Man gets 20 years

on cocaine charges

CHARLOTTE — A Marshville man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing cocaine.

Terence Devon Garmon, 28, of Marshville, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte for drug possession and distribution in Union County in August 2008.

Garmon was considered a “career offender” under the U.S. sentencing guidelines.

Federal sentences are served without possibility of parole; Garmon has been in custody since his December 2008 arrest.

Garmon was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. to 20 years’ imprisonment, followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, after Garmon entered a guilty plea on March 13 to one count of possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine.

Tarte appearing

on ‘Spotlight’

MONROE — Union County Health Director Phillip Tarte discusses the upcoming flu season, including the H1N1 or swine flu, on the new episode of “Union County Spotlight” on the Union County government channel, UCTV 16.

The show will appear daily through Oct. 11 at 8 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. A schedule for all UCTV 16 programs can be viewed at www.co.union.nc.us.

Preservation

panel to meet

MONROE

The Union County Historic Preservation Commission will meet Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room in the old courthouse. For information, call 704-289-6737.