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By CINDY MAHAN
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In Rappahannock County Circuit Court last week, Gary Wayne Phelps, 37, of Front Royal, pleaded with the judge to be placed in a yearlong treatment program for alcoholism.
Mr. Phelps was in court on a charge of driving after having been declared an habitual offender, facing jail time of five years. He admitted that he began drinking at the age of eight. He has been convicted of 19 felonies, including several times as an habitual offender. His first felony conviction was for grand larceny when he was 17.
When asked by his attorney Frank Reynolds if he wanted to quit drinking, Mr. Phelps replied, “Definitely. I have wasted too much of my life (over half of it spent in jail) and when I drink I get in trouble. I would like to come back to town here after a program, and Mary Updike said she would give me a room. I would like to work with Mr. Curtis Crawford; he does not drink. I ask for help and they say ‘do time’. I do the time and get out and still have a problem.”
According to Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Phelps has been through 28-day rehab programs at Boxwood in Culpeper. He asked probation officer
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