A Fayette man facing multiple felony charges after a one-vehicle traffic crash on March 21, has been sentenced in Howard County.

According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper, the driver left the scene of the crash on Missouri Highway 124 and later was located walking along a street in Fayette. He was identified by a witness of the crash as the person who ran from the scene. A wallet that was located inside the crashed vehicle contained identification belonging to Rodney Wayne Shives. Shives was found to have a suspended or revoked license as well as allegedly in possession of a pill bottle that contained multiple controlled pills.

Shives was originally charged with a Class C Felony for DWI- Chronic; a Class D Felony for Possession of a Controlled Substance; and a Class E Felony for Driving While Revoked or Suspended. The State amended Shives’ charges to a Class D Felony for DWI.

Shives pleaded guilty to the amended charge on Tuesday, April 27. He was sentenced in the Howard County Circuit Court to five years in the Department of Corrections with execution of sentence suspended. Shives was placed on five years supervised probation and ordered to serve 60-days shock time in Howard County Jail, with credit for time served.