(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 23-year-old Stillwater man described in court as “a walking crime wave” has been given a 10-year-prison term by District Judge Phillip Corley, who sentenced him last week for eight different felonies with concurrent sentences in a plea bargain with the prosecution.
Gary James Rose Jr. pleaded guilty Friday to five crimes he committed this year and admitted that he violated the probation he received when he was ordered into the Payne County Drug Court program five months ago on earlier crimes.
Assistant District Attorney Debra Vincent told the judge in court Friday that if Rose could successfully complete a drug treatment program in prison, the prosecution would not object to his considering modifying his sentence.
Rose admitted Friday to:
* shoplifting two LED televisions, two sound bar speakers, miscellaneous clothing and electronic items from Walmart on Perkins Road in Stillwater on Jan. 24, for which he was given a five-year prison term;
* breaking into an SUV parked at a Stillwater apartment complex on Perkins Road on May 15, for which he was given a seven-year prison term;
* taking the SUV owner’s debit card on May 15, for which he was given a three-year prison term with an order to pay $184 restitution;
* possessing methamphetamine in Stillwater on May 26, for which he was given a 10-year prison term;
* shoplifting automotive equipment as a subsequent offense on June 13 from Walmart on Perkins Road in Stillwater, for which he was given a five-year prison term with an order to pay $437 restitution;
* committing a pattern of criminal offenses by repeatedly stealing merchandise in July 2012 from Walmart on Perkins Road in Stillwater, returning it and exchanging it for credit on a Walmart gift card, for which his probation was revoked to a two-year prison term with an order to pay $217 restitution and a $50 fine;
* knowingly concealing a backpack, video games, jerky, Wii gaming remotes and a hat in March 2013 that had been stolen from Walmart on Perkins Road in Stillwater, for which his probation was revoked to a five-year prison term with an order to pay $289 restitution and a $50 fine;
* possessing marijuana in the Payne County Jail in December 2013, for which his probation was revoked to a five-year prison term. In giving him concurrent prison terms, the judge told Rose in court Friday, “You’re 23 years of age. You appear to be a walking crime wave.”
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