Parents in graduation party case to stand trial, judge rules

A Sikeston, Mo., couple facing a combined 60 counts of serving alcohol to minors will stand trial, a judge ruled Monday.

The charges arose from a Notre Dame Regional High School graduation party Mark Cheatham, 49, and Terry Brewer-Cheatham, 47, threw at their Sikeston residence in May.

Judge Terry Lynn Brown set the case for trial after denying a Jan. 7 motion to suppress evidence police seized from the Cheathams' residence.

Stephen C. Wilson, attorney for the Cheathams, argued at a motion hearing on Jan. 9 to suppress evidence seized from two computers found at the residence. Wilson argued that the search warrants used to secure the computer data contained insufficient evidence.

The trial date will be set Jan. 30.