COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – One of the four young suspects in the rash of break ins on the east side of Coldwater Lake last December was ordered to serve between 86 months and 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court.
21-year-old Brandon Tarrell entered guilty pleas to three counts of second degree home invasion as part of a plea agreement.
Prosecutors dismissed all of the other charges against him in exchange for the guilty pleas.
Tarrell received concurrent sentences on the three counts he plead guilty to and was given credit for 192 days already served.
He was also ordered to pay nearly $8,000 in restitution for his crimes.
Tarrell had a criminal history before the Coldwater Lake break ins. Court records indicate he was convicted of attempted breaking and entering with intent in November 2014 and was given a six month jail sentence. Tarrell was ordered at that time to pay over $7,200 in restitution. His probation was later revoked in January 2016.
