Greene man sentenced to prison
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WAYNESBURG – A Point Marion man convicted by a Greene County jury of conspiring with two other men to burglarize a house in December 2011 in Morgan Township was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months to 84 months in prison.
Wayne S. Bair Jr., 43, was found guilty Sept. 10 of one count each of conspiracy to commit the act of burglary and conspiracy to commit the act of theft. Bair failed to appear for the trial and was later arrested.
He was sentenced Tuesday by Judge William Nalitz, who presided at trial.
Nalitz granted Bair credit for time served; he has been jailed since Nov. 7. He also determined Bair was eligible for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive program because of his lack of a violent criminal history, which could reduce his minimum prison sentence to 15 3/4 months in prison.
Bair was found guilty in connection with a burglary Dec. 22, 2011, at the home of James Ozohonish on Pollocks Mill Road. State police said Bair had driven Brian Scott Blosser, 21, of Smithfield, and Jamie Lee Shriver Jr., 25, of Dilliner, to the house.
Police said $23,275 worth of coins, silver and jewelry were stolen in the burglary.
A video surveillance camera at the house recorded the break-in. When interviewed by police and shown photographs from the surveillance video, Blosser indicated it was he and Shriver pictured in the photographs, police said. Blosser also indicated the vehicle parked in front of the house was owned and driven by Bair.
Bair also admitted to police he had driven Shriver and Blosser to the house and that the two men had entered the house and came out with a pillow case full of coins, jewelry and silver. Bair also told police he took the jewelry to a pawn shop in Uniontown.
Blosser pleaded guilty to charges of theft, burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief in June.
He was sentenced Sept. 9 by Judge Farley Toothman to 14 to 36 months in prison, fined $750 and ordered to pay $23,275 in restitution. According to the order, the sentence will run consecutive to a 27- to 54-month sentence he is serving in Fayette County for burglary, which would give him a total sentence of 41 to 90 months in prison.
Toothman also gave Blosser credit for time served, 135 days, and indicated his participation in the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive program would reduce his minimum Greene County sentence to 10 ½ months.
Shriver faces the same charges as Blosser. His case is scheduled for jury selection in January.