May 1, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A burglar caught by a deputy at the scene of the crime in January was sentenced Wednesday, May 1 in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
30 year old Jeremy Wayne Cox entered a plea to aggravated burglary and received a sentence of 3 years on TDOC probation. The sentence is to run consecutively with a Warren County case against him. He was given jail credit of 107 days.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday, January 13 a deputy was dispatched to Jefferson Road due to a possible break in. Upon arrival the officer discovered that the basement door had been kicked in from the outside and Cox was inside the home. The deputy contacted the owner of the home by phone and she reported that no one was supposed to be in the residence. Cox was taken into custody.
Meanwhile, 42 year old Chad Wilson Johnson entered a plea to sale of a schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received a 10 year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. He must make restitution of $370 to the sheriff’s department. Johnson was indicted last year after an undercover drug investigation by the sheriff’s department.