Man sentenced for multiple thefts
A county prison sentence was handed down Thursday in Butler County Court to a man who previously pleaded guilty in seven theft cases against him.
James L. Musser III, 36, was sentenced to 18 to 48 months in prison, which can be served in the Butler County Prison, with immediate parole after completion of the six-month reintegration program.
Musser pleaded guilty Aug. 8 to charges of felony burglary, criminal trespass, theft, misdemeanor retail theft, receiving stolen property and two counts of theft from a motor vehicle.
One case involved a misdemeanor charge of theft from a motor vehicle, after police said he stole a medical bag, containing an oxygen tank, intubation kit and other medic supplies — valued at $3,500 — from a Butler Ambulance Services ambulance in the 200 block of West North Street on Sept. 19, 2016.
Security cameras on the ambulance captured the crime on video, according to court documents, which showed a man opening the rear door and stealing the bag. Musser was later found and confessed to the crime, police said.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
