Attorney General Jim Hood issued the following statement.
Three
Greenville men will spend time in prison for burglarizing a Greenville
home in 2017 and stealing gifts from under a man’s Christmas tree,
Attorney
General Jim Hood announced.
Billy
Ray Walker, 37, Antonio Jones, 27, and Sakool Wilson, 27, were each
sentenced Tuesday on one charge each of house burglary by Washington
County Circuit Court
Judge Ashley Hines. Walker, who has two prior felony convictions for
house burglary, was sentenced as a habitual offender to 23 years with
five years suspended, 18 years to serve, and five years post release
supervision. He was also sentenced to five years
for conspiracy that will run concurrently with the house burglary
conviction.
Jones
also had two prior felony convictions for house burglary and was
sentenced to 20 years to serve as a habitual offender. Wilson was
sentenced to 10 years to
serve.
“Burglars
are greedy criminals, but stealing from an innocent person during the
holidays is even worse,” General Hood said. “Thanks to Judge Hines for
the strong
sentencings. I hope that closing this case brings the victim holiday
cheer that was previously stolen from him and his family.”
Each
defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to both the insurance
company and the victim. Split evenly among the defendants, restitution
to the insurance
company totals $23,581.76 and $12,649.51 to the victim. Each defendant was also ordered to pay
$500 to Victims’ Compensation Fund as well as court costs.
This
case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Stan Alexander. The
investigation was conducted by the Greenville Police Department with
assistance from
AG investigator Perry Tate. The AG’s office received this case because
of a conflict of interest with the Washington County District Attorney’s
office.
12 comments:
$23000 and $12000 in restitution? What did they steal?
His wives. Sad story
Wait - insurance companies reimburse for stolen wives?!?
Let it be known: My back door is always unlocked, and I never talk to cops!
Now - what papers do I need to fill out? Do I get a choice in size for a replacement, or do I have to take what they send? ;-)
So tell me how this restitution stuff works when you are ordered by the court to pay but you’re in prison for 18 years and you obviously didn’t have a pot to piss in to begin with? I guess go out and commit another felony to pay off the prior felony? It sounds good on paper but in reality I’m having trouble deciphering this. Oh, and I’m asking for David, oops I mean a friend
Someone tell Conway Twitty his political career is over and he can stop campaigning on the public’s dime.
And taxpayers get to shell out $1.5 million plus ($30k/year/POS) to house, feed, entertain, etc. this pond scum. The best solution is to pay to not incent mothers to "birth" them in the first place.
Restitution will never be paid . With there record they will not find nor will they try to get a job. If they ever come before a judge for not paying, they can simply say they can't find work
Two years from crime to conviction is entirely too long.
Having a name like Sakool should earn you a free pass in life.
What a bunch of complainers!
Attorney General Jim Hood has ensured that these common criminals will be locked away for a long long time.
You can be sure that these three felons will not be just left loose to loot progress in the level of their crimes.
Sending offenders like these to Parchman for rehabilitation should help ensure that they aren't looting unwitting and defenseless homeowners associations or cooking up the next compounding pharmacy pain cream scam.
The restitution demand is just to get the offender's attention, and ensure that if they ever invest in lotto tickets the state has an option to collect. Besides, what self respecting progressive Attorney General would have his minions issue a press release without bragging about whacking the offenders with a yooge fine and restitution?
This is a great example of why we need the habitual offender law. What better use of tax money than to keep these thugs behind bars so they don’t rob us again. They have antisocial personality disorder. They cannot be rehabilitated. They should be made to work for the taxpayers
To which state will they be sent for 'rehab'? I'd like to know more so we might get that concept implemented here.
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