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21 Months Behind Bars for Stubby Lake Smoke Shop Burglar
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – A Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police and FBI investigation has led to a 21-month prison sentence for a man convicted of burglarizing a local smoke shop.
Joseph Reno Stensgar, 36, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for theft from the Stubby Lake Smoke Shop. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Stensgar to serve three years of supervised release and pay $20,348.44 in restitution to the store and the victim.
According to the plea agreement, Stensgar admitted that on January 3, 2014, he entered the Stubby Lake Smoke Shop in order to steal cartons of cigarettes. During the course of the burglary, Stensgar and another person took cigarettes, cash, and a laptop computer from the store, and car keys and a 2012 Subaru Forrester from the store clerk.
The crime happened on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation. Stensgar was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on May 20, 2014.
During the term of supervised release, Stensgar will have to submit to searches of his person, home and automobile, and he will have to refrain from using alcohol.
The case was investigated by Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Stensgar’s sentence is a harsh reminder that those who commit crimes on our reservations will be held accountable.
Key Facts
- State: Idaho
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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