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BISBEE — Sean M. Slough, 19, of Sierra Vista, pleaded not guilty in Cochise County Superior Court on Monday to three counts of burglary, two counts of theft and one count of vehicle theft.
The charges stemmed from two indictments filed earlier this year. In January, the defendant accepted a plea agreement on separate counts of car theft and burglary from a 2005 indictment.
The defendant was scheduled Monday for sentencing on the 2005 charges, but prosecutor Vince Festa of the Cochise County Attorney’s Office said his office was preparing a new plea agreement that encompassed all the charges against Slough.
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As a result, Judge Wallace Hoggatt postponed sentencing until July 17.
A pre-trial conference on the 2006 charges was set for the same date, though it is expected that a plea deal will be reached by then.
The most recent charges stem from a series of crimes that led to Slough’s arrest by Sierra Vista police on March 25.
Slough was accused of burglarizing the Blimpie Subs and Salads shop at 268 W. Fry Blvd. on the night of Feb. 19, and, just a few hours later, rappelling through the roof at the nearby SCR Cash Advance store to steal a 9 mm pistol and other miscellaneous items.
The same morning, he allegedly smashed a window at the Colortyme Rent to Own shop at 156 W. Fry Blvd. and took a laptop computer and other electronic equipment.
A St. Patrick’s Day search warrant at a Bevers Street residence found a 1972 Ford Mustang at that Slough is accused of stealing from the parking lot of the Sorry Gulch Saloon at 526 W. Fry Blvd. on March 15.
After his arrest, Slough was booked into the Cochise County Jail with bond set at $5,000. He remains in custody at the jail.
In other developments Monday in Judge Hoggatt’s Division 3 courtroom, Eric M. Dominguez, 26, of Bisbee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing a dangerous weapon.
The judge noted that the defendant had at least two prior felony convictions which served as aggravating circumstances in the sentence.
Upon his release from prison, Dominguez will serve nine total years on intensive probation for additional charges of wearing body armor while committing a crime and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
Dominguez asked the judge for standard probation, arguing that after 15 years in prison, it would be more difficult for him to re-integrate into society while on intensive probation.
The judge disagreed, saying the measure is not meant to be punitive.
“After a lengthy time in prison, I think you are one of those who would likely benefit from intensive probation,” he said.
Herald/Review reporter Jonathan Clark can be reached at 515-4693 or by e-mail at jonathan.clark@bisbeereview.net.
Bill Stein wrote on Nov 22, 2008 7:45 PM: