Cases resolved in Bullitt Circuit Court

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - The following cases were recently resolved in Bullitt Circuit Court:

*Benjamin Smith - entered a guilty plea to receiving stolen property.

The two-year sentence would be diverted for three years.

As part of the sentence, he would pay restitution of $5,616.86 at a rate of $100 per month. 

He must also serve 100 hours of community service.

*Brandon W. Tompkins - entered a guilty plea to fraudulent use of a credit card, theft of a credit card and theft by deception.

A sentence of five years was given. He would serve an additional 60 days in the county jail and the rest of the sentence would be probated for five years.

He would also have to perform 100 hours of community service.

*Michael Schrader - entered a guilty plea to facilitation to manufacture methamphetamine and complicity to possess marijuana.

The five-year sentence was probated. He would have to perform 200 hours of community service and complete his GED.

*Traci Pierson - entered a guilty plea to unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor and complicity to four counts of controlled substance endangerment to a child.

A five-year sentence was imposed and probation was denied by Circuit Judge Rodney Burress. 

*Michael Lee Lamkin - entered a guilty plea on complicity to manufacture methamphetamine and four counts of child endangerment.

Burress refused to grant probation on the 10-year sentence due to a long history of criminal issues, including an escape charge.

*Zachary K. Johnson-Black - entered a guilty plea on a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

A one-year sentence was imposed but pre-trial diversion was granted for two years. He must perform 50 hours of community service.

*Charges against James K. Howard II were dismissed.