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Goreville Man Pleads Guilty to Burglarizing a Jackson Co. Storage Building

A Johnson County man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to burglary.

The Jackson County State's Attorney says 44-year-old Brandon Rhoadsof Goreville admitted to burglarizing a storage building at the Burning Star Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Jackson County in June 2018.
Conservation Police officers investigated the incident and determined several items were missing from inside the storage building, including an expensive thermal imaging device. Nearly one year later, in May, 2019, the Conservation Police identified Rhoads as a suspect. During an interview a short time later, Rhoads confessed to committing the Burglary.

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