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Dumb Criminals: Man Tells Judge He Thought You Could Only Be Arrested For Night Crimes
A Willoughby man who believed he could only be charged with burglary if he committed the crime at night has pleaded guilty.
On June 26, James Blankenship, 22, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of breaking and entering into his mother's home against her will.
According to police, Blankenship's mother found her son attempting to break into her home through a first floor window earlier this month.
The young man had not been welcome in his mother's home for approximately three months, nor did he have any possessions on the premise, police said.
Upon being discovered by his mother, the accused fled the scene. A neighbor alerted the police that he had witnessed a man running behind a nearby home. Blankenship was discovered hiding in a crawl space not far from his mother's house, police said.
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2013/07/01/burglar-i-thought-you-could-only-be-arrested-for-burglary-at-night
On June 26, James Blankenship, 22, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of breaking and entering into his mother's home against her will.
According to police, Blankenship's mother found her son attempting to break into her home through a first floor window earlier this month.
The young man had not been welcome in his mother's home for approximately three months, nor did he have any possessions on the premise, police said.
Upon being discovered by his mother, the accused fled the scene. A neighbor alerted the police that he had witnessed a man running behind a nearby home. Blankenship was discovered hiding in a crawl space not far from his mother's house, police said.
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2013/07/01/burglar-i-thought-you-could-only-be-arrested-for-burglary-at-night
