Published: February 23, 2009 09:24 am      

Pulaski man pleads guilty to break-in

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A Pulaski County man who allegedly broke into a residence in Science Hill appeared in Pulaski Circuit Court Thursday.

Steve Wayne Miller, 28, of Somerset appeared before Pulaski Circuit Judge Jeffrey Burdette and pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree burglary and one count of felony receiving stolen property.

Those charges stem from a September 2008 incident in which Miller allegedly broke into a residence on Frog Hollow Road in Science Hill, according to Commonwealth’s Attorney Eddy F. Montgomery. Miller later reportedly attempted to pawn those items when authorities connected him to the case.

Montgomery recommended five years in prison and Burdette set final sentencing for March 19, 2009.

The following individuals also entered pleas in Pulaski Circuit Court Thursday:

• Tommy W. Vaughn, Jr., 31, of Somerset, pleaded guilty to one count of complicity to first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance in connection to a January 2008 incident in which authorities reportedly discovered Vaughn assisting in the sale of Oxycodone, according to Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Susan Ham Hepburn. Hepburn recommended a seven-year prison sentence to run consecutively to a prior 10-year drug sentence that Vaughn was on parole for when he committed was arrested for the drug offense. Burdette set final sentencing for March 19, 2009.

• Bige Baker II, 25, of Bronston pleaded guilty to several felony offenses resulting from multiple investigations by the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force and the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reportedly found Baker in possession of stolen knives in February 2008 from a burglary, according to Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeremy Bartley.

Additionally, in October 2007 operatives with the LCADTF reportedly purchased Oxycodone and Methamphetamine from Baker, and in March 2008, Baker was arrested by the LCADTF after he allegedly assisted in a methamphetamine laboratory in Eubank.

Bartley recommended 12 years in prison and Burdette set final sentencing for March 19, 2009.

• Kyle Cordell, 21, of Somerset pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft and was sentenced to one year in prison. That charge stems from an August 2008 incident in which Cordell reportedly stole wiring from a new residence on Hughes Lane, according to Montgomery.

The one-year sentence would run consecutive to a prior felony sentence Cordell is already serving.

• Michael D. Nevels, 27, of Bronston, pleaded guilty to one count of complicity to second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance in connection with a June 2008 incident in which Nevels reportedly assisted another defendant in the sale of Hydrocodone, according to Bartley.

Bartley recommended a one-year prison sentence and Burdette set final sentencing for March 19, 2009.