DWAYNE THOMAS ELLIS SENTENCING

 

 

For Immediate Release:

On December 4, 2008, the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office prosecuted Dewayne Thomas Ellis for the Burglary at Hudson’s Hickory House in Douglasville.

Dewayne Ellis pled guilty in front of Superior Court Judge David T. Emerson on Thursday, December 4, 2008 to 2 counts of Burglary. Mr. Ellis was sentenced to a 15 year sentence, with 5 years to serve in prison. Furthermore, Mr. Ellis is banished from Douglas County, pay a $500 court fine and pay $200 in Restitution.

On the evening of June 21, 2007, Mr. Ellis threw a rock into a window at Hudson’s Hickory House. Mr. Ellis then climbed through the window and entered the restaurant, taking money out of a collection cup by the cash register.

When the Douglasville Police Department arrived on the scene, they were able to get fingerprints off of the broken glass inside of the restaurant. Furthermore, they also found several spots of blood on the floor near the glass. They sent the fingerprints and blood samples to the lab to processed.

A few months later on September 27, 2007, another burglary occurred at Hudson’s. The perpetrator in this burglary also threw a rock at the window, entered the restaurant and took money out of the collection cup by the cash register. When the Douglasville Police Department arrived on the scene, they were able to obtain fingerprints off of the broken window glass. The Douglasville Police Department ran the prints through a national fingerprint database and they matched Ellis who had a prior Burglary conviction out of Michigan.

Mr. Ellis was brought in for questioning and agreed to give the police a DNA swab and fingerprint. Mr. Ellis’s DNA was a perfect match to the blood found at the scene during the first burglary and his fingerprints were a perfect match to the fingerprints found at both burglaries. Mr. Ellis was then arrested and charged with 2 counts of Burglary.

Assistant District Attorney Eddie Barker stated “Local businesses are very important in the community and law enforcement works extremely hard to protect them from thieves. However, it is our job to see that justice is served when criminals harm our community. Furthermore, this case highlights how important forensic technology has become in the criminal justice system and has helped law enforcement solve crimes.”