3B BMW's auto fest a British Triumph 18th burglary conviction earns man life in prison Sunday, October 22, 2006 The Greenville News Most recent case involved theft of beer, cigarettes, lottery tickets from grocery store that to before somebody says Freddie just needs to be off the streets?" Springs asked. Jones has denied that he broke into Woodlands Grocery on March 28. Prosecutors say he broke in through the ceiling and ended up in a locked room. "He had to break out of a locked room," Springs said. "Most burglars don't get caught, but he was an unlucky burglar." Jones was arrested after he was seen on a store's surveillance camera cashing in two lottery tickets.
According to the arrest report, Jones admitted he was at the scene, but that another man broke in. 5 i The attorneys say they expect to appeal the sentence. Jones was in jail from 1993 to 2004 on several burglary charges. He went back to jail in 2005 and was released Feb. 1.
A month later, he was arrested and charged with the latest burglary. "When this guy isn't in prison, he's burglarizing people," Springs said. "If you take all 18 of those people who've had Freddie Jones break into their homes or businesses, their sense of security (was) shattered. How many more people does he have to do putes by KEN OSBURN Staff play Saturday carried its badge. Above, a TR5 from the late 1960s sets the stage for a contingency of Triumphs.
Below, Margaret Perry and Robert Muckenfuss enjoy a late-moming snack behind her 1959 MGA roadster, also from Great Britain. Rule Britannia: BMW may be German, but its manufacture of the Mini Cooper made it a fitting host for the extra-large delegation of British motor vehicles this weekend at its 2006 Euro Auto Fest. The featured make this year was Triumph, and about a quarter of the 400-plus autos on dis Are you ready for cooler nights? Let us service your fireplace logs this season. Warehouse Gas Log Sale! Fireplace Service Call Specials until Nov. 1st, call for details The Associated Press YORK A York County man has been sentenced to life in prison after his 18th conviction on burglary charges.
Freddie Richard Jones, 36, was sentenced this past week under the state's three-strike law, which allows the court to put habitual offenders in jail for life. In the 18th case, Jones stole beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets from a grocery store. He was convicted of second-degree burglary, grand larceny and lottery fraud. Judge Ralph Cothran sentenced him to life in prison without parole. Prosecutor E.B.
Springs said Jones actually had 15 strikes that means that 15 of his convictions were for nighttime burglaries, which are among the most serious crimes that count as strikes. "For whatever reason, as he was accumulating all those charges, prosecutors never went after him for life," Springs said. Jones' attorneys, Harry Dest and B.J. Barrowclough, said the sentence did not fit the crime. "The sentencing scheme drawn out by the Legislature is ridiculous that somebody could get a life sentence without parole for stealing beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets," Barrowclough said.
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