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Wood County Circuit Court holds sentencings

PARKERSBURG — Two sentencings took place in Wood County Circuit Court Thursday.

* Michael Lee Haught, 45, 197 Mike St., Washington, W.Va., was sentenced to one to five years in prison with credit for 185 days served after his guilty plea to a charge of fleeing from an officer in a vehicle with reckless disregard. His sentence was suspended and placed on three years probation.

* Elijah Jamaal Dixon, 24, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail, appeared for sentencing after he was returned from the Anthony Center as unfit to continue. He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of one to five years in prison for fleeing from an officer in a vehicle with reckless disregard and failure to appear. He was given 305 days credit for the fleeing charge and 297 days served for the failure to appear charge. A motion for a rehabilitation treatment program was dismissed.

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