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Deadwood Church Burglar Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — A Deadwood man who admitted to burglarizing two churches has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Judge Michelle Percy also ordered 52-year-old Steven Purchase to pay nearly $1,100 in restitution.

Percy pleaded guilty to burglarizing St. Ambrose Catholic Church in May 2014. Percy cut himself, leaving blood on a broken window, and DNA connected him to the crime.

In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a second burglary charge, for a break-in at Grace Lutheran Church.