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 People v. Andrew Birts, No. 14 CF 113
On July 22, 2015, Judge William Workman accepted a fully negotiated plea
sending Andrew Birts to the Department of Corrections for the offense of
Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a Class 1 Felony. Andrew
Birts was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 2 years of
mandatory supervised release (formerly known as parole).
Andrew Birts was the subject of a covert narcotics investigation
conducted by the Lincoln Police Department and the Illinois State
Police. As a result of this investigation, law enforcement gathered
evidence that on or about March 28, 2014 Andrew Birts sold cocaine. The
cocaine weighed slightly over 1 gram.
People v. Terry Hess, No. 15 CF 9
On July 21, 2015, Judge William Workman accepted a fully negotiated plea
agreement sending Terry Hess to the Department of Corrections for the
offense of Unlawful Association by a Child Sex Offender, a class 4
felony. Terry Hess was sentenced to 2 years of prison followed by 1 year
of mandatory supervised release.
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On January 13, 2015, Lincoln Police observed a vehicle with markings
of a K-9 Search and Rescue Unit. The vehicle was registered to Terry
Hess, a child sex offender. Terry Hess and the vehicle were not
affiliated with any law enforcement group.
People v. Ronald Thorne, No. 09 CF 33
On July 21, 2015, Judge William Workman accepted a fully negotiated
plea agreement sending Ronald Thorne to the Department of
Corrections for the offense of Unlawful Failure to Register as a Sex
Offender, a class 2 felony. Ronald Thorne will serve 3½ years in
prison followed by 2 years of mandatory supervised release.
On January 13, 2009, Lincoln Police conducted a sex offender
registration of Ronald Thorne to learn that he no longer resided at
the registered address. The offense was charged and Ronald Thorne
failed to appear in court on September 10, 2009 and a warrant was
issued. Ronald Thorne was taken into custody on the warrant in June
of 2015.
[Logan County State Attorney Jonathan
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