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Man Is Given i Suspended Term : For Two BreaksGilbert Philips was sentenced to a suspended one !o five year -State’s prison term yesterday in Superior court for burglarizing two Greenwich homes last sum-trier. « ‘Superior court Judge Herbert * S. MacDonald ordered Phillips, * 23t New Rochelle, N, V., placed -■ on probation for two years. He had ptoaded guilty lo two counts of burglary.State’s Attorney Otto J. Saur said Phillips broke into a Hillside road home on April 22 after forcing a kitchen window and ' ’ took a television set and a couple of hundred dollars in cash.On May hi, Mr. Saur conUnu* • ed, Phillips, who has no previous criminal record, broke into a Ridgeview avenue home and took $70 and a pair of trousers. Phillips was arrested in June by authorities in Westchesler county for a series of crimes.While questioned on the alleged New York crimes, which were later dismissed, Phillips admitted the Connecticut burglaries, Mr. Saur recommended a suspended prison term.Public Defender Herbert J. Bundock, who represented Phillips, concurred in the recommendation and said the defendant had learned his lession during the period he has been confined here and in Westchester awaiting disposition of the charges against him.In other cases in which the defendants had previously pleaded guilty. Judge MacDonald Imposed sentences as follows:Jorge Rivera, 21, of Bridgeport, three counts of breaking and entering, one to five years in Stale'.q prison.Fernando DeLeon, also known • as Fernando Santana, 23, an accomplice of Rivera, 18 months to five years in state’s prison on the same charges.Harold J. Wilmott, 35, oF Norwalk, indecent assault, three counts, one year in jail, sentence suspended after three months, with two years probation.Melvin Cobbs, 20, of Stamford, statutory rape (victim under 16 years of age), one year jail sen-
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Sat, Feb 19, 1966
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