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A Springfield resident who shot and wounded a man who allegedly was trying to steal marijuana by reaching over a fence was sentenced Monday to almost seven years in prison.
Josiah Timothy Shirley, 31, pleaded guilty to charges of attempted second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon during an appearance in Lane County Circuit Court. A judge sentenced him to 80 months in state prison, which is six years and eight months.
Springfield police arrested Shirley the morning of Sept. 25 after a reported shooting in the 1300 block of E Street. The victim of the shooting, a 39-year-old Springfield man, was wounded in the upper leg and taken to a hospital.
Deputy District Attorney Erik Hasselman said the victim’s femur was shattered into 30 pieces by a .40-caliber bullet, requiring extensive surgery and a metal replacement for part of the bone. The man, who chose not to appear at the sentencing, has not fully recovered from the injury.
Lane County Circuit Judge Cynthia Carlson told Shirley he could easily be facing a much more serious charge.
“I think you’re very lucky not to be here on some sort of homicide,” she said.
In addition to the prison sentence, Shirley was ordered to pay restitution of $39,600 to cover the victim’s medical expenses.
Hasselman said Shirley had registered to grow marijuana for other people who are allowed to use the drug under the state’s medical marijuana laws. He had been sleeping in his backyard to protect the plants, which were growing in an outdoor garden partially enclosed by plastic.
The yard is in a dense neighborhood and the pot produced a strong odor, “so everyone knew this marijuana grow existed in the backyard,” Hasselman said. He said the victim and his girlfriend smelled the pot and decided to try to take some of it.
The two came back early in the morning with a homemade device that was meant to reach over the fence and clip off the tops of the marijuana plants, which the prosecutor said they intended to use to start their own pot grow. The two were standing in the yard of a vacant house next to Shirley’s to reach the plants.
Shirley woke to the sound of the plants being clipped. Although he could only see a silhouette, he aimed at them and fired, hitting the male victim, Hasselman said.
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A Springfield resident who shot and wounded a man who allegedly was trying to steal marijuana by reaching over a fence was sentenced Monday to almost seven years in prison.
Josiah Timothy Shirley, 31, pleaded guilty to charges of attempted second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon during an appearance in Lane County Circuit Court. A judge sentenced him to 80 months in state prison, which is six years and eight months.
Springfield police arrested Shirley the morning of Sept. 25 after a reported shooting in the 1300 block of E Street. The victim of the shooting, a 39-year-old Springfield man, was wounded in the upper leg and taken to a hospital.
Deputy District Attorney Erik Hasselman said the victim’s femur was shattered into 30 pieces by a .40-caliber bullet, requiring extensive surgery and a metal replacement for part of the bone. The man, who chose not to appear at the sentencing, has not fully recovered from the injury.
Lane County Circuit Judge Cynthia Carlson told Shirley he could easily be facing a much more serious charge.
“I think you’re very lucky not to be here on some sort of homicide,” she said.
In addition to the prison sentence, Shirley was ordered to pay restitution of $39,600 to cover the victim’s medical expenses.
Hasselman said Shirley had registered to grow marijuana for other people who are allowed to use the drug under the state’s medical marijuana laws. He had been sleeping in his backyard to protect the plants, which were growing in an outdoor garden partially enclosed by plastic.
The yard is in a dense neighborhood and the pot produced a strong odor, “so everyone knew this marijuana grow existed in the backyard,” Hasselman said. He said the victim and his girlfriend smelled the pot and decided to try to take some of it.
The two came back early in the morning with a homemade device that was meant to reach over the fence and clip off the tops of the marijuana plants, which the prosecutor said they intended to use to start their own pot grow. The two were standing in the yard of a vacant house next to Shirley’s to reach the plants.
Shirley woke to the sound of the plants being clipped. Although he could only see a silhouette, he aimed at them and fired, hitting the male victim, Hasselman said.
The story continues: http://www.registerguard.com/rg/new...irley-hasselman-marijuana-pot-victim.html.csp
