April 10, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A man responsible for breaking into a truck almost two years ago has been sentenced in the case.
47 year old Stanley William Morris, Jr. of Oak Street, Smithville appeared in DeKalb County Criminal Court Monday where he entered a plea to burglary of an automobile. He received a 2 year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. He must make restitution to the victim.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on November 9, 2016 Morris and another person broke into a 1998 Nissan Frontier. Entry was made by breaking out the glass window. A machete and a fold up chair were stolen from the truck.
The case was investigated by a Sheriff’s Department Detective.
Meanwhile, 28 year old Michaela Lynn Murphy and 46 year old Melissa Faye Murphy each entered a plea to theft under $1,000 and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to probation with the first six months supervised and the remainder unsupervised if court costs and restitution are paid within the first six months. They must make restitution of $1,216 to their victim jointly and severally.
35 year old Jason Witherspoon entered a plea to worthless check over $2,500 and received a sentence of four years all suspended to supervised probation. He must make restitution of $5,500 to his victim.