Cape man gets 6 years on burglary, forgery cases

DeShawn M. Smith, 20, of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty Monday to counts of burglary and forgery and was sentenced to six years in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis on four cases.

Smith's sentences will run concurrently. He was given six years on a burglary charge from Oct. 12, six years on a forgery charge from Oct. 12 and five years each on two probation-violation cases, originally burglary charges, from 2014. Smith admitted to committing a burglary Oct. 12 at 3521 Dogwood St. in Cape Girardeau, stealing a credit card and fraudulently using the card later that day.

Pertinent address: 3521 Dogwood Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo