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Polk County Sports, News
Revival: Simmons sees Death: Confusion added
a major change starting to delayed call response
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On the court, Simmons,
along with fellow senior Tris-
tan Yeager, are Falls City’s
most reliable weapons on
offense and defense.
But it’s the groundwork
they’re helping to lay for fu-
ture seasons that may be
their biggest impacts.
“We know the total num-
ber of wins may not be as
much as we’d like,” Owre
said. “But the kids are work-
ing to improve every single
day. And that’s what is im-
portant right now.”
When the Mountaineers’
year began, players weren’t
expecting much of a change.
“Last season, it was like
we’re here and we know
we’re going to lose,” Sim-
mons said.
As practices began, Sim-
mons wasn’t convinced a
new coach would help.
“ Whenever you hear
things that you don’t know,
you’re like, ‘what is he talk-
ing about?’” Simmons said.
“That’s how I felt and that’s
how a bunch of the other
kids felt too.”
Owre started with re-
teaching the basics of bas-
ketball. It wasn’t long before
players had a new level of
understanding.
“I find it helpful not only
for me, but my teammates,”
Simmons said. “I know what
I’m talking about better now,
so my play has improved
and it allows me to help our
younger guys with what
they’re supposed to be
doing.”
LUKAS EGGEN/ for the Itemizer-Observer
Mountaineers senior Tanner Simmons helped Falls City
to a recent two-game win streak.
Simmons, a 5-foot-10
post, is someone who helps
inspire teammates through
his work ethic.
“Effort is everything,”
Simmons said. “It’s what you
do with the knowledge you
have that makes the differ-
ence.”
There’s one other thing
that’s different. For the first
time for many of the players,
games aren’t a mere formali-
ty to get through.
“The enjoyment level
from last year to this year
has changed drastically,”
Simmons said. “Games are
something we all look for-
ward to. The anticipation is
so much different.”
During a recent two-game
win streak, the Moun-
taineers won both a blowout
(16-point margin) and a
close contest (three-point
victory).
“I never felt so happy,”
Simmons said. “Seeing the
smiles on everyone’s faces, it
brought tears to my eyes. I
was so happy I got to share
this with my teammates.”
There aren’t many teams
who would be happy with
three wins late in a season,
but for the Mountaineers, it’s
a sign of a better things to
come.
“I can feel it,” Simmons
said. “I know the other play-
ers can feel it. It’s something
we all love and it’s something
we don’t want to let go.”
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“While this is tragic, based
off what the medical exam-
iner is telling us, it would ap-
pear he was having an
episode and entered into a
medical situation that I don’t
think that medics could have
gotten there in time to save
him,” Wolfe said.
Dallas Fire & EMS Chief
Fred Hertel agreed, but nei-
ther would rule out the pos-
sibility a quicker response
may have saved Clothier.
“Could they have inter-
vened sooner and not had
the excited delirium set in?”
Wolfe asked. “I don’t know,
I’m not a medical (profes-
sional).”
“I’m not sure it would
have changed the outcome,
but there is always that pos-
sibility,” Hertel said. “I think
if law enforcement got there
and secured the scene while
the gentleman was still alive,
it’s easier to keep somebody
alive from a medical stand-
point than try to bring them
back.”
The incident began when
Clothier’s family realized he
was having a mental break-
down at about 10:30 p.m.
Wolfe said Clothier had
been watching a movie with
his family when he got up to
go outside. Later, James
went to look for him.
“(He) goes outside to see
where he (Clothier) had
gone and sees him crawling
around on the ground on all
fours,” Wolfe said.
Clothier then confronts
his father, punching him.
The family calls 9-1-1 for
help at 10:32 p.m., after coun-
ty patrol hours had ended.
Due to budget cuts and
the loss of federal timber
funds, the sheriff’s office now
patrols only 10 hours per day.
At 10:38 p.m., the family
requests an ambulance to
take Clothier to the hospital
for mental issues. Minutes
later, though, the family is
asking for help saving his life.
At 10:44, Clothier is no longer
breathing.
Dispatch informed the
on-call Polk County ser-
geant of the situation, and
following protocol, he said
he would not be responding
and to send medics.
Off-duty responses must
involve an imminent threat
to a person. Even though
Clothier had punched his
father, this didn’t meet that
standard, Wolfe said.
