County Inmates Denied Paroles
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Three inmates in the state prison system, sentenced in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw, were denied paroles by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board last week.

James Charles Childress, 28, is serving a 10-year sentence for the larceny of a domestic animal and a life-without-parole sentence for the 1996 shooting death of Jason Wilson of Roland. Wilson came upon Childress and two others while they were trying to butcher one of Wilson's calves. Wilson gave chase, and when he caught up with Childress, Childress shot Wilson several times with a .22-caliber rifle.

Childress was up for parole on the larceny conviction. He was convicted of both charges in district court on Oct. 23, 1997, and is currently being held at the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite.

Kellee D. Manda, 37, is serving six sentences on various drug charges including possession of a controlled drug after former conviction of a felony, possession of paraphernalia after former conviction of a felony, possession of a controlled dangerous substance within 1000 feet of a public park, and with a child present.

Manda began serving the current sentences on Jan. 18, 2001, and he is expected to be incarcerated through Jan. 17, 2021. He is being held at Howard McLeod Correctional Center in Atoka.

Brian Jermaine Thomas, 24, is serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree arson and a consecutive three-year sentence out of Tulsa County for feloniously pointing a firearm while on parole. He began the sentence in September.

Thomas is an inmate in the Lawton Correctional Facility.

The parole board met April 13 through 16 at the Lexington Correctional Center.

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