Bay City burglar heads to prison after leaving cellphone at crime scene

Would-be burglars take heed: if you're planning on committing a crime, at least give police a challenge by not leaving your cellphone at the scene. Such advice would have benefited Kyle A. Schmiege, whose misplaced cellphone has cost him up to 15 years in prison, a place his older brother already calls home. Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill last week sentenced the 20-year-old Schmiege to 23 months to 15 years imprisonment, with credit for 126 days served. Schmiege in February pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree home invasion, in exchange for the prosecution's dismissal of a count of breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny. One evening in September, Bay City police responded to a break-in at CB Discount convenience store, 310 N. Henry St. They found a portion of the drywall had been kicked-in and a cellphone on the ground.

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