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Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Burglary, Grand Theft
August 23, 2015
An Escambia County man convicted on burglary related charges will spend the next 15 years in state prison.
Anthony McPherson was sentenced by Circuit Judge Linda Nobles to five years in state prison for violating his probation on previous charges of burglary and grand theft, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Michael Jones to 10 years in prison to run consecutive to the violation of probation sentence. McPherson had previously pled guilty to burglary of an occupied dwelling, grand theft auto, theft from a person 65 years of age or older, criminal mischief, trespass and resisting officer without violence.
On January 4, McPherson and his co-defendant, Trenton Fails, knocked on the door of an 87-year old woman and briefly spoke with her before forcing their way into the residence. The defendants took her purse, along with cash and her car keys, before stealing her car.
When deputies spotted the vehicle on Belmont Street, they attempted to conduct a traffic stop of the vehicle by initiating their lights and siren. A brief chase ensued before McPherson and Fails abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot. A K-9 track led deputies to a residence on Frisco Road where McPherson and Fails were apprehended.
Fails is scheduled to appear in court on September 16.
The investigation was conducted by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Jeremiah Monahan prosecuted the case.
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4 Responses to “Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Burglary, Grand Theft”
30 yrs? It should be execution. When will people wake up and realise that the revolving door justice system is not working. Prison time is not a deterant to these people. Hang them high and hang them fast. Even if it doesn’t work as a deterant (and it will) you will not have any recidivism.
This sickens me. Go into the home of an elderly person and taking her car, money and God knows what else. Like child molesters, these ppl need to be punished to the full extent possible.
God bless him, please.
15 years??? should be 30 plus .. this thug will be out doing the same thing in 15 years.. SMH