A young man already convicted of being involved with numerous church burglaries and ordered to prison after being caught doing similar crimes now has a trial date in his latest case.
Joshua Hickey is charged with 3 counts of burglary, 1 count of arson, 2 counts of criminal damage, 1 count of felony criminal damage, 3 counts of misdemeanor theft, 3 counts of contributing to a child’s misconduct or deprivation, 1 count of unlawful possession of a prescription, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A trial date in the case is set for August 20, and Judge Tim Chambers set a deadline for the state and the defense to file motions for July 26.
It was seven hours after being released from jail in the earlier case, that Hickey allegedly broke into a local grocery store and two churches. That included burglaries of Dillon’s 1319 North Main, Trinity United Methodist church, 1602 N. Main and the First Church of Christ Scientist located at 1400 N. Main.
Hickey had been granted 24-months community corrections on a 32-month sentence in the earlier case. He then violated his corrections and was given a 30-day sanction by Judge Tim Chambers. That didn’t work so well resulting in the new charges. Judge Chambers then ordered the sentence be served.