July 18, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
A Smithville woman believed to have been responsible for a recent rash of burglaries and thefts from a Nashville Highway storage unit business in DeKalb County was sentenced for the crimes in DeKalb County Criminal Court Tuesday, July 18.
23-year-old Jessie Danielle Murphy of Fisher Avenue, Smithville entered a plea by criminal information to five counts of burglary. She received two years in one count and four years in each of the other counts all to run concurrently with each other to be suspended. She will be on supervised probation. Murphy was ordered to make restitution to the victims in the following amounts: $60, $95, $1,000, $1,450, and $4,430 jointly and severally with a co-defendant. She was given jail credit for 143 days.
Her co-defendant, 24-year-old Nicholas Braedan Booher of Byrdstown entered a plea by criminal information on May 2 to 5 counts of burglary other than a habitation and received a 4-year sentence in each case to run concurrently with each other for a total of 4 years, but he will be on probation. Booher must make restitution to the victims. The sentence is to run consecutively to a Pickett County Criminal Court violation of probation case against him. He was given jail credit of 70 days.
The arrests of Booher and Murphy were made after an investigation by a Sheriff’s Department Detective.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on January 5 and February 17, 2023 Booher and Murphy broke into and stole items from several storage units being rented by a total of five victims.
In each case, Sheriff Ray explained what was stolen as follows:
*January 5, a storage unit was broken into, and items stolen included several tools, a 40-inch Smart television, plates and antique chairs.
*February 17, a storage unit was broken into, and items stolen included a black safe, a wedding band with diamonds, four silver bars, and a golden class ring.
* February 17, a storage unit was broken into, and items stolen included two firearms, assorted currency, jewelry, clothes, and other assorted items.
*February 17, a storage unit was broken into, and items stolen included three Easter baskets with content, a Halloween basket, and a master lock.
*February 17, a storage unit was broken into, and items stolen included a green air compressor and a master lock.
In other cases, 47-year-old Gregory Michael Patton entered a plea to aggravated burglary and theft over $10,000. He received a three-year sentence in the burglary case and five years for the theft to be run consecutively for a total of eight years and concurrently with a Robertson County case against him. He was given jail credit of 497 days. Patton is to serve at least 30% of the term before his release eligibility date on parole and the case is to be furloughed to the 13th Judicial District Recovery Court.
Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday, June 11, 2020 Patton broke into a home on Adcock Cemetery Road and stole $1,000 worth of property and then stole from the residence a 2015 Toyota Corolla valued at $12,000.
20-year-old Triveon Crutcher entered a plea to attempted aggravated assault and received a two-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation and judicial diversion.
39-year-old Dusten Ryan O’Conner entered a plea to reckless aggravated assault and received a two-year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation on judicial diversion.
48-year-old Jimmy Page entered a plea to filing a false report and received a sentence of three years all suspended to supervised probation to run concurrently with a general sessions court violation of probation against him.
44-year-old Candace Walker entered a plea to a first offense of driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days all suspended to supervised probation except for seven days to serve. She will lose her driver license for a period of time and she must undergo an alcohol and drug assessment and attend DUI school. Walker was fined $360.