DARLINGTON - A Dodgeville man was sentenced to eight months in jail after he pleaded guilty to felony burglary for his role in a residential burglary in the Town of Fayette in January and no contest to misdemeanor theft in another case.
Steven T. Wiegel, 25, also received an 18-month prison sentence - which was imposed and stayed - as well as two years of extended supervision and four years of probation. He will serve all sentences concurrently.
The upshot is that Wiegel would not have to spend any time behind bars beyond the initial eight-month jail term, which comes with work-release privileges, if he follows all conditions of the plea agreement he and his attorney reached with prosecutors.
He is ordered not to drink, go into bars or liquor stores or possess or consume nonprescription controlled substances. He must submit to testing for alcohol and drugs and undergo any counseling his probation officers deem appropriate.
He is also mandated to pay court costs and restitution. Police records indicate he owes the court $619 in the two cases, $1,993.34 in restitution to State Farm Insurance and $843.66 to one of the burglary victims.
As part of the agreement, several charges against Wiegel were dismissed but "read in," meaning the judge could consider them during sentencing: a second felony burglary charge, a felony bail-jumping charge, two misdemeanor trespassing charges and a misdemeanor theft charge.
The burglary conviction stemmed from a Jan. 14 incident in which Wiegel and two other men broke into a residence on County F and stole jewelry before unsuccessfully trying to outrun police, according to court records.
The theft conviction stemmed from an incident in May 2014 in which Wiegel stole a laser-leveling system valued at around $1,200 from a man he had previously worked for and pawned it at a store in Dubuque using another man's ID.
Steven T. Wiegel, 25, also received an 18-month prison sentence - which was imposed and stayed - as well as two years of extended supervision and four years of probation. He will serve all sentences concurrently.
The upshot is that Wiegel would not have to spend any time behind bars beyond the initial eight-month jail term, which comes with work-release privileges, if he follows all conditions of the plea agreement he and his attorney reached with prosecutors.
He is ordered not to drink, go into bars or liquor stores or possess or consume nonprescription controlled substances. He must submit to testing for alcohol and drugs and undergo any counseling his probation officers deem appropriate.
He is also mandated to pay court costs and restitution. Police records indicate he owes the court $619 in the two cases, $1,993.34 in restitution to State Farm Insurance and $843.66 to one of the burglary victims.
As part of the agreement, several charges against Wiegel were dismissed but "read in," meaning the judge could consider them during sentencing: a second felony burglary charge, a felony bail-jumping charge, two misdemeanor trespassing charges and a misdemeanor theft charge.
The burglary conviction stemmed from a Jan. 14 incident in which Wiegel and two other men broke into a residence on County F and stole jewelry before unsuccessfully trying to outrun police, according to court records.
The theft conviction stemmed from an incident in May 2014 in which Wiegel stole a laser-leveling system valued at around $1,200 from a man he had previously worked for and pawned it at a store in Dubuque using another man's ID.