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Burglar Gets 15 Years
December 22, 2015
Anthony Tedarian Walker, II, age 18, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Michael Jones to 15 years in state prison to be followed by 10 years of probation.
Walker pleaded guilty on November 10 burglary of dwelling while armed with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted delinquent under 24 years of age, burglary of unoccupied dwelling, two counts of burglary of unoccupied conveyance, eight counts of grand theft of a firearm, one count of grand theft auto, three counts of grand theft, resisting officer without violence, petit theft, and criminal mischief.
The two dwelling burglaries occurred over a four-day time span beginning March 30. During the first burglary, Walker was captured on home surveillance cameras, removing eight firearms, including an assault rifle, and assorted jewelry.
Police recovered six of the eight firearms.
During the second burglary, Walker entered the victim’s home through an open garage, taking the keys to her vehicle which he stole and later wrecked and abandoned. The victim was in the backyard of the home cutting the grass while the burglary took place. Walker was arrested after fleeing from the wrecked vehicle and was caught by Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputies after a foot chase.
Both car burglaries occurred in October 2013 near the Marcus Bayou Townhomes in Pensacola. Walker was linked to those burglaries when found by law enforcement to be in possession of some of the property that was stolen.
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18 Responses to “Burglar Gets 15 Years”
The most crucial ages for child rearing is between 0-7 years of age, the values you teach them will sustain them, if you wait till the teenage years to teach them, you have already lost the battle!
As far as what the Bible says about a thief, about the only time you didn’t execute them was is he was stealing food to satisfy their hunger, an then they still had to pay restitution. If they broke into your home you could kill them armed or not, and if you didn’t kill them the law most likely would, by many means of execution.
Sad. I used to go down to special housing and feed this kid in the mail jail when i was inmate worker. Didnt realize what his charges were. He was 16 or 17 when he committed these crimes. I dont think giving a kid 15 years in prison was the right thing.. Give him a chance to change his life before you give him something like that at so young. It will define his whole life. Everybody deserves some kind of chance unless they are sexual offenders or take someones life. And even murderers and molesters are getting less time than that now days and that is the truth.. He might as well have shot somebody dead in the street. Im gunna pray for this kid
Nama, While I don’t favor immediate execution of any accused of using a gun or other weapon to rob people, I suspect he is right about its effectiveness. Few would even carry a pellet pistol after the first hundred died. . . . . . That said, never forget accusers sometimes lie. . . . . Separately mentioned, pellet pistols can do much harm ~ including kill, unlikely though that is. Also, pneumatic weapons can be designed to kill. . . . . Dissuading armed robbery might save many more lives than it took.
@Nama, I was not talking about BB guns or pellet guns, but firearms that are designed to kill. Yes, my example was EXTREAME, however it was to make a point that we need something better than what we have to be a deterrent to committing gun crimes. Banning guns is NOT the answer.
We need better deterrents for ALL crimes. There should be no, “Oh, it was your first robbery, we’ll let you off with probation for 2 years”. Yeah, that’s a REAL deterrent to crime! If people were being put away for 5 – 10 years for a first offense, you just watch the crime rate plummet!
Sedition,
You ought to become a judge. Your slogan would be no quarter. Of course, no one would ever enter any pleas before you, which means you would try every case with a jury and be the slowest gun on the bench and removed as incompetent. Come back to Earth and live in reality. Of course the Leo knows more, as he has life experience in the area of which you speculate. And, I don’t have to be a lawyer or judge to read and understand the law. No one does. Now I can’t practice law, which is something altogether different.
Namaste
@mark & sedition
The kid didn’t break into the home with a gun. He did break in with the intent to steal however, he found the guns inside and stole them. There should be a difference in the law for burglary from someone who breaks in already armed and someone who breaks in and just steals guns. Big difference in their intent, none in the charge or punishment.
And what state are you from where there is cable tv and intranet access ? It is not in Florida. Nor do they get three hot meals. The meals they do get my wife’s dog wouldn’t eat (literally). I’d also wager you couldn’t give one of those “hots” you speak of to a homeless person cause theyd tell you no, I eat better on my own.
You all would make great journalists, Sheriff’s Office Spokesman, or even a White House Correspondent. Perverting the truth to sway public opinion.
And this coming from someone who believes most prisoners are animals and should never be released. Just like there are no shades of grey when it comes to breaking the law, nor should there be in truth.
Committing a burglary with a firearm is a first degree felony punishable up to 30 years in prison-1 count.
Possession of a firearm by a convicted delinquent under 24 years of age appears to be a second degree felony punishable up to 15 years-1 count.
Burglary of unoccupied dwelling-3rd degree felony punishable up to 5 years in prison-1 count.
Burglary of unoccupied conveyance-3rd degree felony punishable up to 5 years in prison-2 counts.
Grand theft of a firearm is a 3rd degree felony punishable up to 5 years in prison-8 counts.
Grand theft auto, unless they were very expensive cars, 3rd degree felony punishable up to 5 years in prison-1 count.
Grand theft, no money value given, so let’s treat it a the lowest felony…3rd degree punishable up to 5 years in prison-3 counts.
