November 10, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A 69 year old man will soon learn how his sentence is to be served after entering a guilty plea to an aggravated assault charge last Thursday, November 4 in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
Walter Kenneth Tubbs was originally charged with rape for an offense committed on July 26, 2016 but he agreed to plea to the lesser charge of aggravated assault. He is facing a five year sentence to serve at least 30% but the manner of how he is to serve the sentence including the possibility of judicial diversion will be determined at a later sentencing hearing.
Tubbs was accused of having sex with a woman against her will at the victim’s residence on Smith Road. After the incident Tubbs allegedly apologized and pleaded for the woman not to press charges. He also called family members and apologized to them for what he had done, according to the arrest warrant at the time.
37 year old Terri Lynn Poss entered a plea to reckless endangerment and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation.
During an investigation of an underage drinking party on Smith Road April 13, 2019 Smithville police spotted someone toss a beer bottle from the driver’s side window of Poss’ car. The officer followed Poss to McDonald’s and asked her to step out of the vehicle. He smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from Poss’ person and noticed that she was unsteady on her feet. Poss submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. Poss informed the officer that she had consumed one Bud Light Platinum which was the same bottle the officer found on Smith Road that had been thrown from her vehicle.
47 year old Micah Daniel Murphy entered a plea to driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to 48 hours to serve but was given 5 hours credit for time served. Murphy was fined $360 and will lose his driver license for one year. He must attend DUI school and participate with the MADD Impact Panel.