FORMER SHELBY OFFICER SENTENCED 11-10-2010

A FEDERAL JUDGE SENTENCED A FORMER SHELBY POLICE OFFICER TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION AND ALMOST $6,000 IN RESTITUTION. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY ABC SIX NEWS, BARRY SMITH PLED GUILTY TO COUNT ONE OF INFORMATION, WHICH CHARGES HIM WITH CONSPIRACY TO MALICIOUSLY DAMAGE AND DESTROY BY MEANS OF FIRE A VEHICLE BELONGING TO SHELBY ALDERMAN HAROLD BILLINGS. U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SHARION AYCOCK SENTENCED BARRY SMITH LAST MONTH TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION AND ORDERED SMITH TO PAY HAROLD BILLINGS $4,000 AND ALDERMAN DAN HARRIS $1,615 IN RESTITUTION. BILLINGS AND HARRIS' CARS WERE TORCHED IN SHELBY BACK IN JULY, 2009