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Motorist Sentenced For Hitting Cop

Madison Press

A Madison County judge has sentenced a former Columbus resident to five years probation and six months of house arrest for hitting a West Jefferson police officer with a pickup truck last year. 39-year-old James Shannon III was convicted of leading officers on a chase in May of last year before striking officer Matt Stevers, who sustained minor injuries. The chase happened after Shannon crashed into several vehicles on Columbus' far West side.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.