4/18/14 - A Putnam Township man busted by police who followed a trail of stolen cigarette packs to him from a local party store has entered a plea. 27-year-old Matthew Thomas Morrison pleaded guilty as charged to breaking and entering a building with intent to steal in Livingston County Circuit Court. In exchange for that plea, prosecutors agreed that upon successful completion of probation, the charge may be reduced to a misdemeanor. Morrison will be sentenced May 22nd. Morrison was arrested after deputies with the Livingston County Sheriffâs Department responded to an alarm at the Hell Country Store on Patterson Lake Road February 24th. They discovered a broken window and two packs of cigarettes beneath it, along with fresh footprints in the snow. Those led to a home on a private road where Morrison was located and is said to have confessed to stealing 10 packs of cigarettes. (JM)
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