A 39-year-old local man charged by city police after he reportedly struck another man with his own cane and stole $45 from him, pled guilty to robbery in DeKalb County Criminal Court last week.

Judge David Patterson sentenced Jimmy Layne Estes, 39, to four years, suspended to supervised probation. The term will run concurrently with a General Sessions Court violation of probation against him. He was given credit for time served from March 23 to Oct. 2.

According Estes’ arrest warrant, Corporal Travis Bryant was dispatched to investigate reports of a robbery on West Broad Street on March 26. Upon arrival, the corporal met with the victim, who said he was at home on West Broad Street when he answered the door for an unknown male. After the victim opened the door, police said Estes grabbed the victim’s phone and threw it out into the yard.

Estes then allegedly struck the victim in the head and took about $45 cash from his wallet. According to police, Estes also took away the man's cane and struck him with it. The victim reportedly gave a description of the suspect, and police located Estes, who told police he had been with his aunt all day, in the vicinity of the robbery a short time later.

A search revealed about $43 concealed in Estes’ underwear. The victim allegedly identified Estes at the police department after his arrest.

Chad Knowles, 44, entered a guilty to being a habitual offender, receiving a two-year sentence to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction. He was given jail credit for 105 days.

Teesha Nicole Reynolds, 32, pled guilty to two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, receiving a suspended sentence of 11 months, 29 days in each case, to run consecutively for a total term of almost two years. She will be on supervised probation.

Horace Laster, Jr., 66, pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. He was given a two-year sentence on supervised probation to run consecutively to probation in another case. He is to possess no firearms or ammunition.

Wallace Rackley, 30, pled guilty to filing a false report and tampering with evidence, receiving a four-year sentence for the false report and a six-year term for tampering with evidence. The sentences will run concurrently as one six-year sentence. Rackley will serve six months and then be on probation.

Brian Howell, 29, entered a plea by information to burglary, receiving a three-year sentence suspended to probation.

He was given credit for 67 days served. Howell was accused of entering the Edgar Evins State Park office with the intent to commit theft in July.

Shauna Melissa Fleetwood, 24, entered a plea by information to attempted burglary, receiving a two-year sentence suspended to 32 days of jail time served. Her term is to run concurrently with a misdemeanor theft case against her in Wilson County.

The first year of her probation is supervised, but if all costs are paid during the first year, she will be on unsupervised good behavior probation during the second year.

David Linnear, 54, pled guilty by criminal information to simple possession and reckless endangerment. He received a sentence of 11 months, 29 days on supervised probation in both cases, to run concurrently. He was also fined $250.

Kelli Rae Bullard, 46, pled guilty by criminal information to reckless endangerment, and was granted judicial diversion for a period of 11 months, 29 days. She will be on supervised probation.

Eddie Blair, 58, pled guilty to a fourth offense of driving under the influence and received a two-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation except for 150 days to serve. The sentence will run consecutively to probation in a Wilson County case.

He will lose his license, and was fined $3,000. He was given credit for time served from May 16 to Oct. 2.

He was fined $350, will lose his license for one year, and must attend an alcohol safety school. He was given jail credit for eighteen hours served.

Victor Gingerich, 46, entered a guilty plea to a second offense of driving under the influence, receiving a sentence of 11 months, 29 days, all suspended to supervised probation except for 45 days to serve, which could include 28 days in rehab. He will lose his license for two years, and was fined $600.

Clayton Moore, 32, pled guilty to driving under the influence, receiving a sentence of 11 months, 29 days, all suspended except for 48 hours to serve.

He was fined $350, will lose his license for one year, and was ordered to attend an alcohol and drug safety education program.

Jeffrey Hennessee, 37, pled guilty to reckless driving and was granted judicial diversion good behavior probation for five months, 29 days.

Jeremy Mark Ashburn, 31, pled guilty to reckless endangerment and possession of a handgun while under the influence.

He received a sentence of 11 months, 29 days in each case. The cases will run concurrently. He is to serve 30 days on weekends in the reckless endangerment case, and was fined $650. The sentence in the handgun case was suspended, but he must forfeit the weapon.