Rahe named fugitive

A Riner woman convicted last year of stealing her neighbor’s credit card and going on an online shopping spree is now a fugitive, sought for multiple probation violations.

Brenda Kay Rahe has been missing since being cited in March for probation violations on charges of credit card fraud and obtaining money under false pretenses.  Circuit Judge Ray W. Grubbs declared Rahe a fugitive after Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Murray Shortt said deputies could not locate Rahe to serve her with notice of probation violations.

Rahe was convicted on July 17, 2007 for stealing a neighbor’s credit card and running up charges for goods from the Home Shopping Network. She gave one of illegally-purchased items to her victim as a birthday present.

In another probation matter, Debbie Sowers Harvey was free from jail for less than 10 days before she violated her probation on charges of possession of controlled substances, obstruction of justice and assault & battery of a sheriff’s deputy.

Probation officer Jeremy Jones told Grubbs that at his initial interview with Harvey after she served her jail time she claimed to be sober and drug free but changed her story after he told her she would be tested for drugs.  Harvey said she took drugs at a “welcome home” party thrown by her friends.

“They weren’t much of a friend,” Harvey said of those who supplied her with drugs.

Grubbs agreed, telling Harvey that “your coming home party has turned into a going away party.”

Grubbs re-imposed the original five year jail sentence, and then suspended all but one year and deferred that sentence if Harvey completes an in-patient drug treatment program.

In other court matters Tuesday:

--Grubbs found Bobby Douglas Barrett had violated his probation on forgery charges and added 11 months of jail time to 20 months already imposed for probation violations in Carroll and Montgomery Counties;

--The judge ordered Dustin Sean Bain to perform community service to retire his debt for court costs on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle;

--Grubbs remanded Timmy Joe Booth to jail to await disposition of probation violation charges pending posting of a $10,000 bond;

--Richard George Wray Jr. was sent to jail for six months for probation violation on drug possession charges after testing positive for drug use;

--In two related cases of fraudulent use of a bank debit card, Wanda Gail Buckner and Sylvia Ann Cameron entered guilty pleas to charges of using a stolen debit card to obtain $400 each from an ATM at Willis Village Mart. Under a plea agreement between Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Shortt and Defense counsel Rob Spessard, Grubbs gave both five year suspended sentences, placed them on two years’ probation and ordered each to pay $411.75 in restitution to the victim;

--In an unrelated debit card fraud case, Grubbs gave Andrew Willis Hodges a five years suspended sentence, two years probation and ordered him to pay $264 restitution for using a stolen card at the ATM at Willis Village Mart;

--Matthew A. Moran entered a guilty plea on charges of marijuana manufacturing. Grubbs deferred sentenced pending a pre-sentencing report.