Guilty, guilty, guilty - and then some.

A Lawrence County Common Pleas Court Jury Tuesday took a little more than an hour to return a string of guilty verdicts against 27-year-old Robert Crum, the man accused of breaking into numerous area churches and one South Point residence this time last year. Crum now faces prison time that could total 24 years.

The verdict came after two days of testimony and after two counts of breaking and entering against Crum were dismissed for lack of testimony that would have tied him to the crimes at two churches.

Crum's attorney, David Reid Dillon, argued that the burglary charge should also have been dropped since no on was home at the Curtis Artrip residence at the time of the incident. Common Pleas Judge Richard Walton denied that motion.

Much of Tuesday's testimony came from Crum's admitted accomplice, his former girlfriend, Misty Curtis.

The 22-year-old South Point resident recalled that she and Crum began breaking into the churches and the Artrip house shortly after they began seeing each other in late 2004.

She told the court both she and Crum were smoking crack and the items they stole were pawned at shops in Ashland, Ky., and in the Huntington, W.Va., area.

They then used the money their received from the stolen goods to buy more crack and to occasionally pay for a motel room, since they were living out of a car for part of the time they were committing the crimes, she said.

Curtis recalled that at one point, they even stole a red Oldsmobile Alero from a gas station in Catlettsburg, Ky., in case her car, the one they had been using to commit previous crimes, had been spotted at the scenes of those crimes.

&#8220We went to get gas and this girl filled up her car and left the keys in it,” Curtis said in a low voice. &#8220I jumped in and took off and he followed me in my car.”

During her testimony she acted extremely nervous, spoke in a low voice and frequently rubbed her forehead, hid her eyes with her hands and toyed with her hair.

As Assistant Lawrence County Prosecutor Mack Anderson played a video tape showing the churches and the residence that were broken into, he asked Curtis questions about what she remembered from the incidents.

Her answers were short and sometimes inaudible. She had to be asked repeatedly to speak up loud enough for the jury to hear her.

At one point, Curtis testified that Crum had wanted to break into the Leatherwood Missionary Baptist Church but she refused to go along with the idea, so they instead broke into Artip's mobile home a few thousand feet away.

&#8220My grandparents were buried in the graveyard there (at Leatherwood), they went to that church,” Curtis said. &#8220I told him ‘don't do it.'”

&#8220And then what happened?” Anderson asked her.

&#8220He said, ‘there's a trailer and it don't look like nobody's home.'” She said she first went to the door and knocked to see if anyone would answer the door and then Crum followed her visit with one of this own.

&#8220I dropped him off and went down the road (in the car) and turned around and came back.”

She testified that Crum took several items, a television set, digital camera and a case of beer while she sat in the idling car in the roadway just off Artrip's driveway.

When asked what they did with the items they stole, Curtis replied, &#8220We kept the stuff long enough to get it to the pawn shops, the same day or the next day.”

They were arrested Dec. 8 at Johnny's Pawn Shop in Huntington. They were still using the stolen Alero.

But during cross examination from Dillon, Curtis admitted her testimony against Crum was in exchange for a lighter sentence. She has already pleaded guilty to her part in the crimes.

&#8220You were charged with everything Mr. Crum was charged with and you wound up receiving judicial release after six months on the condition you would testify against him,” Dillon charged.

&#8220Yes,” she replied.

&#8220And if you don't, you go back to prison,” Dillon added.

&#8220Yes,” she replied.

Dillon questioned why she could not remember what specific items were taken from each church.

&#8220I didn't know what half the stuff was, honestly,” she said. &#8220In general I didn't know what half of it was, just musical equipment.”

Dillon also questioned why she once told authorities that she drove the getaway car and at another time Crum drove it.

&#8220He always drove to and I drove back,” she answered.

Earlier in the day, Huntington Police Sgt. Darren McNeil testified that when Crum and Curtis were arrested at Johnny's Pawn Shop Dec. 8, 2004, Crum was exiting the store with a $50 bill in his hand and Curtis was in the car hunched over.

When authorities arrested Curtis, they found her tearing up pawn tickets. Their arrest came after pawn shops alerted authorities to the pair's frequent visits.

Huntington pawn shops are required by city ordinance to notify police there every few days of what has been pawned in their store and who pawned it. They are also required to get a photo identification and signature of each person making a transaction.

Walton has ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Crum, who remains in the Lawrence County Jail.

Crum could receive a maximum of eight years on the burglary charge and 12 months for each of the 16 counts of breaking and entering.

The break-ins and burglary took place in November and early December 2004.