A Newton man was recently sentenced to prison for a Jefferson incident.

According to the Greene County Attorney’s Office, 40-year-old Nicholas White pled guilty to a Class C Felony for first degree criminal mischief and a Class D Felony for his third or subsequent offense for possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for the criminal mischief charge and five years in prison for the controlled substance charge, both to run concurrently and with an unrelated case from Jasper County.

The charges stemmed from a January 12th incident. The Jefferson Police Department conducted an investigation that led to the arrest of White, 47-year-old Jason Trotter of Perry and 30-year-old Sharlee Royce of Grinnell for stealing three catalytic converters from vehicles from a business in the 400 block of West McKinley Street in Jefferson. Trotter and Royce are still awaiting sentencing. 

White was ordered to pay $1,500 in victim restitutions, fines, court costs and attorney fees. The other charges White was facing, including a felony for theft and a misdemeanor for trespassing were dismissed.