MICHAEL LYBARGER RECEIVES SUSPENDED PENITENTIARy SENTENCES
LANCE MICHAEL SMITH SENTENCED
FOR CHILL ZONE ROBBERY
HEFFELE SENTENCED FOR
SEXUAL CONTACT with a CHILD
MELISSA
PIERSON SENTENCED FOR ROBBERY
MERLYN
EAGLEHAWK SENTENCED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
JOE
BRIAN SENTENCED FOR ASSAULTING JAILER
SHANNON
WARD SENTENCED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
MICHAEL LYBARGER RECEIVES SUSPENDED PENITENTIARY
SENTENCES
Published 8/18/09
The Honorable Bradley Zell sentenced Mr. Lybarger on August
18, 2009. Mr. Lybarger did not receive
an actual penitentiary sentence, but received a twenty-five year suspended
penitentiary sentence on the 2nd Degree Burglary conviction. Mr. Lybarger received credit for the 132 days
he has already served in jail and was ordered to attend and successfully
complete the Teen Challenge Program in
LANCE MICHAEL SMITH SENTENCED FOR CHIlL ZONE
ROBBERY
Published 8/7/09
Sioux Falls,
Smith had robbed the waitress and two customers of money, cell phones and a car at gun point. Smith had made the three female victims stay in a walk in cooler before he made his getaway. Law enforcement officers from both the Minnehaha and McCook County Sheriffs’ Departments contributed to the investigation and apprehension of Smith.
Smith is also wanted by
HEFFELE SENTENCED FOR SEXUAL CONTACT with a
CHILD
Published 12/9/08
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Timothy Charles Heffele, dob
4/18/83, Sioux Falls, was sentenced to the maximum term of 15 years in the South
Dakota State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to sexual contact with a child
under the age of 16 years. The female
child victim was age 4 at the time of the offense, which occurred in the spring
of 2008 at defendant's
MELISSA
PIERSON SENTENCED FOR ROBBERY
Published 10/24/08
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – On October 21, 2008 Circuit Court Judge Joseph Neiles sentenced Melissa Marie Pierson, 29 years of age, a Sioux Falls resident, to 12 years in the Penitentiary on the charge of Robbery and 3 consecutive years on the charge of Possession of Controlled Drug were suspended.
Pierson had been charged with using a handgun to rob the Food N’ Fuel store on North Kiwanis Avenue on April 9, 2008 and to rob the Shop N’ Cart store on East l2th Street on January 14, 2008. She had also been charged with 3 counts of Possession of Controlled Drug based upon police seizure of cocaine, ecstasy and LSD from her home.
Published 10/24/08
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – On October 23, 2008 after admitting he violated the probation conditions of his suspended Penitentiary sentence by consuming alcohol, falsely impersonating another and resisting arrest, Cyril Joseph Castaway, age 19, a Sioux Falls resident, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Joseph Neiles to serve 12 years in the Penitentiary.
Castaway had been convicted of Aggravated Assault and given a suspended sentence on March 31, 2008. The probation violations occurred in June and August, 2008.
MERLYN
EAGLEHAWK SENTENCED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Published 10/24/08
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – On October 22, 2008 Circuit Court Judge Joseph Neiles sentenced Merlyn Kyle Eaglehawk, age 24, a Sioux Falls resident, to serve 12 years in the Penitentiary on a charge of Aggravated Assault.
Eaglehawk assaulted the victim by hitting and kicking causing the victim to become unconscious and be hospitalized for several days. Eaglehawk had two prior non-violent felony convictions.
JOE
BRIAN SENTENCED FOR ASSAULTING JAILER
Published 10/24/08
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – On October 21, 2008 Circuit Court Judge Joseph Neiles found Joseph Abraham Brian, age 29, a Sioux Fails resident, to have violated his probation conditions of his suspended sentences for Assaulting a Law Enforcement Officer and Failure to Appear and sentenced him to 2 years in the Penitentiary.
Brian violated his probation conditions by driving while under the influence in August, 2008 and by drinking alcohol again in September, 2008. Brian had been placed on probation on May 15, 2008. Brian had two other prior felony convictions.
SHANNON WARD SENTENCED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Published 10/9/08
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – On October 7, 2008 Circuit Court Judge Bradley G. Zell sentenced Shannon Keith Ward, age 40, of Hickory, North Carolina, to serve 15 years in the SD Penitentiary for the felony crime of Aggravated Assault and adjudicated him liable to Sanford Health Systems for $68,000.00 in medical bills incurred by the victim.
Ward assaulted his girlfriend, Angela Leigh Stines, on February 25, 2008 at the
Roadway Motel, breaking her jaw in multiple places necessitating several surgeries. Ward pled guilty to Aggravated Assault on July 28, 2008.
The State alleged that Ward was an Habitual Criminal with 8
prior felony convictions in
Published 8/12/08
Dye will be eligible for parole after serving approximately 56 years when he will be 76 years of age.
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