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Jan 8, 2021 10:26 AM
A Hopkinsville man convicted for robberies in 2017 will be allowed to leave the jail for work release as he serves his sentence.
Formal sentencing was held Friday morning in Christian Circuit Court for 21-year old Tequan Owen of Hopkinsville. Owen pled guilty in October for allegedly being involved in armed robberies of the Circle K gas stations on Lafayette Road and Russellville Road.
He worked with Juandez Bussell in both of those crimes and also worked with him in an August, 2017 home invasion and robbery on Kenwood Drive. The pair allegedly fired gunshots from a vehicle during that incident.
The suspect accused of the 2015 Pembroke triple murder appeared in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday for a motion to dismiss the case to be heard by Judge John Atkins.
Christian Martin, 52, appeared in court via Zoom while at the Christian County Jail while his defense attorneys Tom Griffiths and Doug Moore also appeared via Zoom.
Atkins explained that the motion submitted by the defense to dismiss the case was based on Martinâs due process allegedly being violated. Atkins also shared that he had reviewed the written motion by the defense as well as the commonwealthâs response, but asked Griffiths if he had anything to add before Atkins ruled on the motion.