“It came in as a mental
call that turned into a med-
ical call,” Wolfe said. “It does-
n’t meet the protocol of a
person-to-person crime with
serious injuries with medics
being dispatched.”
Clothier’s family said the
situation was serious
enough to require police.
At 10:47 p.m., an ambu-
lance crew is staged a mile
away. Confusion about the
call — whether it was a do-
mestic dispute and whether
there was a gun involved —
led the crew to wait for police.
One minute later, at 10:48
p.m., the family begins CPR.
The EMS crew asked for a
Dallas officer to respond and
Sgt. Sunny Latty arrived on
the scene at 10:59 p.m. She
took over CPR and called in
EMS. Medics were on scene
by 11:02 p.m. Clothier could
not be revived.
Dallas Fire & EMS also
has adopted procedures
when responding to emer-
gencies outside of city limits
when no sheriff’s deputies
are available to answer calls.
“In a nutshell, it basically
says we do a safety evaluation
prior to putting our members
and employees in an unsafe
situation,” Hertel said.
That evaluation takes into
account the information dis-
patch provides and records of
past calls to the address. The
Jan. 19 incident raised several
concerns.
“Anytime there is a
weapon involved, we stage
and let law enforcement get
in there,” Hertel said. “Even
if it is just a battle between
two individuals, that’s not
something that we can say
is a safe situation to put our
members in.”
Wolfe said he wishes
those types of choices didn’t
have to be made.
“There shouldn’t be a
protocol in place (for the
sheriff’s office) in the first
place,” Wolfe said. “If we
were fully staffed, would we
have gone to that call? Ab-
solutely.”
While they believe those
who responded wanted to
help their son, the Clothier
family said the sheriff’s office
and local police need to plan
better for off-hours calls.
“They need to have a
contingency plan,” James
Clothier said.
SCOREBOARD
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CLUB
SWIMMING
LEBANON INVITATIONAL
at Lebanon
Jan. 17-18 results
Blue Dolphins Swim Team
BOYS
200 freestyle (13-14) — 1, Daniel R,
Glade, 2:08.68; 3, Isaiah Compton,
2:25.21. 200 freestyle (15 and over) —
7, Ian Sayers, 2:21.47. 100 freestyle (11-
12) — 3, David Glade, 1:10.38. 100
freestyle (13-14) — 1, Daniel Glade,
58.54; 4, Isaiah Compton, 1:03.66. 100
freestyle (15 and over) — 8, Ian Sayers,
1:05.22. 100 breaststroke (11-12) — 2,
David Glade, 1:29.45. 50 freestyle (9-
10) — 3, David Beasley, 38.27. 50
freestyle (11-12) — 5, David Glade,
31.73. 50 freestyle (13-14) — 2, Daniel
Glade, 26.05; 3, Isaiah Compton, 27.88.
50 freestyle (15 and over) — 7, Ian Say-
ers, 29.96. 200 individual medley (11-
12) — 3, David Glade, 2:50.76. 200 indi-
vidual medley (13-14) — 2, Daniel
Glade, 2:26.5. 50 backstroke (9-10) —
1, David Beasley, 43.7. 50 backstroke
(11-12) — 1, David Glade, 37.53. 100
backstroke (9-10) — 1, David Beasley,
1:39.87. 100 backstroke (13-14) — 1,
Daniel Glade, 1:07.71. 50 butterfly (11-
12) — 3, David Glade, 37.6. 200 back-
stroke (13-14) — 3, Daniel Glade,
2:32.76.
GIRLS
100 individual medley (8 and
under) — 1, Gentry Hagedorn, 1:53.33.
100 individual medley (9-10) — 3, Sa-
vannah King, 1:33.8; 4, Jaden Irwin,
1:34.28; 5, Lonny Stork, 1:35.810. 100 in-
dividual medley (11-12) — 4, Isabel
Diaz, 1:27.64. 200 freestyle (9-10) — 1,
Taylor Hagedorn, 3:03.08. 200 freestyle
(11-12) — 4, Isabel Diaz, 2:45.28. 200
freestyle (13-14) — 4, Emily Beasley,
2:58.95; Rhylee Pendley, 4:25.97. 200
freestyle (15 and over) — 3, Alice Luo,
3:26.19. 200 medley relay (10 and
under) — 1, A (Lonny S tork, Savannah
King, Taylor Hagedorn, Jade Irwin),
2:57.39; 4, B (Kadence King, Madison
Hanson, Gentry Hagedorn, Natalie Clin-
ton), 3:52.35. 200 medley relay (13 and
over) — 3, A (Mikaila Sayers, Alice Luo,
Emily Beasley, Rhylee Pendley), 3:09.45.
