Art Lawler Staff Writer adanewslawler@cableone.net
The Ada News
Ada —
District 22 Judge Tommy Landrith sentenced a former Allen High School student, and a former pharmacy technician to a 20-year sentence for second-degree murder of 20-year-old Kase Harris of Ada in December 2011.
Zebakiah Nemecek, 22, a former East Central University student from Allen, entered a no contest, blind plea with the state after the original charge of first-degree murder of Harris was reduced to second-degree murder,” according to Pontotoc County Assistant District Attorney, Jim Tillison.
The former Walmart technician, pled guilty to stealing narcotics at the store’s pharmacy in December 2011 and selling them without a prescription to Harris.
According to a police affidavit, Harris paid Nemecek $100 in exchange for Xanax and Lortab without a prescription. Harris was found dead early the following morning.
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