Dixon County court accepts multiple pleas, imposes sentences and sets restitution or probation terms

Dixon County Circuit Court accepted a string of guilty and no-contest pleas on multiple indictments and entered sentences or supervision conditions on Jan. 14.

Among the outcomes the court recorded: a judicial diversion and suspended sentence for one defendant, suspended prison terms and short jail terms for others, reserved restitution determinations, and specific treatment and supervision conditions in several matters. The court also set multiple status dates — most commonly May 19 — to allow discovery, coordination with other jurisdictions or victim-restoration work.

Key dispositions and orders handled during the session included:

- Christopher Michael Deveni: Pleaded no contest to a single-count theft indictment (docket 2024 CR 123). The court sentenced him to three years in the Tennessee Department of Correction suspended to supervised probation after serving 30 days in jail on consecutive weekends; he was ordered to pay $1,834.75 in restitution in $51 monthly installments, have no contact with the victim and submit to monthly drug screens and an alcohol-and-drug assessment. (Transcript: plea accepted and judgment entered.)

- Yatori (docketed as Gavin Reed) Gooch: Entered a no-contest plea under a judicial-diversion recommendation. The court accepted the diversion paperwork and placed the defendant on probation and diversion-related conditions (judicial diversion authority cited in the record as 4035313). Conditions included completion of a batterers' intervention program, an A&D assessment, no contact with the named victim and payment of court costs.

- William Charles Parrish (docket 2023 CR 451): Pleaded no contest to an amended simple-assault charge; the court sentenced him to 11 months and 29 days in the county jail, suspended after serving 30 days; he was ordered to report to jail on Feb. 17 and to have no contact with the victim.

- James Glenn Dodson: Sentenced after earlier no-contest pleas to counts 1 and 3. The court imposed concurrent terms of 11 months and 29 days, suspended after 30 days; ordered a $750 fine and court costs; the defendant was required to begin serving the 30 days immediately where in custody.

- Robert Dale Johnson: Entered a no-contest plea to an amended aggravated-assault charge (class C felony). The court imposed a four-year sentence suspended to supervised probation and ordered an alcohol-and-drug assessment and treatment as conditions of probation.

- Danielle Lee Spicer Generazio: Pleaded no contest to an amended theft charge (D felony). The court sentenced her to three years in the Tennessee Department of Correction, suspended to supervised probation; the judgment banned her from a named business (Tennessee Vapor, listed by address in the file), reserved restitution for later determination and required payment of court costs.

- Christopher Michael Deveni, William Parrish, James Dodson and others were required to see probation before leaving the courtroom for intake and supervision planning; several defendants were given specific reporting dates and jailed immediately where they were in custody.

Court calendars also showed numerous scheduling orders: judges set trials and status dates for May 19 for cases involving discovery issues and coordination with federal authorities in several multi-defendant matters.

The court repeatedly reminded defendants that failing to comply with supervision conditions (for example, positive drug tests under a zero-tolerance condition) could result in immediate incarceration or revocation of suspended sentences.