NEWS

Muncie burglar draws prison term

Douglas Walker
dwalker@muncie.gannett.com

HARTFORD CITY -- A Muncie man convicted of breaking into a Blackford County residence has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Tyler MacMichael Hines, 23, had pleaded guilty to burglary. Blackford Circuit Court Judge Dean Young in recent days imposed a nine-year sentence with three years suspended.

Hines will be on probation for three years upon his release from prison. The burglary leading to his conviction took place last May 18.

In recent months, the Muncie man has also been convicted of residential entry (in Delaware County) and theft (in Allen County).

The local conviction stemmed from a May incident that saw the owners of a house south of Yorktown find Hines in their home.

He was also convicted of residential entry in Blackford County in 2011.