Man sentenced for destroying jail sprinkler

April 9, 2014 Man sentenced for destroying jail sprinkler

Anonymous The Union-Recorder The Union-Recorder Wed Apr 09, 2014, 03:37 PM EDT

MILLEDGEVILLE Destroying a prison system sprinkler while in solitary confinement gave Adam Tory Hill five more years to serve Tuesday.

Hill was indicted last fall by a Baldwin County grand jury for burglary in the first degree, felony theft by receiving stolen property, possession of firearm by a convicted felon and interference with government property.

Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Leonard Myers prosecuted Hill on the interference charge and asked for the maximum legal sentence.

Myers said Superior Court Judge Hugh Wingfield gave him almost everything he asked for.

Tuesdays sentence is consecutive to the two years Hill was already serving.

(Hill) could parole, but he did receive five years confinement, Myers said.

Hill was accused of breaking into a local firefighters Milledgeville home and stealing more than 20 assault and tactical weapon type firearms.

So (Hill) is a three-time felon at that point, Myers said. He then turns around while hes in the jail and damages the sprinkler system in an isolation cell. He attempted to grab the sprinkler head, and when he did, it triggered the fire alarm, dumped water into his cell and they had to shut the entire system off leaving half of the building without fire protection.

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