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Man Gets Life For Burglary
November 1, 2012
An Escambia County man has been sentenced to life in prison for burglarizing a home an beating the elderly resident.
George Eddins, Jr., was convicted of burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery and aggravated battery upon a person 65 years of age or older with great bodily harm or a deadly weapon. Immediately following the jury verdict, Judge Jan Shackelford sentenced Eddins to life in state prison for the burglary and 30 years concurrent on the aggravated battery charge.
On January 21, 2012, Eddings entered the residence of a sleeping elderly man. The victim took a hammer from his dresser and confronted Eddins. Eddins then pulled a knife on Lucas and took away the hammer. Eddins then severely beat the victim, striking him numerous times in the head.
The victim was able to escape from the residence and go to a neighbor to contact law enforcement. The victim was able to identify the defendant and his DNA was located in the residence.
Eddins had nine prior felony convictions on his record, including several burglaries and grand thefts.
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7 Responses to “Man Gets Life For Burglary”
What said, “I just don’t understand”.
He has NINE prior felony convictions, thus the stiffer sentence.
He gets life but others doing similar crimes get LESS? What happened to letting the punishment fitting the crime. Are judges sentencing people based on their mood that day or what side of the bed they woke up on? I just don’t understand.
Now if they will only beat him down in prison…. What a low life!
This is where a chain gang in the Everglades comes in handy.
To be a CO for 30 years, over such as Mr Eddins. I would break him of that habit of stealing and beating up old folks and everything else under creation.
Way to go Judge Jan Shackelford! Should have been done 6 felonys ago.
Bye Bye Cyclops!