Two county men implicated in a September break-in and another charged in a November robbery at the Food Basket grocery in South Point will now face prison time.

Thursday, January 27, 2000

Two county men implicated in a September break-in and another charged in a November robbery at the Food Basket grocery in South Point will now face prison time.

The three entered guilty pleas in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court last week, Lawrence County Prosecutor J.B. Collier Jr. said.

Gary Lee Porter, 19, of 105 Malone St., South Point, pleaded guilty Jan. 19 to a Jan. 3 indictment of breaking and entering, Collier said.

The crime occurred in September at the Food Basket in South Point.

Hearing the plea, Judge Richard Walton sentenced Porter to one year in prison to be served concurrently with two, three-year prison sentences imposed for each of six counts of burglary, second-degree felonies.

The burglaries occurred as different incidents and at different locations, mostly county residences, Collier said.

Porter will serve a total of three years in prison. He received credit for 52 days of jail time.

Co-defendant in the case, Joshua Lesler, 18, of 501 Solida Road, South Point, pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to an indictment charging him with breaking and entering and forgery.

Judge Walton also sentenced him to a total of three years in prison, which includes concurrent terms for four other counts of burglary relating to separate incidents.

He also received credit for 52 days of jail time.

Also last week, a South Point man accused in a November armed robbery of the Food Basket was sentenced to prison, Collier said.

Scott S. Moore, 18, of 107 Main St., South Point, pleaded guilty Jan. 19 to complicity to aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, in connection with a Nov. 24 armed robbery of the Food Basket, Collier said.

Moore was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $185.

Andrew R. Moore, 20, of Hillcrest Apartments, Ashland, Ky., who was indicted for first-degree aggravated robbery in connection with the same incident, is expected to be in court today for a pre-trial hearing, Collier said.

Additional court decisions handed down in common pleas court Wednesday, as reported by the prosecutor’s office, included:

– Jacques Wooten, 18, of 2649 First Ave., Huntington, W.Va.: Pleaded guilty to grand theft, fourth-degree felony, and breaking and entering in connection to an incident at Jim’s Mart in Coal Grove. Judge Walton sentenced Wooten to one year in prison on each count, to be served at the same time. He must also pay $21,000 in restitution, "jointly and severally as between any co-conspirators to this act," plus costs.

– Christopher Crouch, 26, of 321 W. Sixth St., Huntington, (co-defendant with Wooten): Pleaded guilty to a bill of information charging grand theft, fourth-degree felony, and breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony. Judge Walton sentenced Crouch to 13 months in prison for grand theft and one year for breaking and entering, to be served at the same time. Crouch received credit for 26 days served and was ordered restitution of $21,000 with co-defendants.

– Rebecca Langdon, 30, of 505 Jones St., Ironton, (co-defendant with Wooten and Crouch): Pleaded guilty to grand theft, fourth-degree felony. Judge Walton sentenced Ms. Langdon to three years community control sanctions under intensive supervised probation and ordered her to pay $21,000 in restitution with other defendants.

– Linda K. Thoman, 40, of Township Road 1031, South Point: Admission to probation violation. She was ordered to six months in the Salvation Army drug rehabilitation program in Dayton and to remain drug free.

– Brandon R. Clary, 21, Ohio 141, Pedro: Pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to one year in prison, to be served concurrently with any jail sentence that Scioto County courts might impose. Restitution was ordered paid to Delta Auto Sales.

– Justin R. Hagger, 19, of 84 Township Road 183, Ironton: Pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, fourth-degree felony. He was sentenced to three years community control sanctions and 90 days in jail to be served concurrently with any sentence imposed for any charges pending in Scioto County.

– Tina McMaster, 37, of Proctorville: Pleaded guilty to complicity to trafficking in drugs, third-degree felony. She was sentenced to three years community control sanctions under intensive supervised probation, 30 days in the county jail and 60 days electronic home monitoring at her expense.

– Wayne Dornon, 26, of Barboursville, W.Va.: Pleaded guilty to criminal non-support, fifth-degree felony. He was sentenced to three years community control sanctions under intensive supervised probation, including 180 days home confinement to commence March 1. He was ordered to keep regular child support payments current and pay all past due amounts within three years.

– John Dale Larsen, 40, of 389 County Road 23, Ironton: Pleaded guilty to failure to appear, a felony, in lieu of other charges. He was sentenced to one year in prison, with credit for 18 days jail time served.

– Michael Fritz, 22, no address available: Admitted a probation violation on a 1996 case and sentenced to original 3-15 year prison term. He received credit for 59 days jail time served.