Final sentencing was held Tuesday in Christian Circuit Court for Tia Ochs, one of the juveniles who entered guilty pleas to facilitation to robbery in relation to the Bethel Street robbery and murder case.
The guilty plea to facilitation came with a recommended sentence of five years and the condition that Ochs testify against her other co-defendants in the case—Shakkory Willis, James Yates, Lane Carter and Korey Zivotin—in trial. Co-defendant Madison Wilson also recently entered a guilty plea to facilitation to robbery, with the same conditions.
Public defender Mike Crider represents Ochs and requested she be granted probation, due to the remorse she feels and her good conduct while in custody.
The Commonwealth is opposed to probation but neutral on shock probation. Circuit Judge John Atkins denied probation, saying it would be inappropriate due to the seriousness of the case.
Both Wilson and Ochs went into the residence on Bethel Street before the attempted robbery occurred and communicated to the others about what items and money were in the residence.
Willis is charged with murder in the shooting death of Corvyan Thomas, along with first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. Yates and Carter are both charged with complicity to robbery and burglary and unlawful transaction with a minor. Zivotin is charged with first-degree assault, having allegedly shot Dylan Stewart in the leg during incident, and first-degree robbery.