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Woman pleads guilty to attempted child abuse; receives suspended two-year TDOC sentence and probation
Summary
Heather Marie Churchson pleaded guilty to an amended count of attempted child abuse and no-contest to simple possession of methamphetamine; the judge suspended a two-year TDOC sentence to supervised probation with strict drug-testing and concurrent county sentence with fines.
Heather Marie Churchson pleaded guilty May 20 in Dixon County Criminal Court to an amended count of attempted child abuse and entered a plea of no contest to simple possession of methamphetamine, and a judge ordered a suspended two‑year Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) sentence and supervised probation.
The plea resolves two separate indictments the court identified as 2024 CR 66 and 2025 CR 304. Under the agreement announced in court, the amended attempted child‑abuse count carries a two‑year TDOC sentence as a Range I offender, suspended in favor of supervised probation; the simple‑possession…
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