Carmichaels man sentenced on wire theft
WAYNESBURG – A Carmichaels man found guilty by a Greene County jury of breaking into a West Penn Power Co. substation to steal wire was sentenced Tuesday by Greene County Judge Farley Toothman to 30 days to 23 ½ months in jail.
Kenneth Edward Mansberry, 26, of 306 E. George St., was convicted by a jury Feb. 12 of theft, criminal trespass, conspiracy, criminal mischief and possession of an instrument of crime.
Mansberry was arrested by state police June 8, 2013 at an electrical substation on Polecat Hollow Road in Whiteley Township. He and Joseph James Dean II, 24, also of Carmichaels, broke into a fenced area at the substation to steal wire.
Police responded to the station after the men tripped a motion alarm. They arrested Mansberry at the scene.
As part of his sentence, Mansberry was ordered to pay $750 in fines and to perform 225 hours of community service. He and Dean also must pay $1,000 in restitution to West Penn Power.
Dean pleaded guilty to the same charges in October. He was sentenced to 30 days to 23 ½ month in jail; ordered to pay $1,250 in fines and perform 300 hours of community service.
In other cases before the court, Joshua Stephen Matiyasic, 29, of 306 N. Market St., Carmichaels was sentenced Tuesday by Toothman on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, his second offense in 10 years.
Matiyasic was arrested March 2, 2013, after he crashed his vehicle into a tree on Chartiers Road in Morgan Township. He had a blood-alcohol content of 0.178 percent.
Matiyasic pleaded guilty May 13 to driving under the influence and three summary traffic violations.
He was sentenced to five years in the county intermediate punishment program. The first four months of his sentence will be served on house arrest and the remaining time will be under regular supervision. He also was determined eligible for work release during house arrest, ordered to pay $1,560 in fines and perform 225 hours of community service.