100 freestyle (8 and under) — 1, Kan-
dance King, 1:39.1. 100 freestyle (9-10)
— 3, Taylor Hagedorn, 1:22.26; 4, Savan-
nah King, 1:22.98. 100 freestyle (13-14)
— 4, Mikaila Sayers, 1:19.09; 7, Rhylee
Pendley, 1:52.9. 50 breaststroke (8 and
under) — 2, Gentry Hagedorn, 1:00.8.
50 breaststroke (9-10) — 5, Lonny
Stork, 53.53; 9, Madison Hanson, 1:06.11.
100 breaststroke (9-10) — 4, Taylor
Hagedorn, 1:45.88; 7, Savannah King,
1:52.76; 8, Jaden Irwin, 1:54.27. 100
breaststroke (13-14) — 4, Mikaila Say-
ers, 1:42.83; 6, Emily Beasley, 1:46.47.
100 breaststroke (15 and over) — 3,
Alice Luo, 1:56.76. 25 freestyle (8 and
under) — 5, Gentry Hagedorn, 20.47; 6,
Kandance King, 21.45. 50 freestyle (8
and under) — 4, Kandance King, 46.83.
50 freestyle (9-10) — 4, Jaden Irwin,
36.96; 5, Lonny Stork, 37.9; 21, Natalie
Clinton, 53.69; 22, Madison Hanson,
53.95. 50 freestyle (11-12) — 8, Isabel
Diaz, 34.6. 50 freestyle (13-14) — 4,
Mikaila Sayers, 34.88; 5, Emily Beasley,
37.95; 7, Rhylee Pendley, 48.11. 50
freestyle (15 and over) — 4, Alice Luo,
41.58. 200 individual medley (9-10) —
3, Taylor Hagedorn, 3:19.52. 200 indi-
vidual medley (13-14) — 3, Emily
Beasley, 3:21.57. 200 individual medley
(15 and over) — 5, Alice Luo, 3:58.12.
25 backstroke (8 and under) — 4, Gen-
try Hagedorn, 22.01. 50 backstroke (8
and under) — 4, Gentry Hagedorn,
48.84. 50 backstroke (9-10) — 2, Jaden
Irwin, 44.82; 3, Lonny Stork, 46.0; 15,
Madison Hanson, 1:00.82. 100 back-
stroke (9-10) — 5, Taylor Hagedorn,
1:36.28; 6, Lonny Stork, 1:40.5. 100
backstroke (13-14) — 6, Rhylee Pend-
ley, 2:08.5. 100 backstroke (15 and
over) — 5, Alice Luo, 2:02.86. 50 butter-
fly (8 and under) — 1, Gentry Hage-
dorn, 53.02. 50 butterfly (9-10) — 4,
Jaden Irwin, 46.89. 100 butterfly (9-10)
— 1, Taylor Hagedorn, 1:32.4. 100 but-
terfly (13-14) — 3, Emily Beasley,
1:43.58. 200 freestyle relay (10 and
under) — 3, A (Jaden Irwin, Gentry
Hagedorn, Lonny Stork, Taylor Hage-
dorn), 2:38.74. 200 backstroke (13-14)
— 2, Emily Beasley, 3:27.83.
