INMAN MAN RECEIVES 25-YEAR PRISON TERM FOR VIOLENT RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

An Inman teen received a 25-year prison sentence today after he admitted to breaking into an elderly woman’s home, tying her up with a telephone cord and stealing her car to fund his drug addiction.

Marty A. McClure, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary, strong-arm robbery and kidnapping before Circuit Judge Mark Hayes.

McClure was one of three people who approached the home of a 73-year-old Seigle Avenue resident on May 14, 2005. McClure and his co-defendant, Chris Arrowood, 22, knocked on the kitchen door about 6:45 p.m. and asked for a ride so they could tend to a sick family member. The victim went to her bedroom to get her keys. When she returned, McClure and Arrowood took her pocketbook and the keys to her 2004 Toyota Camry. The men used a telephone cord to tie the victim to a chair while the third member of the group, Brandy Nichole Cantrell, 17, waited outside the home. After the crime, the group purchased some crack cocaine before driving to North Carolina.

Cantrell pleaded guilty to three accessory charges on Wednesday and received a 10-year prison sentence that was suspended to 5 years probation and $3,800 restitution. Arrowood pleaded guilty Feb. 3 and received a 20-year prison sentence that was suspended to 15 years of service and five years of probation.

“This case is a good example of what happens when you commit a crime on an older person,” Principal Deputy Solicitor Barry Barnette said. “I’m thankful our victim escaped with only a few bruises.”

McClure will serve 85 percent of the prison sentence before he is eligible for release.