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KY man pleads to Ironton burglary
Published Wednesday, January 7, 2009
An Ashland, Ky., man cut short his burglary trial Monday by pleading guilty to a slightly reduced charge.
John Mathieson was on trial in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court accused of stealing a small safe, jewelry, a laptop computer and other items from a house he had helped remodel.
The incident happened in March 2007. Judge Charles Cooper accepted Mathieson’s plea and ordered a pre-sentence investigation. Mathieson is in the Lawrence County Jail awaiting the outcome of that report.
Authorities said Mathieson was hired as part of a remodeling crew to help renovate an Ironton residence. He later returned to the residence and burglarized it.
A jury was seated Monday, opening statements were given and the victim testified about the crime before the trial was recessed for lunch.
After lunch, Mathieson agreed to plead guilty to the burglary charge that had been amended from second degree to third degree since the victims were not at home at the time of the burglary.
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Posted by PointofView (anonymous) on January 8, 2009 at 9:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's getting to the point that people need to do background checks on service people doing work in our homes. From the string of Kitts Hill break-ins to now this one, they've all had ties to people's homes to inventory them before going back to burglarize. It's really a shame that you can no longer have confidence in a business' servicepeople to do only the work, not scope out. Just keep these burglaries in mind the next time you have someone do ANY work in your home. (ie DirecTV, Cable, Carpet Cleaning, Re-modeling, etc.) Thieves steal far more than simply material things. They steal a person's piece of mind of security. Once your piece of mind about your security is shattered, it is extremely difficult to feel truly safe again. I guess that's why it's considered to be a commandment. Thou shalt not steal.
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