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Circuit court has busy docket on Thursday

At a sentencing hearing Thursday in Circuit Court, Trenton resident Timothy Nguyen was ordered to serve multiple years in prison; then he was placed on probation. Nguyen was sentenced to seven years for tampering with a motor vehicle, first degree; four years for resisting arrest or detention; and four years for possessing burglary tools. Execution […]

Crime and Courts

Circuit court has light case load on Tuesday

Among cases Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Charges against a Milan resident, Anthony Daniel Shoemaker, were amended to misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Shoemaker pleaded guilty to the new charge. The court followed a plea bargain agreement and imposed a fine of $300 plus $150 payment to the Grundy County […]

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Two waive preliminary hearings in Grundy County court

Two defendants, facing drug charges, waived preliminary hearings Tuesday when they appeared in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Cases involving 48-year-old Carl Woodson May and 61-year-old Robert Clayton Sloan – both from Trenton – were bound over for arraignments scheduled May 11 in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each defendant […]

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Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court has busy docket

Several cases were processed Thursday in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. 21-year-old Clyde Vernon Foster of Trenton admitted to a probation violation. The probation was continued with the requirement Foster complete court-ordered detention sanctions with the department of corrections. The circuit court retains jurisdiction for 120 days. His original charges involved two counts […]

Failure to Appear

Trenton man arrested for failure to appear

Probation has been suspended for a Trenton man, 32-year-old Timothy Ray Harding after he allegedly failed to appear for a hearing during the February 9 session of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Harding was arrested on Friday on the warrant accusing him of failure to appear with bond set at $15,000 cash only. He is now […]

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Several make appearances in court on Tuesday

Two defendants waived preliminary hearings Tuesday in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court and were bound over to next month’s court session in Division One. 36-year old Robert Ewing of Trenton faces two counts of non-support of a minor. 25-year-old John Jackson Millar of Humphreys is charged with a felony: operating a vehicle without a […]