State v. Adams

Donovan, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Darryl E. Adams Sr., appeals his conviction and sentence for one count of theft, in violation of R.C. 2913.02(A)(1), one count of breaking and entering, in violation of 2911.13(B), and one count of possession of criminal tools, in violation of 2923.24(A), all felonies of the fifth degree.

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{¶ 2} The incident that forms the basis for this appeal occurred on January 15, 2010, when Officer Shoemaker of the Englewood Police Department was dispatched to a tractor-supply store located on Salem Avenue after a report that an alarm had been activated inside the…