Government, The Braxton Democrat

Braxton Magistrate Report

Magistrate Beth Smith
January 5: Brandon Doyle McCourt of Sutton, leaving the scene of an accident, obstructing an officer, warrant issued, bond set at $3000 cash or surety; Jacob W. Postle of Waxhaw, NC, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Robert Maxwell Blake of Sutton, no proof of insurance, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed.


Magistrate David Singleton

December 28: Chase Neal Hamner of Flatwoods, no proof of insurance, guilty plea, possession of controlled substance, guilty plea, fines/court costs assessed; Kristen Nicole Booher of Rosedale, driving revoked for DUI, guilty plea, manufacturing marijuana, dismissed per plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of three days, to serve 27 days home confinement, remainder suspended and placed on eight months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed; Brandon Nicholas Ross of Gassaway, driving revoked for DUI, guilty plea, 30 days of jail with credit for time served of two days, to serve remainder, fine/court costs assessed.
January 3: Allison Leigh Pennington of Cordell, OK, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Brian S. Stotler, II of Flatwoods, no seatbelt, dismissed, unsecure load on trailer, dismissed, expired MVI, dismissed, expired registration, dismissed, expired registration-trailer, dismissed, no proof of insurance, dismissed, defective equipment, dismissed, left of center, dismissed, no ticket number cited on citations; Keeley Harper-Flinn of Heaters, possession of meth, guilty plea, possession of heroin, dismissed per plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of five days, remainder suspended and placed on 12 months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed; Terry Welch of Rosedale, unlawful restraint, guilty plea, domestic battery, guilty plea, domestic assault, dismissed per plea, possession of meth, dismissed per plea, 180 days of jail with credit for time served of seven days, to serve 30 days, remainder suspended and placed on one year unsupervised probation, fines/court costs assessed.
January 9: Gary Beamer of Sutton, fraudulent schemes x2, preliminary hearing waived, transferred to circuit court; Kimberlyn Rachelle Carr of Gassaway, domestic battery, guilty plea, malicious wounding, dismissed per plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of two days, remainder suspended and placed on one year unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed.