Buncombe Man Gets Five to Seven Years for Kidnapping, Witness Intimidation
Dennis Tyrone Garnett Jr., 25, faces at least five years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and trying to silence a witness in Buncombe County.
Dennis Tyrone Garnett Jr., 25, was sentenced Tuesday in Buncombe County Superior Court to a minimum of five years and a maximum of seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that included first-degree kidnapping and felony intimidation of a state's witness.
Garnett entered guilty pleas to three charges: first-degree kidnapping, felony intimidating a state's witness, and misdemeanor communicating threats. The witness intimidation charge, a felony, signals that prosecutors had concerns extending beyond the kidnapping itself, with Garnett allegedly attempting to interfere with someone expected to testify against him.
The sentence was handed down March 18 by Buncombe County Superior Court.
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