Friday, April 30, 2010
Nitro Man Sentenced After Waiving His Rights
WEST VIRGINIA....
After waiving his right to a pre-sentencing investigation, 29 year old Timothy Ray Sutherland of Nitro was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty this week to operating a clandestine methamphetamine lab from his home on Armour Road in Rock Branch. Sutherland was charged in Kanawha County with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his cousin, 32 year old Stacie Ann Smith of St. Albans. Those charges are pending. Since 1998, he has been arrested 10 times in Kanawha County, for charges including domestic battery, grand larceny, assault, burglary and brandishing a deadly weapon. He was also arrested in January for failing to register as a sex offender in Putnam County.
After waiving his right to a pre-sentencing investigation, 29 year old Timothy Ray Sutherland of Nitro was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty this week to operating a clandestine methamphetamine lab from his home on Armour Road in Rock Branch. Sutherland was charged in Kanawha County with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his cousin, 32 year old Stacie Ann Smith of St. Albans. Those charges are pending. Since 1998, he has been arrested 10 times in Kanawha County, for charges including domestic battery, grand larceny, assault, burglary and brandishing a deadly weapon. He was also arrested in January for failing to register as a sex offender in Putnam County.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 1:48 PM 
