IN UPSON SUPERIOR COURT, WEDNESDAY, EVERETTE DEWAYNE SMITH, 32 OF THOMASTON WAS CONVICTED OF CHILD MOLESTATION AND AGGREVATED SEXUAL BATTERY AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON BY JUDGE TOMMY HANKINSON.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MICHAEL ROGERS TOLD 101 NEWS, THE FEMALE VICTIM, AGE 4 AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME IN OCT. 2011 , TESTIFIED DURING THE TRIAL AND HER TESTIMONY WAS BRILLANT.
ONE GUILTY PLEA, WEDNESDAY, BENNIE FRANK SCRUGGS OF THOMASTON SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS PROBATION, MUST REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, PAY A $1500 FINE AND DO COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR ENTICING A CHILD FOR INDECENT PURPOSES. THE VICTIM AN 11 YEAR OLD FEMALE.