Local Teen's Trial To Be On Fall Docket
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A Sallisaw teenager accused of setting the fire that destroyed the old Sallisaw High School in June 2004 won't face trial until the fall.

David Wayne Hammock, 18, of Sallisaw was originally set to go to trial Monday, but the case was taken off the spring jury docket after his court-appointed defense attorney, John Sawney, asked for a continuance, Jeff Sheridan, assistant district attorney, said.

"It will absolutely be in the fall," Sheridan said.

Hammock is charged with second-degree arson and second-degree burglary, relating to the fire. If convicted, he could receive a maximum sentence of 32 years in prison. Hammock is also facing two other counts of second-degree burglary, unrelated to the high school arson, for the December burglary of a Sallisaw liquor store. He is currently being held in the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw with no bond set.

Hammock entered a plea of not guilty in Sequoyah County District Court in October to the charges related to the fire.
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