Thursday, July 02, 2009

Prisoner jailed for stealing from jail

By his own admission, William Kimbrel Bradley isn't a very good criminal, racking up six felonies and four misdemeanors by age 25. He added to the list on Monday when he was sentenced for larceny in a building.

Bradley stole a computer. From the Kalamazoo County Jail. Where he was serving a sentence on a different case.

``This is the dumbest crime I've heard today,'' Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Gary C. Giguere Jr. told the Kalamazoo resident. ``It may be in the top half-dozen in my career. You need to get a handle on this theft thing. Your life of crime is not working out.''

Bradley, a student at Western Michigan University, agreed.``I'm not the best criminal,'' he said.

Bradley said he's been going to counselling for several months for stealing stuff - something he's done since he was a kid, even if he didn't need or want the item he was taking.

``Where do I put you?'' Giguere said. ``Back in the jail where the crime occurred?'' Bradley asked for home arrest. Giguere said no and ordered him back to jail for 180 days, plus state fees.

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