Last year, people in St.
Clairsville and all across Belmont County were afraid to go out
and afraid to stay home due to a series of break-ins.
A man was breaking into
houses in broad daylight, stealing jewelry, cash and drugs.
In fact, in one case, a
woman walked in just as a man was kicking in her back door. Now 37-year-old
Lawrence Henry of Fairpoint admits he was one of the burglars and admits that
it happened many times.
Belmont County
Prosecutor Chris Berhalter said Henry pleaded guilty Tuesday.
"Mr. Henry pled
guilty to 14 counts of burglary and one count of receiving stolen property and
an additional count of breaking and entering," Berhalter said. "Well during a
roughly four-month period of time, he went on a crime spree that fortunately is
unparalleled here in Belmont County."
Lawrence Henry is set to
be sentenced Nov. 19. The victims of his crimes have been notified and they
could all be in court to speak out.
Henry faces up to 106
years in prison. He told the judge he did it because he has a severe addiction
to pain medication and heroin.
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