AUGUSTA (AP) — A Bass Harbor man who stole three vehicles in one night and crashed one of them into a home has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Jacob Russell pleaded guilty Thursday to charges including aggravated criminal mischief and four thefts, burglary of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident, for the May 2011 spree.
The Kennebec Journal reports that in exchange for the pleas, a charge of arson and six other charges were dismissed by prosecutors.
Police say the 27-year-old Russell’s crime spree started in Winslow with a stolen car. He abandoned it and stole another vehicle, which he crashed into an Augusta home, causing a fire that destroyed the house. He fled the scene in a third stolen vehicle before being stopped in Pittsfield.
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