 fine and $250 restitution.
Howard sentenced Antonio Manning to three years probation for one count of sale of marijuana less than 30 grams. Manning also must pay a $500 fine.
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