(Audubon) Audubon County Attorney Sarah Jennings says on Monday, Jay Pedrin pleaded guilty to Burglary in the 2nd degree (Class C Felony) and Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury (Class D Felony). He was sentenced by Judge Dreismeier to a total of 15 years in prison, the maximum sentence possible for the two offenses.
Jennings said both Mr. Pedrin’s offenses were victim crimes; crimes that have serious and lasting impacts on real people. She said one was a heinously violent and unprovoked attack that left the victim with permanent physical effects, including partial vision loss. The other was a greed-driven crime that has made an upstanding member of the community feel unsafe in his own home, a place that was once his safe haven.
Mr. Pedrin was facing a 10-year sentence on the Burglary 2nd charge and a five-year sentence on the Willful Injury Class D charge. The defendant and his attorney argued for the prison sentences to be suspended and for him to be placed on probation. The County Attorney argued not only for the prison sentences to be imposed, but that they also are run consecutively to each other for a total sentence of 15 years.
The court went along with the County Attorney’s recommendation, sentencing Mr. Pedrin to Oakdale Prison on consecutive sentences for a total indeterminate term not to exceed 15 years. The court also ordered Mr. Pedrin to pay restitution to the victim as substantiated by the State.
Mittimus issued immediately after sentencing, but Mr. Pedrin was taken into custody and transported to Carroll County first to address pending matters there. He also has matters pending in Cass County. His appeal bonds were set at $20,000 on Burglary 2nd charge and $10,000 on the Willful Injury charge.
