Sentenced on four alcohol counts
Charges of second-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual offense, simple possession of a schedule III controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed against Taylor Hutcherson during Polk County Superior Court held the week of Feb. 20.
Hutcherson, who was 22 at the time of his arrest in July 2010, pled guilty to four counts of misdemeanor providing alcohol to persons under age 21. Four other charges of providing alcohol to persons under 21 were dismissed, according to court records.
Hutcherson was sentenced to 18 months supervised probation for one count of providing alcohol to persons under 21, 120 days in jail with credit for 120 days for another count of providing alcohol to persons under 21 and 18 months supervised probation, 25 hours of community service, a $250 fine and court costs for another count. The fourth count was consolidated into another sentence.
Judge Sharon T. Barrett presided last week. Verbiage included with the second-degree rape dismissal stated that the “victim of charges has made the decision not to testify.”
Hutcherson’s attorney Sean Devereaux said the dismissals and pleas were not the result of a plea bargain.
“Mr. Hutcherson was not guilty of the felony rape, sexual assault and kidnapping charges, nor the drug offenses,” Devereaux said. “He was prepared to go to trial on those charges had they not been dismissed. He was guilty of the relatively minor alcohol offenses.”