Three people are heading to prison after hearings in District Judge Ernie B. Armstrong’s court on Monday.
Destiny Clarice Garza, 23, of Snyder will serve 10 years in jail for possession of a controlled substance, a second degree felony, after she violated terms of her probation. In 2012, she was given a five-year probated sentence, deferred adjudication, on the drug charge.
Armstrong increased the sentence to 10 years in prison for violating the terms of her probation, including failing a drug test in August 2013. Garza also failed to appear at the adult probation office seven times between November 2014 and September 2015. She also failed to pay monthly court cost, fines, restitution and probation fees 13 times between July 2014 and September 2015 and failed to attend a probation performance review hearing in June 2015, court documents stated.
In addition to her prison sentence, Garza was ordered to pay $550 in court costs and $4,153 in attorney fees on the drug charge.
Garza was originally arrested for drug possession on Oct. 4, 2012. She was charged with possessing four grams or more, but less than 200 grams, of cocaine, court documents stated.
Also Monday, Garza pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony evading arrest charge. She was sentenced to five years in prison, which will be served concurrently with the 10-year sentence for the drug charge.
According to court documents, Garza was charged for failing to attend a court hearing related to the drug charge in February 2017. She was also ordered to pay $309 in court costs and $600 in attorney fees on the evading charge.
Amy Michelle Baker, 24, of Slaton, was found guilty for possession of controlled substance after violating terms of her probation. She was originally given a two-year sentence, probated three years, deferred adjudication, for the April 10, 2015 state jail felony offense.
Baker will serve her original two-year sentence after she failed a drug test in September 2017 and failed to report to the adult probation office from October 2017 to March 2018. She also failed to pay monthly fees, including court costs, attorney fees, fines, restitution and probation service fees, from September 2017 to March 2018.
According to court documents, Baker also failed to attend a probation performance review hearing in November 2017.
Baker was also ordered to pay $550 in attorney fees and $3,608 in restitution.
She was arrested on April 10, 2015 for possessing less than one gram of methamphetamine, court documents stated.
Christopher Michael Vendlinski, 43, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance, a state jail felony. He was also ordered to pay $636 in court costs, $600 in attorney fees and $180 in restitution.
Vendlinski, according to court documents, was arrested on Feb. 13 for possessing less than one gram of methamphetamine.
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