Felon gets 99 years for cell theft

[Professur]

WACO, Texas (AP) - A convicted felon who went on profanity-laced tirades in court and told jurors he didn't care if they gave him life in prison was sentenced to 99 years for stealing a cellphone.

Jurors deliberated about 15 minutes before convicting Glenn Reed of robbery Thursday.

Reed, 31, was convicted as a habitual criminal because he had prior felony convictions for injury to an elderly person and robbery, which bumped the minimum sentence from five to 25 years. He also had 15 misdemeanour convictions dating to 1991.

Reed testified during both phases of the trial, swearing and telling jurors he didn't care if they sent him to prison for life.

"There's things I choose to do, like, if I go in a store and choose to take a Snicker's bar," Reed testified. "If you catch me, you catch me. If not, I'm going to go home and eat it up and go on about my business, dog."

At one point, he made an obscene hand gesture toward a retired Texas Ranger who testified against him. Reed had tried to rob the officer four years earlier but was overpowered by him.

In the cellphone incident, the owner had another phone with him and called the missing cellphone's number as he walked up the street. He could hear its distinctive Aggie War Hymn ring coming from Reed's pocket, so he followed him and demanded the phone back.

Reed gave back the phone but then hit the owner several times.

Prosecutors had offered Reed a 15-year plea deal before trial, but he rejected it.

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Fucks like this are why England started Australia. Society has rules, asshole. You don't think they apply to you, then get the fuck out, or bare your arm, coz you don't get to share my air.

 

[unclehobart]

He got off light. I've heard of sentences that run over 1000 years.

Perhaps he was overplaying it so he might draw an insanity plea or special prison programs to get a cushy stay. He just did it in the wrong state. Its more cushy in the upper midwest... but the left coast has more 'touchy feely' programs.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

I once saw a defendant in court who smugly told the judge that "it don't matter what y'all say; I been in prison before. The most you can give me is two years, and I'll get probation after 216 days."

For the record, he was technically correct...

However, the judge sentenced him to two years, to serve all but one day in jail day for day with no good behavior credits, and the final day to be served on probation.

Needless to say, it was overturned on appeal. But the appeal itself took longer than the 216 days. Meanwhile, the sheriff managed to find some other things to charge him with, and those were sentenced consecutively to the other one, meaning back-to-back jail time instead of piggy-backed sentences.

The boy was not pleased.