“These four individuals broke into a number of homes between June and July 2016,” Pitt County Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Cannon said. “During their acts of criminal behavior, windows were damaged as they made entry, and while inside the victims’ homes they walked away with whatever they could carry.”
A child also was traumatized, Cannon said.
Jerome Johnson, 21, of 3820 Vancroft St., Apt. 17, Winterville, pleaded guilty to eight counts of breaking and/or entering of a residence and one count of misdemeanor cruelty to an animal on March 29. Johnson was sentenced to 12 to 34 months in the N.C. Department of Corrections. Upon his release, he will be placed on supervised probation for five years.
The animal cruelty charge was because Johnson did not provide medical care for his pit bull dog after its ears were cropped and it caused unnecessary pain and suffering.
Jaqwan Rawar Riley, 20, of 3935 Sterling Point Drive, TTT3, Winterville, pleaded guilty to eight counts of breaking and entering of a residence. Riley was sentenced on March 29 to 32-76 months in the N.C. Department of Corrections.
Michaela Justia-Rene Farmer, 18, of 705 Patton Circle, Apt. 18, Winterville, pleaded guilty to six counts of breaking and/or entering of a residence. Farmer was sentenced on March 9 to six to 17 months in the N.C. Department of Corrections. Upon her release, she will be placed on supervised probation for five years.
China Laday Smith, 18, of 2415 Bullock St., Apt. A., Winterville, pleaded guilty to eight counts of felony breaking and entering and was sentenced on March 9 to six to 17 months in the N.C. Department of Corrections. Upon Smith’s release, she will be placed on supervised probation for five years.
These four individuals also were ordered to pay the victims of the crimes more than $18,000 in restitution.
(The Daily Reflector - April 5, 2017)
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