MONROE - Two young men charged with conspiring to steal guns from a Browntown home and resell them for cash and marijuana were sentenced in recent weeks in Green County Circuit Court.
Aidan Joseph Roesslein, 17, Freeport, and Maximilian Spartacus Waller, 20, Monroe, were each charged with felony counts of burglary and theft, as well as a misdemeanor count of altering or removing a manufacturer's identity marks on property with the intent to prevent identification of the property.
Waller also faced three felony charges of receiving stolen property from a child and a felony charge of intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child.
A third person involved was a juvenile and remained in juvenile court, according to District Attorney Craig Nolen.
Both Roesslein and Waller entered plea deals and were sentenced with a combination of probation and deferred prosecution.
At separate sentencing hearings on April 16 and 23, they each pleaded no contest to two Class H felony theft charges and were sentenced to three years on probation. They also entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement on one Class F felony charge each of burglary. Other charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreements.
Each is ordered to pay $333.33 in restitution.
If they comply with court-ordered conditions of probation, Roesslein and Waller are eligible to have the burglary charges fully dismissed and the theft convictions expunged from their records under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders.
Roesslein, Waller and their juvenile co-defendant worked together to burglarize a home on East South Street in Browntown on Sept. 20 and then resell firearms stolen from the home, according to court records.
The case involved eight stolen guns, including a Chiappa 1911 semi-automatic .22 caliber handgun, a J.C. Higgins double-barrel side-by-side 12-gauge shotgun, a Savage rifle with a Bushnell scope and a Ruger .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle.
One of the guns was traded for "$250 in bud" and $50 cash, according to the criminal complaint. The manufacturer's identity marks had been scratched off.
"The emotional impact of this incident is devastating," the burglary victim wrote in a statement to the court. The guns were "sentimental items that were given to me from my father who has passed away," and it was upsetting to know they were "in the possession of someone that could potentially do harm to me or others."
"Walking into someone's home and stealing firearms should not go unpunished," the victim wrote.
Aidan Joseph Roesslein, 17, Freeport, and Maximilian Spartacus Waller, 20, Monroe, were each charged with felony counts of burglary and theft, as well as a misdemeanor count of altering or removing a manufacturer's identity marks on property with the intent to prevent identification of the property.
Waller also faced three felony charges of receiving stolen property from a child and a felony charge of intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child.
A third person involved was a juvenile and remained in juvenile court, according to District Attorney Craig Nolen.
Both Roesslein and Waller entered plea deals and were sentenced with a combination of probation and deferred prosecution.
At separate sentencing hearings on April 16 and 23, they each pleaded no contest to two Class H felony theft charges and were sentenced to three years on probation. They also entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement on one Class F felony charge each of burglary. Other charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreements.
Each is ordered to pay $333.33 in restitution.
If they comply with court-ordered conditions of probation, Roesslein and Waller are eligible to have the burglary charges fully dismissed and the theft convictions expunged from their records under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders.
Roesslein, Waller and their juvenile co-defendant worked together to burglarize a home on East South Street in Browntown on Sept. 20 and then resell firearms stolen from the home, according to court records.
The case involved eight stolen guns, including a Chiappa 1911 semi-automatic .22 caliber handgun, a J.C. Higgins double-barrel side-by-side 12-gauge shotgun, a Savage rifle with a Bushnell scope and a Ruger .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle.
One of the guns was traded for "$250 in bud" and $50 cash, according to the criminal complaint. The manufacturer's identity marks had been scratched off.
"The emotional impact of this incident is devastating," the burglary victim wrote in a statement to the court. The guns were "sentimental items that were given to me from my father who has passed away," and it was upsetting to know they were "in the possession of someone that could potentially do harm to me or others."
"Walking into someone's home and stealing firearms should not go unpunished," the victim wrote.