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NewsDecember 29, 2004

Former Central High School standout athlete Scott Chestnutt has completed the jail sentence he received Dec. 13 after pleading guilty to peace disturbance in a plea bargain reducing the original felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Chestnutt was sentenced to 30 days in the Cape Girardeau County Jail with credit for time served and was ordered to pay $804.50 by March 14. The payment is for costs, jail board and late fees...

Southeast Missourian

Former Central High School standout athlete Scott Chestnutt has completed the jail sentence he received Dec. 13 after pleading guilty to peace disturbance in a plea bargain reducing the original felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon.

Chestnutt was sentenced to 30 days in the Cape Girardeau County Jail with credit for time served and was ordered to pay $804.50 by March 14. The payment is for costs, jail board and late fees.

Chestnutt, 18, was charged Sept. 13 with unlawful use of a weapon when he and Carl Lucious, 20, of Cape Girardeau were arrested after witnesses said they saw Lucious pointing a handgun from a vehicle Chestnutt was driving on Bloomfield Street. Police said they found a concealed handgun in Chestnutt's car.

Shortly after his arrest, Chestnutt was removed from his foster home in Cape Girardeau and sent to live in the St. Louis area, according to Kevin Crane, the Boone County prosecutor appointed to handle the case.

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On Nov. 13, a warrant was issued for Chestnutt's arrest after he missed a court appearance.

A spokesman for the Ferguson-Florissant School District confirmed later that Chestnutt was registered as a student at McCluer North High School in that district. When administrators learned of the warrant against Chestnutt, they notified local police.

On Nov. 18, Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp revoked Chestnutt's bond, and he was incarcerated in the Cape Girardeau County Jail.

On Dec. 13, Chestnutt waived his right to trial and pleaded guilty to the amended charge of peace disturbance.

Chestnutt is scheduled to appear in court March 14 to confirm that all fines and costs have been paid.

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