Marshall man pleads guilty in Pettis County court to passing bad check

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

By GEOFF RANDS/Staff writer

Nelson R. Gabriel, 41, of Marshall pleaded guilty in Pettis County court Thursday, Oct. 15, to misdemeanor passing a bad check -- less than $500.

Judge Robert Liston sentenced Gabriel to 30 days jail, suspended execution of sentence, and two years unsupervised probation plus court costs.

He is scheduled to appear in court at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, for a payment review hearing.

According to unofficial online records, Gabriel has previously been convicted of eight similar offenses in Missouri and Kansas, including passing worthless a check and identity theft.

Gabriel has a pending case in Saline County for class C felony passing a bad check -- $500 or more.

His next hearing for that case is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Division 6 Courtroom in the Saline County Courthouse. Judge James "Tut" Bellamy will oversee this hearing.

Contact Geoff Rands at marshallreporter@socket.net

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If the check writer is on probabtion he has to

pay back to the victim the amount plus $30.00. If

he goes to jail the victim never gets their money

back. So, Maybe the Judges have the best interest

of the victims.

-- Posted by Cat Lover on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 3:23 PM

Pastor of Handy Chapel AME. This is why he was dropped from a previous fundraiser in town.

-- Posted by mu-grad on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 2:51 PM

Agreed,

Release some of the marijuana offenders from prison to make room for this guy.

-- Posted by What the f...... on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 1:42 PM

Seems like no one ever pays for their repeated crimes in this town. why even have a court system when they just get let go. This system and its elected officials SUCK. Do your jobs and put this guy in jail where he belongs. Glad to see our taxpayer money goes to paying judges to not punish the criminals. what a waste.What a **** joke.

-- Posted by notgvnasht on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 1:35 PM

Wow! This sentence is beond believe. This man didn't stop when he was convicted before, how is unsupervised probation going to stop him? I hope his victims get by with such a easy out from the situation!

-- Posted by homebody on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 12:56 PM

Isn't this guy a pastor?

-- Posted by interesting1 on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 12:38 PM

Response by Eric Crump/Editor:

Yes.

In before the worthless people post saying "Look another slap on the wrist"

-- Posted by Selmac8 on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 10:25 AM