Judge imposes sentence, warning for Bay City man involved in burglary, theft spree

A 21-year-old Bay City man is headed to prison for up to 15 years and a judge says the defendant probably deserved a longer sentence. Shawn M. Donovan today told Circuit Judge Kenneth W. Schmidt that he regretted the crime spree that landed him behind bars on 15 felony charges. “I have a lot of regret,” said Donovan. “Fifteen months of incarceration has opened my eyes and I’m a better person.” Donovan, in November, pleaded guilty to single counts of second-degree home invasion, breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny and resisting, obstructing or assaulting police. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to dismiss 12 other charges including safe breaking, receiving and concealing stolen property, larceny in a building, receiving and concealing a stolen vehicle, retaining a financial transaction device, breaking and entering a vehicle and breaking and entering with intent.

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