Man Gets 10 Years Max Sentence For Series Of Century Business Burglaries

August 14, 2014

A man charged with a series of business burglaries in Century has been sentenced to a decade in prison.

Jason Allen Bodiford, 35, entered a no contest plea to multiple charges, included burglary, larceny, criminal mischief property damage and illegal use of a credit card.  Bodiford, who told officials he is homeless, received the maximum 10 year sentence from Judge Ross Goodman.

He  admitted to investigators that he burglarized Century Marine, Rhonda’s Hair Salon, the Happy Star Chinese Restaurant and the Century Flower Shop. Business owners reported that Bodiford had visited their places of business prior to the burglaries asking for money.

He also allegedly burglarized a car on Hecker Road in Century and stole a credit card that was later used to purchase food at Burger King in Century.

Bodiford was originally arrested December 30 at a motel in Atmore and booked into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on a failure to appear charge on traffic tickets in Alabama. He was extradited to Florida to  face the burglary related charges.

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One Response to “Man Gets 10 Years Max Sentence For Series Of Century Business Burglaries”

  1. dixiebug on August 14th, 2014 6:38 pm

    He ain`t homeless no more…

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