A 39-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery of a Marion County correctional officer at the county jail in October of 2020. As part of the plea, Stephanie Chaney Black had a count of aggravated battery dropped as a result of the same incident. A separate DUI charge was also dropped. Black was placed on one-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay a $270 public defender fee.
A 38-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. Andre Harris of Melrose Street had a felony aggravated domestic battery charge dropped as part of the plea. He admitted to pushing a family member into a wall. The felony count claimed as part of the same incident he had strangled the alleged victim with his hands. Harris was placed on one-year probation, ordered to undergo drug, alcohol, and mental health evaluation, complete the men’s challenging violence program, and ordered to pay a probation fee and public defender fee.
