SUTTON PLEADS GUILTY, SENTENCED TO PRISON

By Jon Mayhew – LINCOLNTON – A 34-year-old Lincolnton man pleads guilty Thursday to charges he broke into Keever Pharmacy last year.

Superior Court Judge Timothy S. Kincaid sentenced Jamie Sutton to between 107 and 138 months in prison.

Sutton’s trial was continued Tuesday after fainting at the beginning of the session. Attorney T.J. Wilson said he represented Sutton during his latest appearances in court.

“I guess that’s one way to get a continuance,” said Wilson.

Motions made by Wilson on Tuesday were denied. Judge Kincaid ordered Sutton to sit down.

When Sutton went over to his chair, he collapsed. Courtroom witnesses said instead of coming to her son’s aid, his mother ran out of the courtroom.

Assistant district attorney Gywnn Radeker said he heard Sutton might try to faint in court on Thursday.
“I guess he decided not to,” said Radeker.

In August 2008, Sutton broke into Keever Pharmacy, which is located near Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln.

Police detective Chuck McGinley was on duty at the hospital and heard the breaking and entering call. While en route to the pharmacy, he passed Sutton in his motorized wheelchair.

“He had a bag on his lap,” said McGinley, adding he turned around and arrested Sutton at the front entrance of the hospital.

As part of the plea deal, Sutton also plead guilty to being a habitual felon.

Sutton was convicted in 2008 of breaking and entering into Temple Baptist Church in Lincolnton. He was also charged in the fire that destroyed the church, but the charges were dropped as part of a plea deal. He served eight months in prison.

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