February 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
A man who damaged vending machines during a burglary at a local laundry mat last fall was sentenced Friday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
27-year-old Cody Lane Lawrence Bogle of Students Home Road entered a plea by criminal information to burglary and vandalism over $2,500 and received a two-year sentence in each case all suspended to supervised probation to run concurrently. He was given jail credit from November 5-18, 2022 and from February 16-24, 2023.
On November 5, 2022, Smithville Police responded to Park N Wash Laundry Mat in reference to a vandalism where a Pepsi vending machine, a laundry detergent vending machine, and a change machine had been substantially damaged around the money collection area. After reviewing the video surveillance footage, police were able to determine that Cody Bogle had damaged the machines with what appeared to be a crowbar and a nursery spade. Upon incident to arrest, brass knuckles were recovered from Bogle’s backpack.
Meanwhile 50-year-old Steven Blake Goad entered a plea to a 2nd offense of driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation except for 45 days to serve. He will lose his driver license for a minimum of two years. He was fined $600 and given jail credit of 28 days.