A DeKalb County woman and former nurse at the Cannon County Jail was sentenced on charges of theft and fraud Friday in Woodbury.
Kyra Robinson appeared before Chancellor Robert E. Corlew, III in Cannon County Circuit Court.
Kyra and her now ex-husband Mark (Truck) Robinson were indicted last year by a Cannon County Grand Jury on charges that they stole $10,500 worth of prescription medications from the Cannon County Jail. Ms. Robinson was accused of fraud for obtaining inmate prescriptions and then keeping them. Robinson was employed by the Cannon County Jail until shortly before her arrest.
In August, 2008 the Robinson’s reportedly pled guilty.
The Cannon County Radio Station, WBRY reports on it’s website that Friday’s hearing was to determine if Ms. Robinson would be required to serve her eight year sentence or be placed on probation. After hearing all of the evidence, Chancellor Corlew ruled that she would be placed on house arrest for 6 months and would then spend the remainder of the 8 year sentence on supervised probation. Chancellor Corlew also denied Robinson’s request for judicial diversion finding that she was not a proper candidate. The Robinson’s reportedly were ordered to each pay half of the $10,000 restitution to Cannon County.
The Cannon County case stemmed from a local investigation.
In December, 2007 the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at the home of Mark and Kyra Robinson on Anthony Avenue in Smithville.
Sheriff Patrick Ray says officers made at least one drug buy from Robinson’s residence and during the search, they found 193 Xanax pills, 203 empty prescription bottles with numerous individuals’ names on them, hemostats, rolling papers, roach clips, syringes, and a pill grinder.
In the December case, Mark Robinson was charged with possession of a schedule IV drug (Xanax) for sale and delivery and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officers seized the cash from Robinson.
Sheriff Ray says it was during the December investigation that he learned that the empty prescription bottles found at Robinson’s home had the names of several Cannon County inmates on them.
He then contacted the TBI and the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department with this discovery.
During the April, 2008 term of the DeKalb County Grand Jury, Mark Robinson was indicted on charges of sale and delivery of a schedule IV controlled substance (Xanax), and conspiracy to sell a schedule IV controlled substance (Xanax).
Kyra Robinson was indicted for conspiracy to sell a Schedule IV controlled substance (Xanax).
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