By By MARCIA STEFFENS / Dowagiac Daily News
CASSOPOLIS – The second man responsible for breaking and entering storage units in Edwardsburg, removing stored items, was sentenced Friday morning in Cass County Circuit Court.
Paul Delucenay, 34, of 2208 Pleasant Plain Ave., Elkhart, Ind., told Judge Michael E. Dodge he was brought into Michigan by Eric Long, who was sentenced previously to one year in the county jail.
On Nov. 28, 2005, Delucenay and Long took a rental truck to the Keiser's storage units on M-62 in Edwardsburg, breaking into a number of units and causing more than $2,000 damage.
The truck was spotted at other storage units on U.S. 12 in Edwardsburg.
When the owner saw the same truck at the Keiser's units, he alerted police.
Ontwa Township police officers found Delucenay with tin snips in his pocket. A television and stereos were in the truck.
Delucenay took the identity of another man when questioned.
With 20 felonies and 15 misdemeanors on his record, Dodge questioned why no habitual offender charges were made by the prosecutor's office.
"If there was ever a candidate for habitual offender, you are it," Dodge said.
He sentenced Delucenay to 57 months to 10 years in prison, with 79 days credit. He will be serving a concurrent term of two years from a sentence in Indiana.
He is to pay $60 state costs, a $60 crime victim fee, $450 court costs, $350 attorney fees and $4,625 in restitution.
In other March 2 sentencings:
Jesse Wade, 29, of 15173 S.R. 120, Bristol, Ind., was sentenced to 93 days in jail with credit for 30 days for domestic violence.
He was also sentenced to 270 days for attempted malicious destruction of police property.
On June 24, 2006, on Sunset Boulevard in Union, Wade tried to escape officers investigating a domestic violence call.
When caught, he kicked the window off the track in the police vehicle.
Alcohol is to blame, said Dodge, with his attorney, Dale Blunier of Edwardsburg, agreeing. "When he is sober he's a good fellow," Blunier said.
He is to pay a $60 crime victim fee and $100 state costs.
Kyra Luckey, 19, of 217 W. State St., Cassopolis, turned herself in to authorities after failing to show up the previous week for sentencing on a charge of attempted home invasion.
On Dec. 14, 2006, she went into a friend's home to collect $220 she claimed the person owed her. She "took the law into her own hands," Dodge said.
She was sentenced to one year probation. She is to pay $10 a month probation fees, $60 state costs, a $60 crime victim fee, $450 court costs and $350 attorney fees.
Lacey Pompey, 43, of 113 Disbrow, Cassopolis, was sentenced to 180 days in jail for failure to pay child support.
Pompey is more than $35,000 in arrears for a son now over 21. He is able to serve the last 90 days in the Twin County Probation Center.
He was given 39 days credit for time served. He will be on probation for three years.
Along with a $20-a-month probation fee, he is to pay a $250 fine, $60 state costs, a $60 crime victim fee, $450 court costs and $350 attorney fees.
Dylan Wilken, 32, of 53139 C.R. 11, Elkhart, Ind., was stopped for a license plate violation on Jan. 19, 2007, on North Shore Drive in Edwardsburg by detectives investigating a home invasion. A search found meth and related drug items.
Wilken was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with credit for 42 and two years probation.
He is to pay $40 a month probation fees, $55 restitution for lab fees, $60 state costs, a $60 crime victim fee, $450 court costs and $350 attorney fees.
Wilken's license was suspended for 365 days.
William Parsons, 21, of 121 Ardenes, Mishawaka, Ind., almost died of an overdose of heroin, Dodge said, while he was on probation for home invasion. Previously, Dodge deviated below the guideline to allow Parsons to have a jail sentence instead of prison.
Friday, though, Parsons was sentenced to 45 days in jail for possession of heroin on Feb. 8, 2005, in Marcellus, with credit for 45 days, but also sentenced to two to 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections, with 410 days credit.
He is to pay $60 state costs, a $60 crime victim fee, $285 court costs, $260 attorney fees and $3,966 restitution.
Keith Dayson, 30, of 326 Rowland, Cassopolis, was sentenced to two years probation for using his father's ATM card without permission 18 times, taking out $4,625 to buy alcohol and marijuana.
He is to pay $60 state costs, a $60 crime victim fee, $450 court costs and $350 attorney fees.
Ricky Snider, 45, 1420 1/2 Maple St., Elkhart, Ind., received time served of 96 days in jail for assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct in Dowagiac on Jefferson Street on Sept. 1, 2005.