Such advice would have benefited Kyle A. Schmiege, whose misplaced cellphone has cost him up to 15 years in prison, a place his older brother already calls home.
Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill last week sentenced the 20-year-old Schmiege to 23 months to 15 years imprisonment, with credit for 126 days served.
Schmiege in February pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree home invasion, in exchange for the prosecution's dismissal of a count of breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny. More