Sentences Handed Down in Burglary and Drug Cases

A man caught trying to steal an automobile in July was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court Monday, September 11.
Judge David Patterson presided.
40 year old Travis W. Hayes entered a plea by criminal information to burglary of a motor vehicle and attempted theft over $2,500. He received a two year sentence to serve in the Tennessee Department of Corrections in each case to run concurrently with each other and with a Warren County sentence against him. He was given jail credit from July 22 through September 11
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Saturday, July 22 a deputy was called to a residence on Big Hurricane Road due to a physical altercation. Upon arrival, the officer observed that the homeowner was holding another man, Hayes on the ground. The victim said the man (Hayes) had been at his home earlier that day and was asked to leave. Hayes returned about an hour and a half later and was found backing a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air out of the homeowner’s shed. Hayes did not have consent to enter the shed or get the vehicle. The value of the car is $8,000.
Meanwhile, 20 year old Braxton Kain Bennett entered a plea by criminal information to burglary of a vehicle and theft under $1,000. He received a two year sentence in one case and 11 months and 29 days in the other, all suspended to probation. The sentences are to run concurrently with each other and with a case against him in General Sessions Court.
Sheriff Ray said that on Tuesday, February 28 Bennett allegedly broke into a vehicle and took two pocket books containing a stethoscope, a blood pressure cup, a Bible, and other personal belongings. Bennett was later found to have some of these items in his possession.
30 year old Joshua Batey entered a plea to sale of a schedule IV drug and received a 10 year sentence as a range III offender to run consecutive to a violation of probation in another case against him. He has been furloughed to Teen Challenge. His sentence will be suspended if he successfully completes the Teen Challenge program. Batey was given jail credit from March 21 to September 11.