WRESTLING
CLASS 5A
MID-WILLAMETTE
Team
League
Dallas
5-0
Lebanon
5-1
South Albany
5-1
Central
2-3
Silverton
2-3
Crescent Valley
1-4
Woodburn
1-4
Corvallis
0-5
Wednesday, Jan. 21 Results
Dallas 41, Crescent Valley 28
Central 39, Silverton 39 (C wins tb)
Lebanon 51, Woodburn 25
South Albany 56, Corvallis 24
DALLAS 41, CRESCENT VALLEY 28
at Crescent Valley High School, Corvallis
Wednesday, Jan. 21 Results
106 — Brawley Lamer, CV, pinned
Ryan Bibler, 3:21. 113 — Noah Sickles,
D, won by forfeit. 120 — Jesse Stuhr, D,
dec. Ben Hale, 9-5. 126 — Benny Senda,
CV, pinned Andrew Shea, 1:32. 132 —
Sammy Chung, D, pinned Bryan Cates,
1:06. 138 — Mathew Dindinger, D, dec.
Stanfur Lassen, 10-4. 145 — Alex Rich,
CV, major dec. Tanner Earhart, 12-0.
152 — Mathew Stinnette, CV, pinned
Austin Rayburn, 2:40. 160 — Clay
Coxen, D, pinned Matthew Pawlowski,
5:21. 170 — Garrett Worsch, CV, pinned
Justin Spencer, 1:33. 182 — Joshua
Naughton, D, dec. Parker Deford, 6-0.
195 — Mathew Thorsted, D, won by
forfeit. 220 — Kyle Snyder, D, dec.
Seniu Maitland, 1-0. 285 — Bailey Hise,
D, won forfeit.
—
CENTRAL 39, SILVERTON 39
(Central wins on tiebreaker criteria)
at Central High School, Independence
Wednesday, Jan. 21 Results
106 — Cache Campbell, S, won by
forfeit. 113 — Valentin Garcia, S, dec.
Manuel Martinez, 9-2. 120 — Boston
Merrifield, S, won by forfeit. 126 — Tris-
tan Lanier, S, pinned Timothy Blair, 3:48.
132 — Austin Reed, S, won by forfeit.
138 — Nathan Butch, S, pinned Gavin
Lippsmeyer, 0:52. 145 — Collin Swine-
hart, C, pinned Daniel Kuznetsov, 1:34.
152 — John Lippsmeyer, C, dec. Trevor
Ayers, 9-8. 160 — Gabriel Arreguin, C,
pinned Afansay Chernishoff, 4:59. 170
— Tanner Swinehart, C, pinned Wyatt
Patrick, 2:14. 182 — David Negrete, C,
pinned Ryan Wells, 5:47. 195 — Alberto
Meza, C, pinned William McMahon, 3:58.
220 — Cody Gubbels, S, pinned Mathias
Feltmann, 1:33. 285 — Marlon Tuipulo-
tu, C, won by forfeit.
—
RESER’S TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
at Liberty High School, Hillsboro
Jan. 23-24 Results
Team scores — Crook County 303,
Roseburg 244½, Hillsboro 161, Red-
mond 141½, David Douglas 125, Dallas
110, Eagle Point 102, Hermiston 101,
Scappoose 98, Sprague 93, Sweet Home
92½, Crater 85, West Linn 79, Culver 76,
Sunset 75½, Glencoe 72½, Sandy 61,
Century 57½, Lebanon 50, McNary 46,
Cascade 44, Canby 32, Pendleton 24,
North Marion 20.
(Dallas placers)
113 — Noah Sickles, 4-1, second.
120 — Nolan Miller, 4-2, fifth. 132 —
Matt Hofenbredl, 5-0, first. 138 — Tan-
ner Earhart, 5-2, fourth.
—
ELMIRA 44, CENTRAL 23
at Central High School, Independence
Saturday, Jan. 24 Results
106 — Manuel Martinez, C, pinned
Logan Walker, 4:28. 113 — Morgan
Craig, E, dec. Johnathan Mendez, 9-8.
120 — Riley Craig, E, won by forfeit. 126
— Tim Blair, C, dec. Jasper Kamerer, 4-0.
132 — Anthony Tena, E, won by forfeit.
138 — Garth Evenson, E, pinned Juan
Mendoza, 1:08. 145 — Collin Swinehart,
C, technical fall over Brandon McElhose,
15-0. 152 — Mason Walker, E, technical
fall over John Lipssmeyer, 15-0. 160 —
Ethan Agnes, E, pinned Gabriel Arreguin,
1:12. 170 — Tanner Swinehart, C,
pinned Levi Hanson, 2:47. 182 — David
Negrete, C, dec. Ray Dollahite, 7-1. 195
— Matt Engholm, E, dec. Riley Olson, 9-
3. 220 — Dylan Porter, E, pinned Math-
ias Feltmann, 6:12. 285 — Zane Ward-
well, E, dec. Marlon Tuipulotu, 3-2.
