Andrews v. State

DOUG MARTIN, Judge.

| Appellant Dennis Andrews was charged with one count of theft of property, one count of first-degree criminal mischief, and one count of impairing the operation of a vital public facility. A Jackson County jury convicted him of theft of property and criminal mischief but acquitted him of the count of impairing the operation of a vital public facility. We affirm Andrews’s convictions as modified.

The three charges arose from the removal of some quantity of “neutral wire” from utility poles owned by Farmers Electric Co-Op in Jackson County. The original information…