Dateline: January 9, 2003

District court sends 

four men to prison

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Four area men are starting the New Year in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following their December 30, 2002, sentencings by 100th District Court Judge David McCoy.

According to information from the district attorney’s office, Dustin Dean Dann and Bobby Carol Atkinson, both of Childress, came to plea agreements with the State through District Attorney Stuart Messer. They were represented by attorney Earl Griffin.

Dann received 2½ years in prison for the third degree felony of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. Atkinson was sentenced to three years in prison for the third degree felony of Driving While Intoxicated.

Carson County inmate Terry Wayne Gollihugh and Donley County inmate Preston Wayne Havens came before the court on motions filed by Messer to revoke probation.

Gollihugh was placed on felony probation on January 4, 1999, for Driving While Intoxicated. He received three years in a TDCJ Institutional Division for his probation violation. Gollihugh was represented by attorney Steve Cross.

Havens was placed on probation for the second degree felony of Indecency with a Child and the first degree felony of Aggravated Sexual Assault on May 23, 2002. He was sentenced to 15 years in a TDCJ Institutional Division for violating probation, and he was represented by Earl Griffin.

The district attorney complimented the Probation Department on these cases.

“I want to commend the work of the Probation Department for keeping tabs on these men and letting us know when they violate their probation requirements so we can work to keep our cities and counties safe for all of us,” Messer said.