MINDEN, La. -- A Haughton man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for stealing two packs of T-shirts.
Parish prosecutors say state District Judge Ford Stinson handed down the lengthy sentence to 40-year-old Dexter Rhodes for the misdemeanor crime because he had two prior misdemeanor theft convictions.
Sherb Sentell, the chief assistant district attorney for Webster Parish, says had Rhodes' criminal record been clean, he typically would have faced six months of parish jail time. Sentell says their administration will not pass repeat offenders off to other jurisdictions with only a slap on the wrist.
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