Burbank man pleads guilty in staged Sun Mart robbery
From the Walla Walla-Union Bulletin / September 8, 2009 (as reprinted in the Tri-City Herald)
BURBANK MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN STAGED SUN MART ROBBERY
By Terry McConn, Walla Walla Union-BulletinWALLA WALLA — A man who stole more than $1,000 from the Burbank Sun Mart in April by helping stage a robbery there pleaded guilty in Walla Walla County Superior Court. Joseph D. Shackett, 22, of Burbank, entered the guilty plea last week to a charge of second-degree theft.
Shackett faces up to 60 days in jail when he’s sentenced later. But the prosecution is recommending no additional jail time. Authorities say Shackett and Aaron R. Weissenberger — who was working as a clerk in the store at the time — agreed among themselves to steal the money from the business by making it look like a robbery.
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From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin / September 17, 2009
MAN SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED IN STAGED ROBBERY
By Terry McConn of the Walla Walla Union-BulletinWALLA WALLA — A man was sentenced this morning to time served for stealing more than $1,000 from the Burbank Sun Mart in April by helping stage a robbery there. Joseph D. Shackett, 22, of 18 Piper Road, Burbank, had served 16 days in the Walla Walla County Jail before being released pending disposition of his case.
In handing down the sentence today, Superior Court Judge Donald W. Schacht went along with a prosecution recommendation of no additional jail time. The standard sentencing range for second-degree theft — to which Shackett pleaded guilty Aug. 31 — is up to 60 days.
Schacht placed Shackett on a year of community custody, a form of probation. Shackett also will have to repay the money that was stolen. “I made some really bad decisions,” Shackett told Schacht before sentence was imposed. “I just don’t want to be that person anymore,” he said.
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