February 24, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A Liberty man charged in a rash of October burglaries, thefts, and vandalisms at Liberty Mini Storage appeared for sentencing Friday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
49 year old Randall Eugene Tittle of Tubb Street, Liberty entered a plea to three counts of burglary other than a habitation and received a four year sentence in two counts and a two year term in a third case to run consecutively for a total of ten years but concurrently with a violation of probation he is already serving. Tittle was ordered to serve 365 days of the sentence in the county jail and then he will be released to TDOC probation. He has been given jail credit from December 31, 2018 to February 22, 2019. Tittle must also make restitution to his victims.
Altogether, Tittle faced three counts of vandalism, six counts of burglary, and six counts of theft. All the crimes, affecting seven victims, occurred on October 15 as follows:
*Tittle broke into a storage building at Liberty Mini-Storage and stole a black Huskee tool box and tools valued at $15,000. The case was investigated by a sheriff’s department detective. Some of the tools have been recovered.
*Tittle cut two locks off the doors at Liberty Mini Storage valued at $20.
*Tittle cut two locks off the doors of a storage building and entered. He stole from the victim multiple items such as gas top stove, air conditioner, generator, and NASCAR Christmas collector items, all valued at $7,600.
*Tittle cut one lock off the doors of a storage building and entered. He stole from the victim multiple items such as 2 window air conditioner units, two tents, plastic totes, etc, all valued at $832.
*Tittle entered a storage building and stole from his victim multiple items such as an Oak dining room set, pool table, pool sticks, etc. all valued at $1750.
* Tittle entered a storage building and stole from his victim multiple items such as Maytag washer, 60 inch TV, miscellaneous tools, and two saddles, all valued at $1875.
* Tittle entered a storage building and took from his victim two Honda generators, coin proof sets, a pair of binoculars, and a Honda gas tank all valued at $3,575.