The last of four people charged in connection with business burglaries in Cole County in August 2017 pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges in the case.
Travis Webb, 25, of Clarksburg, was charged with one count of first-degree burglary and one count of second-degree burglary. He pleaded guilty to the charges in a hearing before Cole County Judge Dan Green, who placed him on five years supervised probation. Green also ordered Webb to serve a 20-day shock detention sentence with credit for time served.
Danielle Rice, 23, of Montgomery City; David Rice, 21, of Syracuse; and Hannah Means, 21, of Columbia, had already pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree burglary and second-degree burglary and were placed on probation.
The burglaries occurred at Rainbow Market on Rainbow Drive and at Pass-N-Gas on Route C in Russellville, according to Cole County Sheriff’s Department probable cause statements. Both stores had glass doors broken and several items taken.
A few hours after the burglaries, Moniteau County sheriff’s deputies responded to a shots-fired call at a residence on Walker Road in California.
Four adults connected to the Cole County burglaries were taken into custody at the residence. A juvenile also was taken into custody and later turned over to juvenile authorities.
During a search of the residence, deputies recovered several cartons of cigarettes, pocket knives and cigars taken in the burglaries.
The four adults were questioned and admitted to being involved in the burglaries, according to the probable cause statement. They told investigators they had planned the crimes a few days before carrying them out. Danielle Rice drove the vehicle the group rode in to the burglaries while Webb, David Rice and Means broke into the businesses, using a car jack handle to break the glass doors. David Rice also said he had a loaded firearm in his pocket when they committed the crimes, investigators said.