MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon Director of Law Rob Broeren announced that on March 1, 2018, a jury in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court convicted Allen Wears of Danville, Ohio, of domestic violence, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The charge arose out of an incident that occurred on August 5, 2017, when Wears became intoxicated and threatened harm to his wife.
Assistant Director of Law Brittany Whitney tried the case to the jury. She presented testimony from the victim and from Patrolman Ronny Flynn of the Village of Fredericktown Police Department. The jury deliberated for approximately an hour before returning the guilty verdict. Judge John C. Thatcher sentenced Wears to pay a fine of $250 plus court costs, serve 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, placed him on two years of probation, with special conditions of supervision that he complete a drug and alcohol assessment within 60 days, complete the Mount Vernon Municipal Court Hands Down Program for domestic violence offenders, pay $100 per month on his fines and costs, and that he have no contact with the victim in this matter.
Wears was represented by Attorney Brandon Crunkilton of the Knox County Public Defender’s Office.
