Andrew Thomas DeChow of Mountain Home was sentenced to 10 years in prison during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.DeChow entered a guilty plea to the charges against him, including the theft of a late model pickup truck.DeChow was arrested for stealing the truck early this year. His story of how he came into possession of the truck fell apart, as investigators looked into his stories in depth.
On the same day the truck was reported stolen, the Baxter County Sheriffs’s Office received a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol the vehicle had been involved in an accident in Phelps County. DeChow was reported to have been driving the truck at the time of the accident.
When DeChow was questioned about the truck, he said he had borrowed it from the relative of a friend to take a female acquaintance to Illinois to visit her children.
As investigators looked into DeChow’s claims, none of them could be verified.
He was arrested and charged with the theft.
In April, DeChow was one of several people charged with breaking into a convenience store along Buzzard Roost Road. Cash and lottery tickets were taken during the break-in. A hearing to determine restitution in the case is now set for September 6th.
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