Apr 21, 2017 2 min read

Shavon Moze, 38, who has lived in both Washington and Cokeburg, was sentenced Thursday to three years in the Intermediate Punishment Program followed by more than a decade of probation for admitting to the theft of firearms from the home of a Washington man.

Washington County Judge Michael Lucas ordered Moze to serve nine months in Washington County jail beginning May 5, followed by nine months on electronic home monitoring and a total of 11 ½ years on probation. She was ordered to be evaluated for drug and alcohol abuse and follow any treatment recommendations.

Moze testified last year at the trial of Michael Jolly, 56, of Charleroi, that in May 2015 she stole two rifles, two shotguns and two handguns from a house where she was staying because Jolly offered to give her Suboxone, a narcotic painkiller often prescribed to treat opioid addiction, in exchange for them.

Robert Gatling of Washington, the victim of the theft, said after the sentencing hearing, “God does not love ugly. One day, God’s going to get her for what she did. It wasn’t right.” He said he had known her for a few months before his guns were stolen. He described Moze as “just a friend.”

The judge also ordered her to pay restitution.

For a separate incident, Lucas ordered Moze to spend a concurrent year on probation on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia also filed by city police.

Lucas sentenced Jolly on Jan. 27 to 6 ½ to 13 years in state prison on a charge of conspiracy, two firearms violations and six counts of receiving stolen property. A jury found Jolly guilty in the fall on the charges stemming from allegations he persuaded Moze to steal the firearms.

Jolly, 56, and Samuel E. Miller, 33, both of Charleroi, each faces charges of conspiracy and flight to avoid apprehension filed in February by Washington County detectives. Lucas had ordered Jolly to report to the jail on the afternoon of his sentencing before a trip to a state penitentiary, but detectives said he failed to do so.