Having already served and credited for more than 1,200 days in jail, formal sentencing came for Montie Streeval Wednesday morning — when Judge Jamus Redd remanded him to a state penitentiary for 24 years without parole.
The Commonwealth had asked him to serve 15 years on first-degree manslaughter and nine years for possession of a hand gun by a convicted felon, served consecutively, as part of a plea agreement made last December in Lyon County Circuit Court.
Defense Attorney Olivia Adams, as well as Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jill Giordano, asked Redd to make no changes to this acquiescence.
That restitution, per Redd, amounts to just over $940, to eventually be paid to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund.
Nearly four years ago, Streeval was indicted and charged by a Trigg County grand jury for the 2020 murder and body disposal of 25-year-old Powderly native Cameron Phillips. On, or between, July 28-29, 2020, Trigg County officials located Phillips’ body near a Trigg County cemetery. It’s been indicated that a drug exchange went awry, leading to Phillips’ death.
By entering into a plea agreement, he avoided a jury trial that was, after months of rescheduling, inked for last month. He was also supposed to be formally sentenced in January, but conflicts arose.
All of his other related charges were also dropped in the plea.
