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Burglar Shot In Walnut Hill Sentenced To Prison
August 16, 2014
A burglar shot last summer by a Walnut Hill homeowner was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.
Ricky DeWayne Taylor, now 34, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Michael Allen to 15 years in state prison for burglary of a dwelling with battery; five years for battery on a person age 65 or older; five years for burglary of an unoccupied structure; and five years for grand theft. Taylor pled to the charges on January 21 but then failed to appear for his sentencing on February 20.
Taylor was arrested by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office in Lousisana on a misdemeanor charge of possession of stolen things and extradited from Louisiana in June. Allen also sentenced Taylor to five years on two counts of failure to appear. Each sentence is concurrent to the 15 years sentence.
On May 17, 2013, Taylor broke into the victim’s home on Rockaway Creek Road and began removing items. The victim unexpectedly returned and caught Taylor and co-defendant Teresa Sunday in the act. Sunday, who was acquainted with the victim, had called him earlier that day to lure him away from the home to meet her at a local pool hall.
The victim held them at gunpoint with a .38 caliber revolver and contacted the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. As the victim was speaking with dispatchers, Taylor lunged toward him. The homeowner fired a .38 caliber revolver, striking Taylor in the leg and grazing Sunday on the left cheek. Taylor was alert and conscious when he was transferred to LifeFlight to be airlifted to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. He was charged with burglary, larceny, criminal mischief property damage and battery.
Sunday, age 35 of Century, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and grand theft of a dwelling. In January, she was sentenced by Judge Michael Allen to five years in state prison.
Pictured: The scene on May 17, 2013, at a burglary victim’s home on Rockaway Creek Road in Walnut Hill. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Burglar Shot In Walnut Hill Sentenced To Prison”
True,Molino Jim, the citizens are always forking the bill in the ER’s for these criminal types. I think he should have another 5 years tacked on to compensate for the cost of treatment, as well as having to forfeit anything of value he didn’t steal.
Ya,Mike, it would have saved the taxpayers the cost of warehousing him. And I would bet he will be back to old tricks once released.
A shame the bullet didn’t take care of the problem…
Guess who got to pay for his Life Flight trip. A neighbor had to be Life Flighted from Molino into P’cola and the bill for the flight alone was over $40,000. They should have both have received more time.
I hope citizens will continue to be unafraid to shoot anyone who attempts burglary and not have to worry about the consequences. Stop them dead in their tracks so to speak.
He deserves it. Im so happy to see this. Hes done alot of people wrong including myself . Hes a thief and karma got him good.