June 25, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A man charged in a Liberty burglary was sentenced last Tuesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
36 year old Joshua Kevin Vickers of Liberty entered a plea by criminal information to aggravated burglary. He received a 6 year sentence on TDOC probation. The term is to run consecutive to a sentence in DeKalb County General Sessions Court and concurrently with a Cannon County sentence against him. Vickers is to make restitution of $975 to the victim.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on January 18, 2017 Vickers broke into a garage and a residence on Sweetwater Road in Liberty and took an HP computer with a monitor and a Primo game camera. The total value of the items taken was $400. In breaking into the garage and the home, Vickers damaged or destroyed windows and doors. The total amount of damage was $575.
The case was investigated by a sheriff’s department detective.