Butler man to get 2 years' probation in 3 city cases
A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to three cases in Butler County Court, including charges of trespass, theft and possession of a weapon.
Jory D. Loughman, 20, pleaded guilty to felony criminal trespass, misdemeanor possession of an offensive weapon and theft before President Judge Thomas Doerr.
The plea agreement calls for a sentence of two years probation, restitution and costs. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 21.
Loughman was initially charged felony burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, theft and receiving stolen property after an incident on Davis Road, Oakland Township, between Oct. 4 and 18, 2015.
Police said Loughman and a 16-year-old accomplice broke into the home between Oct. 4 and 18, 2015, and took a 12-gauge shotgun and a 20-gauge shotgun from a bedroom, valued at $450.
The guns were later sold to two other youths, police said.
Loughman pleaded to an added charge of felony criminal trespass in that case.
He was then charged with misdemeanor corruption of minors, theft from a motor vehicle and conspiracy after an incident on Hickory Street on July 15, 2016.
Butler police filed the charges after an investigation into a theft incident in the 100 block of Hickory Street. Police said surveillance video showed three suspects trying to enter vehicles in the block, and items were later found missing.
Police said Loughman, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were identified as the suspects and charged.
Loughman pleaded to misdemeanor theft in that case.
In the final case he was charged with misdemeanor terroristic threats, possession of an offensive weapon, disorderly conduct and summary harassment after an incident at a home in the 400 block of Brown Avenue, Butler, on Dec. 3, 2016.
Butler police filed those charges after Loughman threatened to stab a neighbor after a confrontation in which Loughman had previously been stabbed.
Police said Loughman was initially found earlier in the day bleeding from an apparent stab wound to his right side, after the confrontation with his 18-year-old neighbor, where Loughman was stabbed by a small pocket knife.
The neighbor was not charged in that incident.
A 16-year-old girl who lived with Loughman was also found bleeding from her hand after police said she got angry watching the altercation and punched a window.
Loughman was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital where he received stitches for his minor stab wound. The girl did not need medical treatment.
Officers tried to interview Loughman but he refused to talk about what happened, police said.
Police were later called back to the area after Loughman showed up again, this time with his own knife.
