Man gets 6 to 12 years in Greene burglaries
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WAYNESBURG – A West Virginia man convicted of participating in burglaries at five Greene County homes in 2011 was sentenced Tuesday by Greene County Judge Farley Toothman to 6 to 12 years in prison.
James David Shriver, 39, of 1006 Eastwood Drive, Fairmont, was convicted by a jury in January of three counts of burglary, four counts of criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, five counts of conspiracy, six counts of theft, criminal trespass and conspiracy to commit criminal trespass and four summary violations of criminal mischief.
Shriver’s convictions stem from break-ins at the home of District Judge Lee Watson in Monongahela Township Jan. 6, 2011; David and Tammy Hopkins in Dunkard Township May 27, 2011; and Randall and Melody Kennedy in Holbrook July 7, 2011.
Shriver was acquitted on two burglary charges based on testimony he did not enter the residences, but he was found guilty of related charges stemming from these two incidents. Shriver was acquitted of burglary charges in relation to break-ins at the home of Carl and Valerie Brooks in Franklin Township March 25, 2011; and Johnna Geisel in Dunkard Township March 18, 2011.
In addition to the prison sentence, Toothman ordered Shriver to pay $3,000 in fines and $11,642 in restitution to the victims.
Shriver was arrested by Marion County sheriff’s deputies in Fairmont, W.Va., July 8, 2011, after he was implicated in the burglaries by Richard Vanpelt, 40, of Route 2, Fairmont.
Vanpelt had been pulled over a day earlier in Fairmont and sheriff’s deputies observed a laptop computer, a flat-screen television and other items in the vehicle’s back seat. He admitted to police the items were stolen during a break-in at a residence at 1156 Golden Oaks Road in Greene County.
Vanpelt later confessed to six other burglaries that occurred while he and Shriver were working for a West Virginia excavating company at two job sites in Greene County.
Vanpelt earlier pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the burglaries. He also testified against Shriver at trial. Vanpelt was sentenced by Toothman in January to 2 to 10 years prison.