Burglar sentenced to prison
NORWICH – A convicted Norwich burglar who stole children’s DVDs was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday.
Terry L. Sturdevant Jr., 21, Norwich, was found guilty of unlawfully entering the Adams Street home of a single mother in the City of Norwich.
After the day-long trial where the only witness for the defense was the defendant himself, the jury convicted Sturdevant of felony burglary after 21 minutes of deliberations.
First Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee said Sturdevant took a DVD and CD player along with nine children’s DVDs, including Barbie and Disney movies that belonged to the victim’s six-year-old daughter, in the broad daylight burglary.
“In my 24 years of experience at the bench, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a record so bad for someone so young,” said Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd at sentencing.
Dunshee asked the judge to give Sturdevant the maximum of 15 years in prison, saying he had been arrested seven times in the last year alone.
“He entered the dwelling of a single mother to steal children’s DVDs. He is a noncontributing member of our society, a parasite on the community and a drain on the justice system,” he said.
Dunshee also claimed that Sturdevant had three children he offered no support to, but Defense Attorney Aaron A. Dean contested those claims, saying there had been no establishment of paternity with any of the children.
Dean asked the court for leniency on his client’s behalf, saying he was looking at more time in prison than the man convicted of murdering Sturdevant’s father in Pennsylvania when he was a child.
Dean also requested that the court sign a certificate affirming that the nature of the crime was non-violent so Sturdevant cold have more access to programs in prison. Second degree burglary is considered a violent crime under New York State law.
Dowd reserved decision, but warned that its approval was unlikely.
“What if somebody had been there? Who knows what would have happened? And it appears to be an escalating pattern, a dangerous one,” said the judge in regards to Sturdevant’s criminal history.
“All I can do is put you out of circulation and hopefully you’ll grow up someday before you get out,” he said.
Terry L. Sturdevant Jr., 21, Norwich, was found guilty of unlawfully entering the Adams Street home of a single mother in the City of Norwich.
After the day-long trial where the only witness for the defense was the defendant himself, the jury convicted Sturdevant of felony burglary after 21 minutes of deliberations.
First Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee said Sturdevant took a DVD and CD player along with nine children’s DVDs, including Barbie and Disney movies that belonged to the victim’s six-year-old daughter, in the broad daylight burglary.
“In my 24 years of experience at the bench, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a record so bad for someone so young,” said Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd at sentencing.
Dunshee asked the judge to give Sturdevant the maximum of 15 years in prison, saying he had been arrested seven times in the last year alone.
“He entered the dwelling of a single mother to steal children’s DVDs. He is a noncontributing member of our society, a parasite on the community and a drain on the justice system,” he said.
Dunshee also claimed that Sturdevant had three children he offered no support to, but Defense Attorney Aaron A. Dean contested those claims, saying there had been no establishment of paternity with any of the children.
Dean asked the court for leniency on his client’s behalf, saying he was looking at more time in prison than the man convicted of murdering Sturdevant’s father in Pennsylvania when he was a child.
Dean also requested that the court sign a certificate affirming that the nature of the crime was non-violent so Sturdevant cold have more access to programs in prison. Second degree burglary is considered a violent crime under New York State law.
Dowd reserved decision, but warned that its approval was unlikely.
“What if somebody had been there? Who knows what would have happened? And it appears to be an escalating pattern, a dangerous one,” said the judge in regards to Sturdevant’s criminal history.
“All I can do is put you out of circulation and hopefully you’ll grow up someday before you get out,” he said.
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