Suspended Pineville police officer Terry Dene Bates, 35, pleaded guilty today in McDonald County Circuit Court to misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated and assault.
Bates was given a suspended sentence on both charges and will be on unsupervised probation for two years on the DWI charge and for one year on the assault charge. He will have to attend a victim impact panel for alcohol offenders on Sept. 17, according to court records.
Bates has been suspended since he was stopped by a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper June 12. News reports following the arrest indicated he had a blood alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit
Earlier news reports said the assault was on a nine-year-old girl at a get-together in Noel. He allegedly grabbed the girl by the arm. Court records indicate an Anderson man filed a child protection order against Bates on June 13, though the temporary order was dismissed without prejudice June 27.
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