Suspended Sentence for Sheridan Woman Charged With Burglary

A sentencing hearing was held Thursday in 4th Judicial District Court in Sheridan for 33-year-old Sammi Morehead. District Court Judge Darci Phillips accepted the terms of the plea agreement that was reached with the State and sentenced Morehead to 4 to 5 years in prison for the charge of felony burglary, suspended in lieu of three years of supervised probation, and 365 days in the Sheridan County Detention Center for the charge of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine, suspended in lieu of one-year of supervised probation to run concurrent to the sentence for the burglary charge.

Judge Phillips ordered Morehead to pay $1,689.88 in restitution and $1025 in court costs and public defender fees. According to court documents, between Sept. 21 and Sept. 25, 2020, Morehead stole a number of items from a neighbor’s apartment while the neighbor was in the process of moving out. The restitution amount covers the value of the items that were not recovered.