—
CENTRAL 39, PUTNAM 36
at Central High School, Independence
Saturday, Jan. 24 Results
106 — Manuel Martinez, C, pinned
Koby Paola, 0:50. 113 — Dmitriy Kuropy-
atnikov, P, pinned Johnathan Mendez,
1:10. 120 — Kane Hernandez, P, won by
forfeit. 126 — Brice McDonald, P, dec.
Tim Blair, 12-7. 132 — Drew Urben, P,
won by forfeit. 138 — Giovanni Hernan-
dez, P, pinned Juan Mendoza, 2:13. 145
— Collin Swinehart, C, pinned Michael
Lewis, 0:33. 152 — Nick Urben, P, major
dec. John Lippsmeyer, 9-1. 160 —
Gabriel Arreguin, C, pinned Elber
DeLeon, 0:22. 170 — Tanner Swinehart,
C, won by forfeit. 182 — David Negrete,
C, pinned Vince McFarland, 2:23. 195 —
Riley Olson, C, pinned Cameron Davis,
5:23. 220 — Juan Hernandez, P, techni-
cal fall over Mathias Feltmann, 18-3. 285
— Marlon Tuipulotu, C, dec. Jeff D’Au-
vergne, 4-3.
—
CENTRAL 48, GLADSTONE 31
at Central High School, Independence
Saturday, Jan. 24 Results
106 — Deric Penn, G, dec. Manuel
Martinez, 8-7. 113 — Johnathan
Mendez, C, won by forfeit. 120 — Alvin
Lopez, G, won by forfeit. 126 — Blake
McNall, G, pinned Tim Blair, 3:10. 132
— Otis Lundgren, G, won by forfeit.
138 — Kyle Kintz, G, pinned Juan Men-
doza, 0:29. 145 — Collin Swinehart, C,
pinned Kamari Blacksmith, 3:22. 152 —
Rylan Martin, G, major dec. John
Lippsmeyer, 15-3. 160 — Gabriel Ar-
reguin, C, won by forfeit. 170 — Tanner
Swinehart, C, pinned Adam Taylor, 2:55.
182 — David Negrete, C, pinned Brian
Edwards, 0:57. 195 — Riley Olson, C,
won by forfeit. 220 — Mathias Felt-
mann, C, won by forfeit. 285 — Marlon
Tuipulotu, C, pinned Johnathan
Bettger, 0:41.
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CENTRAL 48, JEFFERSON 31
at Central High School, Independence
Saturday, Jan. 24 Results
106 — Daymon Bowman, J, dec.
Manuel Martinez, 9-4. 113 —
Johnathan Mendez, C, won by forfeit.
120 — Double forfeit. 126 — Tim Blair,
won by forfeit. 132 — Double forfeit.
138 — Juan Mendoza, C, pinned Naa-
man Yarbrough, 2:55. 145 — John
Lippsmeyer, C, won by forfeit. 152 —
Terrell West, J, major dec. Collin Swine-
hart, 18-7. 160 — Jose Gonzalez, J.
major dec. Gabriel Arreguin, 17-5. 170
— Tanner Swinehart, C, pinned Roman
Slater, 0:30. 182 — David Negrete, C,
won by forfeit. 195 — Riley Olson, C,
won by forfeit. 220 — Larry Brister, J,
pinned Mathias Feltmann, 1:42. 285 —
Marlon Tuipulotu, C, won by forfeit.
—
CENTRAL 54, SHELDON 24
at Central High School, Independence
Saturday, Jan. 24 Results
106 — Teddy Coombs, S, pinned
Manuel Martinez, 5:32. 113 — Marshall
Dunn, S, pinned Johnathan Mendez,
0:38. 120 — Gary Thayer, S, won by for-
feit. 126 — Tim Blair, C, pinned Dezmon
Livingston, 1:46. 132 — Double forfeit.
138 — Juan Mendoza, C, won by forfeit.
