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Lampe to serve up to 10 years for shooting
CLINTON —
A Clinton man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for a March shooting at his apartment complex.
Tyler S. Lampe didn’t say much at his sentencing Thursday morning as he sat, head down, next to his attorney. He was convicted in a two-day jury trial last month of a charge of intimidation with a dangerous weapon.
During the June trial, several neighbors of Lampe’s testified they saw him fire a handgun three times March 11 as he ran after a Pontiac Grand Prix tearing out of the gravel parking lot of his Clinton apartment complex at 1850 Glendale Road. Court records indicate the incident may have arisen after someone stole drugs from Lampe, although testimony related to the drugs was not introduced at the trial.
At Thursday morning’s sentencing, Judge Marlita Greve pointed to Lampe’s “significant criminal record” as a reason she believed he should be punished with prison time for the Class C felony charge stemming from the shooting.
“How old are you?” the judge asked Lampe. “Eighteen? Nineteen?”
“Twenty, your honor,” he answered quietly.
“Well, you look 12,” she replied, adding that the volume of Lampe’s criminal history was “unfortunate” given his young age.
Lampe said he had nothing to say when the judge asked him if he wanted to make a statement before she imposed his sentence. Greve said that, because he was convicted of a forcible felony, Lampe will have to serve at least five years of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Lampe’s court-appointed attorney, Nathan Tucker, had asked the court for a suspended sentence and probation for his client, while Clinton County Attorney Mike Wolf pushed for prison time.
Greve suspended a $1,000 fine on the charge against Lampe, although she ordered him to pay $1,188.85 in restitution to Danelle Domdey for repair costs for bullet holes in her Pontiac.
Lampe’s grandmother, mother, sister and girlfriend sat through his two-day trial last month, and two of the women attended his sentencing. One of them began crying and wailed the word “no” when the judge told Lampe he would be going to prison.
The state built its case against Lampe on eyewitness testimony for the trial after a judge ruled late last month to remove from evidence the handgun suspected to have been used in the shooting and statements Lampe made to police at the scene. The judge ruled that Lampe’s rights were violated since police did not Mirandize him until after he directed them to a handgun hidden under a futon cushion in a neighbor’s apartment.
According to trial testimony, Fulton, Ill., teen Amanda Schmitz arranged for her friend, Domdey, to give her and a third individual, Kenard Lewis, a ride to Lampe’s apartment for a drug deal the afternoon of March 11. Lampe fired at the retreating vehicle after Lewis may have stolen marijuana from him, court records indicate.
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