MOUNT VERNON-According to Knox County Prosecutor John Thatcher, Roger A. Legg, 25, Mount Vernon, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for assaulting his father, on June 23, 2012, and for assaulting his live-in girlfriend this year, on March 21. Legg’s domestic violence convictions are felonies because of a previous conviction for domestic violence in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court. In a separate case, Legg received a concurrent 11 month prison sentence for receiving stolen property and he was ordered to reimburse the crime victim in the amount of $1,768.00. Deputies Dan Selby and Kevin Durbin, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, investigated the domestic violence cases, and Detective Corporal Matt Dailey, Mount Vernon Police Department, investigated the stolen property case.
Judge Otho Eyster handed down sentences today Knox County Common Please Court in seven other felony cases.
Michael Blair, 23, Mount Vernon, was convicted of breaking and entering, arson and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Blair was sentenced to 120 days in jail and a term of incarceration at the Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility. Upon successful completion of the Franklin County CBCF program, Blair will serve a three year term of community control supervision including mandatory drug and alcohol use monitoring. As an arson offender Blair will also be required to register his address with the Sheriff’s Office in his County of residence for life, pursuant to an arson registry law that went into effect on July 1. Thatcher said the night of May 7, Blair and a co-defendant broke into a condemned Mount Vernon residence, he set fire to the house with a box of papers, he stole a motor vehicle, but crashed the vehicle shortly after taking it. Detective Jame DeChant, MVPD, and Investigator Jason Whaley, State Fire Marshall’s Office, investigated the case.
Charles T. Hess, Jr., 44, Mount Vernon, was convicted of attempted illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs and aggravated possession of drugs for having the remnants of a “meth cook” at his residence, on May 5. Hess was sentenced to a 90 day jail sentence and a three year term of community control supervision. As conditions of his supervision, Hess must submit to a mental health assessment and drug and alcohol use monitoring. Hess will serve a 17 month prison term, if he violates his supervision conditions. Patrolman Andrew Burns and Corporal Kyle Theibert, MVPD, discovered the evidence during a domestic disturbance call.
Avery J. Smith, 19, Mount Vernon, was convicted of aggravated possession of drugs for being caught with a bag of Psilocyn mushrooms, a schedule I controlled substance, during a traffic stop, on September 6, 2012. Smith was sentenced to 90 days in jail and a three year term of community control supervision. As conditions of his supervision, Smith must submit to a mental health assessment and drug and alcohol use monitoring. Smith will serve an 11 month prison term, if he violates his supervision conditions. Trooper Paul Shore, State Highway Patrol, investigated the case.
Daniel J. Schiefer, 27, Mount Vernon, was convicted of permitting drug abuse for allowing another person to sell heroin while in his motor vehicle, on February 19. Schiefer was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a three year term of community control supervision. As a condition of his supervision, Schiefer must submit to drug and alcohol use monitoring. Schiefer will serve an 11 month prison term, if he violates his supervision conditions. Detective Craig Feeney, then MVPD, investigated the case.
Dana L. Good, 43, Mount Vernon, was convicted of permitting drug abuse for allowing his residence to be used for the commission of a marihuana trafficking offense, on October 11, 2012. Good was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a three year term of community control supervision. As a condition of his supervision, Good must submit to drug and alcohol use monitoring and successfully complete a drug addiction program. Good will serve an 11 month prison term, if he violates his supervision conditions. Detective Doug Turpen, then KCSO, investigated the case.
In February 2012, Jeffrey L. Henry, 29, Mount Vernon, was convicted of attempted robbery and sentenced to 196 days in jail, a three year term of community control supervision and a suspended three year prison term. Henry admitted to violating his supervision terms because after May 21, he failed to have any contact with his supervising officer. Henry was sentenced to serve the remainder of his three year prison term.
In September 2011, Shade A. Knox, 23, Mount Vernon, was convicted of breaking and entering and sentenced to 90 days in jail, a three year term of community control supervision and a suspended 11 month prison term. Knox admitted to violating his supervision terms by failing to have any contact with his supervising officer, since last October. Knox was sentenced to serve the remainder of his 11 month sentence as a jail term.
