Snipe Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 (edited) WACO ? A man has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for stealing a cell phone. Glenn Alvin Reed, 31, was convicted of robbery Thursday for stealing a cellular phone from a man's truck last fall and then hitting him several times when he demanded its return. Jurors, who deliberated about 15 minutes, convicted Reed as a habitual criminal because he has prior felony convictions for injury to an elderly person and robbery. That bumped the minimum sentence from five to 25 years for Reed, who rejected a 15-year plea bargain offer from prosecutors. Reed also has 15 misdemeanor convictions dating to 1991, including 12 criminal trespassing convictions. Reed, who testified during his trial against the wishes of his court-appointed attorneys, frequently went into profanity-laced tirades and told jurors he didn't care if they gave him life in prison. "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." Four years ago, Reed walked up behind retired Texas Ranger Capt. Bob Prince outside the McLennan County courthouse annex and said he was robbing him. Prince decided not to shoot Reed because he could tell he was unarmed, the former Ranger testified during Reed's cell phone robbery trial. Prince easily took Reed into custody, and he later was sentenced to two years in prison, according to court records. Reed made an obscene hand gesture toward Prince as the former Ranger left the witness stand. Link Found another link: Link 2 Edited July 12, 2005 by Snipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Im a tad lost, where does it say he got 99 years? The most i can see is he got 25 years :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 What a tool... what really sucks is that it is taxpayer dollars that is paying for the stay in prison for the rest of his life... sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 According to the article, the guy was sentenced for 25 years, not 99. He should have went for the insanity plea :p, it would have worked :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 "That bumped the minimum sentence from five to 25 years for Reed, who rejected a 15-year plea bargain offer from prosecutors." Obviously after the tool made some disruptions, they went for the max sentence. The min is only 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTerminator Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 That bumped thminimum sentenceb> from five to 25 years for Reed, who rejected a 15-year plea bargain offer from prosecutors. And it syays right at the top of the article he got sentenced to 99 years(life sentence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 That guy is a moron. lol :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snipe Posted July 11, 2005 Author Share Posted July 11, 2005 It's good to see that some people can still read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 And it syays right at the top of the article he got sentenced to 99 years(life sentence) 586197816[/snapback] And you don't think it's odd that they didn't even mention the number 99 in the article at all :/ .... kind of unprofessional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChopSuey Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 And you don't think it's odd that they didn't even mention the number 99 in the article at all :/ .... kind of unprofessional. 586198154[/snapback] Umm... it says he got 99 years in the first sentence of the article. Geez... Some people need to get some reading glasses in here. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 now that's just wrong. you can't take away someones life because of some material things :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ0943 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 now that's just wrong. you can't take away someones life because of some material things :/ 586220005[/snapback] read the article, this guy is a complete moron. and its not just for stealing a cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finality Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Should have taken the plea bargain, ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollinup Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Wow, what a moron :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJediMedia Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Reed, who testified during his trial against the wishes of his court-appointed attorneys, frequently went into profanity-laced tirades and told jurors he didn't care if they gave him life in prison."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." DUMB!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensayshun Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 now that's just wrong. you can't take away someones life because of some material things :/ 586220005[/snapback] Sure you can. And they just did! I think it's good. If the law was stricter like this one ACTUAL crime like theft/GBH/ABH/GTA etc. the world would be safer. S'long as they don't give people stupidly long jail sentences for speeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salterbomb Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 "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." 586197745[/snapback] not going anywhere for a while? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJediMedia Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 (edited) They didn't convicted him to 99 years, but he says he didn't care if he is sentenced to life. So they granted his wish really! In a nutshell, this guy is so dumb he even says something like "I don't care if you sentence me to life" You can't say **** like that to a jury or judge. I would do the same. Oh, you don't care? What do I care if you don't care? Better yet, why don't you die? You are waste of Tax payers money! Edited July 17, 2005 by JediXAngel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 What a dumb ****. He deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJediMedia Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Imagine living in a 12x8 cell for rest of his dumbass life for stealing a cell phone. This moron definitely lack brain cells, cuz nobody else would be saying "I don't care if you convict me to life in prison!" to jury & judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Triple meanings there :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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