A Crossville area man accused by deputies of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office of fleeing twice in two days earlier this year pleaded guilty in Criminal Court earlier this month.
Sammy Royal Spivey Jr., 40, entered his plea to informations charging felony evading arrest on Sept. 5 and again on Sept. 7. He received a four-year prison sentence to serve. He is being given credit for 39 days already served.
Evidence that would have been presented at trial showed Spivey fled from a CCSO traffic stop on Cow Pen Road Sept. 5. A deputy aware of the previous incident spotted Spivey on Linder Loop Road on Sept. 7, and Spivey fled from that deputy.
Spivey is to pay court costs in one case while costs were waived in the second case.
In other cases on the docket, the following pleas were entered:
•Joseph Oren Miller, 38, charged with identity theft, pleaded guilty to the indictment and received a four-year suspended sentence with one year to serve and the balance on supervised probation. He is being given credit for 291 days already served in jail. The charge stems from a Sept. 7, 2018, arrest by the Tennessee Highway Patrol when he gave troopers a false name and date of birth to avoid prosecution.
•Jessica Louise England, 37, pleaded guilty to an information charging aggravated burglary and qualified for judicial diversion, setting aside the plea for a three-year probationary period. England is to serve 30 days in jail at 100% with credit for nine days already served and is banned from contact with the victim and victim’s property.
The charge stems from a Dec. 1 arrest after England was found inside a residence with a safe pried open.
•Hunter V. Hedlund, 25, pleaded guilty to an information charging felony evading arrest and received a one-year suspended sentence. Hedlund qualified for judicial diversion, setting aside the one year sentence for a probationary period.
The charge stems from a July 19 incident during which Hedlund fled from a traffic stop while driving a motorcycle. The pursuit and arrest ended without incident.
•Benjamin Journal Jackson, 27, pleaded guilty by information to felony vandalism of more than $2,500 and vandalism of more than $1,000 and received a three-year sentence to be served at 35% as a Range II offender.
Jackson is to pay $3,000 restitution at a rate of $50 per month converted to civil debt with fine and court costs waived. Jackson was then granted furlough to enter a long-term in-house recovery program.
The charges stem from vandalism on Brenda Lane to a property owner and Volunteer Electric equipment Aug. 12.
•Thomas Anthony Robinson, 44, pleaded guilty to an information charging attempted possession of a weapon by a felon and received two-year suspended sentence to be served on supervised probation with forfeiture of the weapon.
The charge stems from a July 1 arrest by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper. Robinson was a passenger in the vehicle stopped by THP and was found in possession of a handgun. He is barred from having or being around firearms because of a 2010 felony conviction.