Defendant faces prison or addiction treatment

SUPERIOR COURT

  • District Attorney Wright Barksdale (right) speaks with probation supervisor Jesse Gibbs (left) and public defender Tom O’Donnell during a break. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH /Staff
    District Attorney Wright Barksdale (right) speaks with probation supervisor Jesse Gibbs (left) and public defender Tom O’Donnell during a break. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH /Staff
    A probation modification hearing held in Jones County Superior Court appeared frustrating for all involved due to the lack of options or available help for offenders with mental health and medical issues. Walker Pink Kitchens was in court Nov. 16 due to the violation of his probation. He has been on probation since entering a guilty plea April 20 to the offense of possession of metham...

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