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Kenton Holloway
A former Red Bank businessman accused of spanking two female employees no longer will be supervised by the Hamilton County probation office, a Criminal Court judge ruled Monday.
Paul Eugene Levengood, 60, of 2227 Timbertrace Court in Cleveland, Tenn., asked Judge Barry Steelman to remove him from supervision, claiming that he had met all other requirements imposed by the court.
Judge Steelman approved the request after consulting a letter written by Mr. Levengood’s probation officer confirming that the defendant has completed a sexual offender treatment program.
“He is still revocable if he messes up and the court finds out about it,” Judge Steelman said.
Mr. Levengood will remain on unsupervised probation until December when his sentence expires.
He pleaded guilty on Jan. 12, 2003, to two counts of sexual battery in exchange for two years on intensive probation.
Two 19-year-old female employees at Mr. Levengood’s Tasty Flavors Sno Biz stand at 4302 Dayton Blvd. told authorities he photographed them from behind and spanked them.
According to a complaint filed Nov. 3, 2004, one of the employees, who is not identified here in accordance with Chattanooga Times Free Press policy, said Mr. Levengood made her lie across his lap in October 2004 and spanked her 20 times for making a mistake on a customer’s order.
Later the same day, Mr. Levengood spanked her another 20 times for leaving a door open, the complaint states.
Mr. Levengood then told the employee that it was the best day she had in the week that she had worked for him and gave her a “wow” card indicating that she had done a good job, the complaint states.
Further investigation indicated that Mr. Levengood made several sexual remarks to another employee, who also will not be identified here, bent her over his lap in July 2003 and spanked her about 40 times, according to the complaint.
Mr. Levengood then gave the worker $100 and told her not to tell anyone because “they would think (he) was weird,” the complaint states.
Assistant District Attorney Jason Thomas said Mr. Levengood still owes more than $3,000 in court costs.
Defense attorney Kenton Holloway said Mr. Levengood will pay $50 a month toward the amount.
