GALLIPOLIS — Several guilty pleas were recently accepted in Gallia County Common Pleas Court in cases charging complicity, theft, and possession of drugs that resulted in probation sentences.

Cases recently resolved include:

• Alexander J. Samour, II, 32, Pomeroy, was sentenced to 48 months of community control after he pled guilty to two counts of complicity (aid and abet).

Samour was initially charged along with Tamela J. Simpson, 27, Cheshire, with two counts of theft in connection with a pair of purses stolen from Wal-Mart customers in March 2008.

Simpson pled guilty to the theft counts last fall and was sentenced to 22 months in prison; she was on community control from a prior charge at the time the offenses were committed. The theft charges were dismissed against Samour and he was then charged with aiding and abetting Simpson.

In additon to community control, Samour was further ordered to an evaluation by Spectrum Outreach Services, obtain his GED, pay costs of the prosecution for judgment rendered and pay $45 to the Rotary Reparations Fund.

• Nicole Stewart, 30, Point Pleasant, W.Va., was sentenced to 60 months of community control after she pled guilty to one count of theft regarding more than $13,000 stolen from Courtside Bar & Grill between March 1, 2008 through Nov. 30, 2008.

Pursuant to her guilty plea, the court honored a plea agreement that was made on the recommendation of the victim.

Stewart was further ordered to perform 500 hours of community service with all but 60 hours stayed, register with Ohio Employment Services, obtain her GED, pay $13,716 to Courtside, have no contact with Courtside, and pay costs of the prosecution for judgment rendered.

• Sherri S. McCoy, 29, 44 Olive St., Gallipolis, was sentenced to 24 months community control after she pled guilty to a 2006 charge of possession of drugs.

She was further ordered to perform 500 hours of community service with all but 40 hours stayed, register with Spectrum Outreach Services, obtain her GED, six months suspended operator’s license (retroactive to 2006), and pay costs of the prosecution for judgment rendered.