One of three people charged in connection with a stolen vehicle and a high-speed chase in Marion County in January has been sentenced to six years supervised probation.
Online court records indicate the sentence follows 37-year-old Dawn Smith of Boone County entering a negotiated plea to the felony charges of theft of property and possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. A misdemeanor charge of fleeing was dismissed.
Under the conditions of the plea, Smith was ordered to pay $5,100 in fines and fees.
The incident leading to the charges began when Marion County Sheriff Clinton Evans was contacted by Boone County Sheriff Mike Moore advising him of a stolen vehicle possibly located in Marion County. Sheriff Evans located the vehicle at the address provided by Sheriff Moore and observed the vehicle exiting the residence.
Evans attempted to make a traffic stop on the vehicle, but it fled at a high rate of speed. Following a short pursuit, the vehicle came to a stop at a dead end road, and three occupants fled on foot. Two females, Smith and 23-year-old Amber Wierzgac, were taken into custody immediately. One male, 34-year-old Curtis Heptinstall, continued to flee and was later located under debris left by high water along Crooked Creek.
Online court records indicate the cases against Wierzgac and Heptinstall remain open. The two Boone County residents are charged with fleeing and theft by receiving.
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