145 — Collin Swinehart, C, pinned Bran-
don Burns, 0:55. 152 — John Lippsmey-
er, C, won by forfeit. 160 — Gabriel Ar-
reguin, C, pinned Ryan Honein, 3:34.
170 — Tanner Swinehart, C, pinned
Michael Holden, 0:28. 182 — David Ne-
grete, C, pinned Keaton Aronson, 2:38.
195 — Sam Crow, C, won by forfeit. 220
— Andru Johnson, C, pinned Riley
Olson, 2:34. 285 — Marlon Tuipulotu,
won by forfeit.
Wednesday, Jan. 28 Dual Meets
Dallas at South Albany
Woodburn at Central
Silverton at Corvallis
Lebanon at Crescent Valley
Wednesday, Feb. 4 Dual Meets
Silverton at Dallas
Central at Crescent Valley
Corvallis at Woodburn
(End of Dual Meet Season)
AARON YOST/ for the Itemizer-Observer
Dell Weston, a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainer, demonstrates
that not all fires can be put out with water during Monday night’s training session.
Training: Youth will be ready
to respond to emergencies
Continued from Page 1A
“We are going to turn out
trained emergency respon-
ders,” she said.
The CERT training pro-
gram includes fire safety,
medical triage, emergency
medical treatment, light
search and rescue, disaster
psychology, and terrorism.
On Jan. 19, Townsend in-
troduced the teens to what
they would be learning over
the course of eight weeks.
That included how, at the
end of training, they will be
capable of helping rescue
people if needed.
“That’s what we want for
you in this training — learn-
ing how to do a whole lot of
stuff you didn’t think you
could do,” she said.
Kyle Rothwell, 17, a Dallas
home-school student Dal-
Learn More
About Teen CERT
• Who can join? Any
teen ages 14 to 17 with
parent permission. A GPA
of 3.0 is required.
• How long is the train-
ing? Basic CERT training
takes a total of approxi-
mately 20 to 30 hours.
For more information:
www.polkcountycert.org;
Facebook at “Teen CERT,
Polk County Oregon.”
ton recruited, said the train-
ing has been “pretty interest-
ing,” but thinks learning to
handle the situations more
likely to happen will be the
most valuable training.
“You don’t get to learn
this stuff every day,” he said.
Townsend said in most
major emergencies, police,
fire and ambulance crews
only expect to have half of
their personnel to be avail-
able. That is why CERT-
trained people of any age
are so critical, she said.
Dallas Fire Chief Fred
Hertel said he’s encouraged
by the development of the
CERT Dallas, both the teen
and adult programs.
“I think it’s great, anyone
who wants to step up,” he
said.
Townsend said she wants
to model Polk’s teen pro-
gram after Lincoln County’s,
where it is part of the high
school classes.
“If we teach it to the chil-
dren, youth, they take that
with them into their adult
life,” she said.
Couple sentenced in child’s death
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — An Independ-
ence couple who were
charged in August in the
death of the woman’s 2-year-
old daughter were sentenced
in Polk County Circuit Court
Friday.
Rebecca Watkins and
Co d e y Ca m p b e l l b o t h
pleaded guilty to criminally
negligent homicide and
were sentenced to 36
months and 18 months in
prison, respectively.
Polk County Circuit Court
Judge Monte Campbell is-
sued the sentences Friday.
They were originally
charged with manslaughter
in the first and second de-
gree, endangering the welfare
of a minor and first-degree
child neglect. The charges
were related to the Feb. 24,
2014, drowning death of
Watkins’ daughter, Noelle
Watkins. Noelle was left unat-
tended in the bathtub when
the incident occurred.
Polk County District Attor-
ney Aaron Felton said the
pair agreed to plead guilty
through a plea bargain
agreement with his office.
Felton said while both
Watkins and Campbell,
Watkins’ boyfriend, were
guilty of the negligence that
led to the girl’s death, the
mother was more culpable.
“The mother physically
put this child in the bathtub,”
he said, noting her daughter’s
doctor warned Watkins not
to leave the child unattended
in the bath. “This is a differ-
ent (level) of negligence.”
That led to prosecutors
asking for 36 months, twice
the presumptive sentence
based on Watkins’ lack of
criminal history.
Felton said the remainder
of the charges were dropped,
in part because the defen-
dants were willing to take re-
sponsibility.