Resisting officer without violence first degree misdemeanor, with penalties of up to 1 year-1 count.
Petit theft, no dollar amount given, so use the lowest 2nd degree punishable up to 6 months in prison and 6 months suspension of driver’s license-1 count.
Criminal mischief with no dollar value given so let’s use the lowest form of 2nd degree misdemeanor punishable up to 60 days in jail-1 count.
Not counting fines and probation, he faced up to 121+ years in prison, and you think that 15 years is OK?
No, Nama and Esc co Leo, he got off with a comparable slap on the wrist. He will be released early and will re-offend.
Experience and perspective of an LEO mean nothing, Nama. LOEs know very little about the law…it’s not their job. It’s the Court’s job to know and apply the law.
Mark
Your frustratration is mine, too. But, summary executions? What if your son shoplifts with a buddy. The buddy is approached by a store employee. He pulls out a pellet gun and both are able to get away. Of course, they’re caught 2 minutes later. Both taken out back and shot? Come on, you and mama are going to beg for mercy. If we are going to live in fantasy land, how about requiring a license to be a parent? How about criminally punishing the parent, especially the dad, for junior’s crime? I think Leo knows more than all of us. This guy entered a plea, got 15 years plus 10 years probation. It seems the system worked as best it could in our dysfunctional family plagued nation.
Namaste
@area resident
Institutions that have a weight room have fixed weights on the bar. Back around 1999 weights were taken from prisons because convicts were so big and gaurds were intimidated. Color tvs, please. They have one of the oldest tvs you’ve ever seen (28 in) for about a dorm of 90 people. It’s a means of control. Once locked in the dorm they have to have something to occupy them or else there’d be trouble. BTW, weights, tvs, and anything recreational is either donated or paid for by the more than $100 million per year the state makes from inmates.
The only facilities with a/c are one of 4or5 private institutions which is a form of punishment itself. I know they deserve to be there but it’s like not giving inmates in North Dakota heat. Oh, at the East Unit in Starke, (FSP) tempatures used to reach 130 in summer and down to the low 40’s in winter until class action changed that. It was one of the countless extra penalties not mentioned by judges when sentanced.
Also, FDOC do what they have to due to social perception or political pressure. However, they aren’t in the business of rehabilitation nor do they want to be. They want and inmate to return. It’s a business.
The problem with today’s society is that we do not do enough to deter crime. As “Area Resident” said above, what kind of deterrent is it if my crime puts me away for 3-5 years in a place where I get 3 squares a day, cable TV, recreation, etc.
Today’s liberals are more concerned about the rights of the evil-doers than they are of the victims of the crime.
For example, liberals want to ban guns because of the deaths they cause, (however you will not find a liberal trying to ban cigarettes or alcohol which account for more than 10 times the death due to guns every year), but they do not want to do anything to deter gun crimes other than “banning guns”.
How about this? If you are convicted of a crime while using a gun, you are immediately taken out back and put to death. No appeals, no waiting period, just immediate execution.
After the first 100 or so are executed, how much do you think the gun crime rate would drop? It would probably be non-existent as most people would say, “I’m not going to commit a crime using a gun, I don’t want to die!”
When we worry more about the rights of those that do not want to conform to societies standards of good behavior, you remove the deterrents that keep people from committing those crimes.
If a jail sentence consisted of solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, 1 hour in the yard each day, and there was no cable TV, internet, etc., I KNOW we would see crime rates drop! However, this weak society we live in today wants to complain, or go after the wrong thing, rather than making someone take personal responsibility for their actions.
Until “we the people” say we have had enough of all the lawlessness and impose radical changes to the punishment of crimes, then just enjoy the rapes, murders, robberies, etc, because frankly, we are enabling them.
Esc co Leo knows better than most what is reasonable. 15 years followed by 10 years is punitive and adequate for stealing firearms from a home and stealing a car from another. Seditious Mick mean well but lack the experience and perspective of our Leos.
TheOtherSide…30+ years. Really.
Had someone been hurt in the process, I would have said death.
Sedition…………30+ years…………..Really……..15 is fair since no one was physically hurt. I hope this kid can turn his life around.
Yes, Esc co Leo, not NEARLY enough.
I counted 20 charges in the article. Are you telling me that the chump deserves less than a 1 year PER CHARGE sentence?
The way I see it, he deserves no less than 30+ years.
Train up your children in the way they should go… Too bad he wasn’t home cutting his own grass or better yet, cutting other’s lawns to make a few bucks. Call me crazy, but I lock my doors when I’m working in my yard!
Knock it off with the weight rooms, color tvs, and ac in the prisons…train these young people to do something meaningful. Better yet, if a child is not college material (I wasn’t) and is not taking college classes in high school, demand that they attend “shop” class and learn practical things. Bus them over to George Stone a couple of days a week and let them get hands on. Come on Escambia County, we can do better than this. Common sense!
Not enough? 15 years is an eternity to an 18 year old. Especially considering nobody was injured, this punishment seems more than adequate.
Not enough judge, not enough…