District Court Judge Janna Whatley accepted a plea bargain agreement on Thursday between the district attorney’s office and Alexis Nicole Hathaway.
Under that agreement, Hathaway also will have to pay $2,506.02 to the victim in restitution and a $2,500 fine.
According to a report by the Beeville Police Department, witnesses observed Hathaway scratch a black Ford Expedition in the H-E-B Food Store parking lot on May 19.
An officer reported that the word “B**ch” had been scratched on the side of the vehicle and a witness told police he saw Hathaway cut the vehicle’s tire with a knife and break both its windshield wipers.
The vehicle belonged to a 32-year-old Beeville woman who is the wife of a man who had a relationship with Hathaway at one time, according to court documents.
Hathaway pleaded no contest to the charge, a state jail felony offense punishable by up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Hathaway waived her right to a trial by jury and asked Whatley to decide her guilt or innocence during a bench hearing on Thursday.
Whatley found Hathaway guilty of the offense and accepted a plea bargain that called for her to serve three years of deferred adjudication probation.
Under deferred adjudication probation, the defendant’s judgment is deferred until later. If she successfully fulfills the terms of her probation, she will not be judged and thus not have a criminal record related to the offense. However, if she fails to abide by the terms of the offense, she could be sentenced to the maximum time in prison without a trial.
Sentencing is set for Oct. 6.
A 21-year-old Beeville man also was sentenced Thursday.
Jake Randall Fox, who was charged with unlawful possession of body armor by a felon, was sentenced to three years in prison.
Whatley also ordered Fox to pay a $1,000 fine.
Fox’s attorney, James O. Gardner, told Whatley the body armor belonged to his client’s roommate.
Gardner said Fox’s roommate left the body armor at the house the two shared when he moved out.
Unlawful possession of body armor by a felon is a third degree felony offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Fox waived his right to a trial by jury and asked Whatley to decide his guilt or innocence.
Whatley accepted a plea bargain agreement in which Fox agreed to plead guilty to the offense in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Whatley ordered Fox to serve the three-year sentence concurrently — or at the same time — with a sentence he received from Live Oak County in 2006.
Fox was found guilty in 2006 of burglary of a habitation and sentenced to shock probation, or short prison sentence designed to shock offenders into realizing that crime doesn’t pay.
When Bee County sheriff’s officers visited Fox’s home on April 29, 2009, to see if he was complying with the terms of his parole, they discovered the body armor in a drawer, bottles of alcohol and pornographic toys and reading material, all of which violated the terms of his parole.
Whatley also accepted a plea bargain between the district attorney’s office and a 25-year-old Beeville man accused of attempting to run over a Beeville police officer on Jan. 9.
Under the plea bargain agreement, Jess Hunter Hollon will serve eight years deferred adjudication probation and pay a $500 fine.
He is accused of attempting to run over an officer who was responding to a disturbance call, and threatening to run over another officer.
Sentencing is set for Oct. 6.
A 52-year-old Edinburg man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to his third offense of driving while intoxicated.
Ramon Rosas also was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and court costs.
According to court records, Rosas was arrested on Nov. 10, 2008, and charged with DWI, a third degree felony offense.
He waived his right to a trial by jury and during a bench trial on Thursday pleaded guilty to the offense.
Rosas also formally acknowledged he had three previous DWI convictions.
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