6/29/14 - A Putnam Township man busted by police who followed a trail of stolen cigarette packs to him from a local party store has been sentenced to probation. 27-year-old Matthew Thomas Morrison has been sentenced to 18 months of probation, plus eight days in jail he has already served. He 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 was arrested after deputies with the Livingston County Sheriffâs Department responded to an alarm on February 24th at the Hell Country Store on Patterson Lake Road. 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. (TD)
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