The sentence for a Carroll man accused of breaking into a pickup truck last November was handed down Thursday. According to Carroll County District Court records, 19-year-old Dalton Lee Andrew Maples pled guilty to third-degree burglary, a class D felony, and was sentenced to up to five years in prison. However, the sentence, along with over $1,700 in fines and surcharges, were suspended, and Maples was instead placed on probation for three years to the Iowa Department of Correctional Services as part of an agreement with prosecutors. A Carroll Police Department affidavit says Maples and three other men, identified as 22-year-old Devin Christian Morrison and 19-year-old Charles James Rowland and 18-year-old Austin Lee Wheeler, all of Carroll, broke into a truck parked in the 100 block of North Clark Street on Nov. 5, removing several items from inside and causing over $2,000 in damage to the vehicle.
Four people have now been charged in connection to a November motor vehicle burglary in Carroll. According to trial information filed today (Tuesday) in District Court for Carroll County, 19-year-old Charles James Rowland and 22-year-old Devin Christian Morrison, both of Carroll, each face one count of third-degree burglary, an aggravated misdemeanor. Two other individuals, 19-year-old Dalton Lee Andrew Maples and 18-year-old Austin Lee Wheeler, also of Carroll, were arrested earlier this month on the same charge following a Carroll Police Department investigation into the Nov. 5 incident. Authorities say the four men stole items from a 1992 Chevrolet pickup parked in the 100 block of North Clark Street and damaged a storage box located in the back of the truck. Their arraignment hearings have been scheduled for Jan. 14. They each face a maximum penalty of up to two years in prison and $6,250 in fines if found guilty of the charges.