From the Courts - State District Court: Man resentenced in embezzlement case, another sentencing reset

Joshua Glen Reid had his suspended sentence in a theft case revoked and was sentenced to prison.

Sentencing in another case of theft by forgery has been postponed while prosecution and Reid’s defense present arguments about his being designated a persistent felony offender.

Reid was charged in 2016 with a felony count of theft by embezzlement by common scheme when he was accused of using a charge card of a business he worked for to make purchases which he then pawned. The total was $3,831.76.

He pleaded guilty in May 2017 and was sentenced Aug. 28, 2017, to five years suspended and ordered to pay restitution.

He was charged Feb. 24 of this year with felony counts of theft by common scheme and forgery by common scheme when he was accused of forging checks to himself from the account of his employer at that time.

March 2, the Hill County Attorney’s Office filed a petition to revoke his release in the suspended sentence, alleging violations of conditions of his release including the new charges, driving with a suspended license, being fired from his job, and use of amphetamine and methamphetamine.

He pleaded guilty in a plea agreement July 1 to the new charge of theft by common scheme and admitted violating conditions of his release in the 2017 sentence.

Monday, state District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz revoked the 2017 suspended sentence and sentenced him to the state prison for the remainder of his sentence, to Dec. 6, 2023, with no credit for street time.

Snipes Ruiz rescheduled sentencing in the 2020 charges to Oct. 19 to allow the attorneys to file briefs on his being designated a persistent felony offender.