The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

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October 27, 2009

Beckley woman sentenced in deadly drug case

By Michelle James

A Beckley woman convicted of providing morphine pills which resulted in the death of a 21-year-old, was sentenced to one year in prison Monday in Raleigh County Circuit Court.

Donna Sue Underwood’s sentence stems from June 27, 2008, when she provided Ryan Atwood, of Beckley, with a fatal dose of the drug.

Upon completion of her jail term, Judge John Hutchison ordered that Underwood complete five years’ probation for a suspended sentence of one to 15 years for delivery of a controlled substance.

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Debra Mae Cozart, 39, of Raleigh, was sentenced to one to three years for attempt to commit a felony, to-wit delivery of a controlled substance.

Cozart pleaded guilty in June to a July 2008 incident during which she made arrangements to provide $150 in marijuana to a confidential informant for Beckley Police.

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Kenneth Robert Gremore, 39, of Bluefield, was sentenced to one to five years for conspiracy to acquire money by false pretenses.

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Franklin Tyrone Hurtte, 21, of Beckley, received a one-to-15 year suspended sentence with two years’ probation for delivery of cocaine.

— E-mail:mjames@register-herald.com

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