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Burglary Gets Career Criminal 30 Years In Prison
December 8, 2014
An Escambia County man with an extensive criminal history is headed to prison for the next three decades.
Anthony Waters, 36, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Judge Edward P. Nickinson, II as a habitual offender due to previous convictions that included 13 burglaries, 17 grand thefts, seven grand thefts of a firearm, and a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Waters was convicted by an Escambia County jury of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and resisting arrest without violence in September 2014.
On February 20, 2014, the victim was in the process of moving from his home on Euclid Street to Missouri. At the time of the burglary, the victim was in Missouri. A neighbor noticed the kitchen light was on in the house and called the police. When the officers responded and set up a perimeter around the house, they observed Waters inside the house, running around and looking for an escape route.
Waters eventually ran out of the house and was tackled by officers. He resisted when officers attempted to place him in handcuffs. The officers and other witnesses observed the back door of the residence had been kicked in. The victim had packed up his belongings in boxes, and all of the boxes had been dumped out and rummaged through. A bag of the victim’s jewelry and other contents had been piled up by the back door.
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5 Responses to “Burglary Gets Career Criminal 30 Years In Prison”
Though the taxpayers bear the burden of taking care of this scumbag, the mere thought that if he serves the full 30 years he will be 66 when he is released brings a smile…and it is too bad that he wasn’t already in a cage.
Only 13 burglaries, 17 grand thefts, 7 grand thefts of firearms, and a possession of firearm by a felon LATER ???????? JUDGES, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last year I was in court for a criminal charge. Judge dismissed it. But there was a guy there was being sentenced for 26 felonies. That was not including any past crimes. But he got 2 years prison. Heck they were trying to give me 15 for a violation of a condition of probation.
Goodbye!
What is the worse part of this story, is that this guy was even out on the streets. Seems that should have been enough of a Criminal History to have already been declared an Habitual Offender and LOCKED UP for good!
Letting these Guys out is one reason we have so much crime! Too bad he did not run into someone that believes in the 2nd Amendment!