June 9, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A man recently charged with forgery has already been sentenced in criminal court.
23-year-old Nathan Dovell of Cookeville appeared in court Tuesday, June 4 and entered a plea to forgery. He received a two-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. He has requested judicial diversion and must make restitution to the victim. Dovell was given jail credit from May 17 to June 4.
Alexandria Police Chief Travis Bryant said that on May 17, police were dispatched to Wilson Bank & Trust in Alexandria where, according to bank employees, Dovell had entered the bank with a forged check and had attempted to cash it. Police also learned from bank staff that Dovell had just cashed another check in the same amount at the Smithville bank location earlier that day.
Meanwhile 22-year-old Tanner Cole Myers entered a plea to a first offense of driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days on supervised probation after serving 48 hours. He was fined $350 and will lose his driver license for one year. Myers must forfeit a weapon. He must complete DUI school and undergo an alcohol and drug assessment. An interlock device is required on his vehicle. Myers’ sentence is to run concurrently with a Wilson County case against him. He was given two days of jail credit.