Spirit Lake, Iowa — A Spirit Lake man charged in a shooting earlier this year that injured his father was sentenced today (Mon.) in Dickinson County District Court.
Caleb Crosby was originally charged with attempted murder and theft in the 1st degree in connection with the incident on May 5th of this year in Montgomery. As part of a plea deal the attempted murder charge was amended to willful injury, a class “C” felony.
Judge David Lester today (Mon.) sentenced Crosby on both counts, willful injury and theft in the 1st degree, to prison terms not to exceed 10 years each, to be served consecutively at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale, with credit for time served. Crosby could also be eligible for a shortened term on the 1st degree theft charge as determined by the Iowa Parole Board. All fines and surcharges were waived as part of the plea deal.
Crosby has also pled guilty to escape from custody with a written sentence to be handed down separately on that charge.
Speaking during today’s (Mon.) proceedings, Crosby vowed to turn his life around by taking rehabilitative classes during his incarceration.
(Courtesy fellow Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)
