DARLINGTON - A Green County judge doubled the potential prison sentence Wednesday, July 25, for a Darlington man convicted of more than a dozen "brazen" felony thefts spanning three counties.
Steven B. DeVoe, 42, was sentenced last week on convictions related to the case in Green County and in March in Iowa County. This week, he was sentenced in Lafayette County on the remainder of his convictions - 11 felonies and four misdemeanors.
Green County Circuit Judge James Beer handled the Green and Lafayette cases. Beer imposed but withheld a sentence in Green County of four years in prison and three years of extended supervision.
He repeated the sentence in Lafayette County, effectively doubling DeVoe's potential prison time.
DeVoe is ordered to serve one year in the Lafayette County Jail, followed by a total of 7 1/2 years of probation on the conditions that he pay thousands of dollars in restitution and not drink or enter establishments that sell alcohol.
If he breaks any condition of his probation, he is ordered straight to prison for eight years followed by six years of extended supervision.
Court records indicate that for years, DeVoe stole ATVs and other vehicles and then sold them online. He became so brazen in his thieving, according to a pre-sentence investigation, that he stole from friends, employers and even his immediate family.
Beer scolded DeVoe last week for his "stupid and harmful" thefts. On Wednesday, he said DeVoe victimized multiple people with each of his thefts: first when he stole and again when he sold the stolen goods to unsuspecting buyers.
DeVoe again professed his apologies.
"I'm truly sorry for my actions. I definitely wasn't in my right mind," he said.
Defense attorney Guy Taylor said DeVoe's obsessive compulsive tendencies helped him quit drinking after years of being a "drunkard," but it was the same disorder that led DeVoe to become obsessed with acquiring vehicles and trailers.
DeVoe is on medication and working with a mental health counselor, Taylor said. Continuing this and any other recommended treatment is a condition of his probation.
Three of DeVoe's victims attended the sentencing, plus about eight friends and family, including DeVoe's wife.
Taylor presented the court Wednesday with $2,000 DeVoe "scrimped and saved" as the first installment toward the considerable restitution he owes.
"He's extremely desirous of doing the right thing and making right on the harm that he's done," Taylor said.
Steven B. DeVoe, 42, was sentenced last week on convictions related to the case in Green County and in March in Iowa County. This week, he was sentenced in Lafayette County on the remainder of his convictions - 11 felonies and four misdemeanors.
Green County Circuit Judge James Beer handled the Green and Lafayette cases. Beer imposed but withheld a sentence in Green County of four years in prison and three years of extended supervision.
He repeated the sentence in Lafayette County, effectively doubling DeVoe's potential prison time.
DeVoe is ordered to serve one year in the Lafayette County Jail, followed by a total of 7 1/2 years of probation on the conditions that he pay thousands of dollars in restitution and not drink or enter establishments that sell alcohol.
If he breaks any condition of his probation, he is ordered straight to prison for eight years followed by six years of extended supervision.
Court records indicate that for years, DeVoe stole ATVs and other vehicles and then sold them online. He became so brazen in his thieving, according to a pre-sentence investigation, that he stole from friends, employers and even his immediate family.
Beer scolded DeVoe last week for his "stupid and harmful" thefts. On Wednesday, he said DeVoe victimized multiple people with each of his thefts: first when he stole and again when he sold the stolen goods to unsuspecting buyers.
DeVoe again professed his apologies.
"I'm truly sorry for my actions. I definitely wasn't in my right mind," he said.
Defense attorney Guy Taylor said DeVoe's obsessive compulsive tendencies helped him quit drinking after years of being a "drunkard," but it was the same disorder that led DeVoe to become obsessed with acquiring vehicles and trailers.
DeVoe is on medication and working with a mental health counselor, Taylor said. Continuing this and any other recommended treatment is a condition of his probation.
Three of DeVoe's victims attended the sentencing, plus about eight friends and family, including DeVoe's wife.
Taylor presented the court Wednesday with $2,000 DeVoe "scrimped and saved" as the first installment toward the considerable restitution he owes.
"He's extremely desirous of doing the right thing and making right on the harm that he's done," Taylor said.