A Knoxville man received eight years and a $5,000 fine after he pleaded guilty in Monroe County Criminal Court to selling drugs near a Vonore school.
Jerry D. Waterson, 25, Sykvan Road, Knoxville, was arrested last July after he sold Ecstasy pills to a police informant.

At the time of the arrest, former Vonore Officer Robby Lovingood said the informant was given $380 in marked bills and equipped with electronic recording equipment to take to the alleged drug buy.
The informant met with Waterson and James O. Summerour, 21, Tynemouth, Knoxville, at Derby Downs, which is within 1,000 feet of Vonore Elementary School.
The informant then bought 28 Ecstasy pills from the men for $340 and the duo were arrested shortly thereafter.

Both men are charged with sale and delivery of a schedule I narcotic. Summerour is scheduled to be in court in February. Waterson must serve at least 30 percent of his sentence, but the court ruled he could apply for community corrections (probation).

Other pleas heard as criminal court concluded its January session included:
Timothy Allen Mitchell, 22, County Road 340, Sweetwater, two counts arson, six years suspended on each count, make restitution.

Stephen Lee Bailey, 20, Vonore Road, Sweetwater, burglary, three years suspended, make restitution; theft less than $500, 11/29 suspended.

Daniel Thomas Bookout, 36, J.D. Farm Road, Tellico Plains, DUI fourth offense, $5,000, four years at 35 percent, license suspended for five years.

Charles Boone Wolfe, 18, address unavailable, domestic assault, $100, 11/29 suspended.

Dwight Richesin, 43, Vonore Road, Sweetwater, delivery of Dihydrocodeinone, $2,000, three years suspended.

Joseph William Miller, 35, Willow Creek Drive, Madisonville, promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine,  $2,000 two years suspended.

Richard Manuel Colon, 21, Atlanta Avenue, Loudon, statutory rape, two years suspended, no contact with victim; contributing to the delinquency of a minor, dismissed.

Virginia Gardner, 47, County Farm Road, Madisonville, promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine, $2,000, two years suspended.

Scott Murphy, 46, Highway 68, Tellico Plains, promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine, $2,000, three years at thirty percent; possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, two years at thirty percent; possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, dismissed.

Crissy R. Ott, 24, Old Federal Road, Madisonville, two counts prescription fraud, four years suspended each sentence.

Ashton Rena Shelton, 19, Mountain View Drive, Sweetwater, theft under $500, 11/29 suspended; two counts burglary, dismissed.

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