Cape man pleads guilty to business break-in

Terry Lynn Price, 44, of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty Monday to receiving stolen property from 2015 and burglary in 2016.

Price broke into Lemons Coin Machines in Cape Girardeau on May 29 and stole speakers, computers, a slot machine, tools, bags of vending keys, bags of change, novelty items and a large plastic tote of sealed cigarettes, according to a probable-cause statement filed by Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Joey Hann. Price was videotaped entering the store on a security camera, Hann wrote.

"It was a crime of opportunity," Price told Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis. "I walked into the building, and no one was there."

Price said he was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time. Lewis said he would suspend a seven-year department of corrections sentence to have Price attend the 120-day institutional treatment

program run by the Missouri Department of Corrections, then go on probation for five years.

Price would be jailed, however, until a subsequent hearing Aug. 22, when a bed would be open in the treatment program, Lewis said.

Pertinent address: 100 Court St., Jackson, MO