Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:36 PM CDT
Burglary charge nets prison time
By DAVE FOPAY, Staff Writer
dfopay@jg-tc.com
CHARLESTON — Prison time was required for a Mattoon man who admitted that he broke into a vehicle at a Mattoon business earlier this year.
Michael A. Adele, 21, 1521 Edgar Ave., pleaded guilty to a burglary charge that accused him of entering a vehicle to steal items from it while it was parked at the Mattoon Rural King store on June 26.
Adele agreed to a four-year prison sentence for the offense that could have brought a prison term of three to 14 years. The maximum possible was longer than normal for a burglary conviction and prison time was required, both because of Adele’s criminal record.
The agreement reached in his case also called for no additional prison time if his probation from an earlier drug conviction is revoked. If Adele is resentenced for that conviction, he could receive a prison sentence but that would be ordered to run at the same time as the sentence for the burglary conviction.
Records show that Adele was resentenced to prison because of probation violations in a case where he was convicted of a burglary in 2004. In the new case, Circuit Judge Teresa Righter accepted a plea agreement that Assistant State’s Attorney Mick McAvoy and Public Defender Lonnie Lutz recommended.
In other cases in court recently:
-Lacy Lee Eason, 23, 18015 Church St., Bushton, and Tomra Sue Eich, 20, 21693 E. County Road 1650N, Charleston, pleaded guilty to theft charges alleging they stole merchandise from stores at Cross County Mall in Mattoon on Sept. 17 of last year.
In Eason’s case, a burglary charge was dismissed and in Eich’s, the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. Each woman was placed on probation for two years, and Eich’s sentence also covered her guilty plea to a charge alleging she had cocaine on Aug. 20.
Eason’s probation terms included substance abuse treatment and jail time that was stayed, meaning it won’t be imposed if she follows requirements. Terms of Eich’s sentence included a treatment and supervision program, $2,600 in fines and stayed jail time.
Circuit Judge Mitchell Shick accepted a plea agreement in Eason’s case that McAvoy and defense attorney Bob Dunst recommended. Righter accepted Eich’s plea agreement, which McAvoy and defense attorney Todd Reardon recommended.
- Daniel H. Davis, 42, 2821 Cedar Ave., Mattoon, pleaded guilty to an obstructing justice charge accusing him of giving a false name to police on Sept. 11.
Davis was placed on probation for 2½ years with terms including a $330 fine and stayed jail time. Police documents in his case indicate that he was trying to avoid arrest because he had an outstanding warrant from Texas. Righter accepted a plea agreement that State’s Attorney Steve Ferguson and Davis, who represented himself, recommended.
-Dallas T. Dunn, 26, 308 Stanley Ave., Mattoon, was sentenced to two years of probation for having cocaine on July 12 of last year.
Dunn pleaded guilty in July to a charge of possession of a controlled substance, and terms of his sentence included substance abuse treatment, $900 in fines and stayed jail time. Shick imposed the sentence based on recommendations from McAvoy and defense attorney Jeannine Garrett.
-Lonnie L. Glidewell, 43, of rural Greenup pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled substance alleging he had a prescription medication in Mattoon on Oct. 26. Terms of his two-year probation sentence included substance abuse treatment and $900 in fines. Shick accepted a plea agreement that McAvoy and Reardon recommended.
Contact Dave Fopay at dfopay@jg-tc.com or 348-5733.
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