ELLSWORTH, Maine — The last man from a trio of burglars pleaded guilty to stealing a cash box from a Bucksport Subway in May.

Deric Ireland, 20, of Bucksport, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 in Hancock County Superior Court to burglary, theft by unauthorized taking and violation of conditions of release. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

Ireland, along with Nicholas Bailey, 22, and Peyton Webster, 18, were arrested in May by Bucksport Police officers after allegedly breaking into the rear entrance of the Subway on U.S. Route 1. The three took a cash box containing $440 and fled the store.

Webster and Bailey, whose current hometowns are unclear, each pleaded guilty to the burglary in August. Bailey was sentenced to 2 years in prison, with all but 30 days suspended, and one year of probation; Webster was sentenced to two years in prison, with all but 90 days suspended, and 2 years of probation.

All three men are responsible for paying restitution to Subway for the $440 stolen.

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Mario Moretto has been a Maine journalist, in print and online publications, since 2009. He joined the Bangor Daily News in 2012, first as a general assignment reporter in his native Hancock County and,...

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  1. The reporting seems incomplete; Ireland apparently was sentenced to three years imprisonment but how much was suspended? Also the arrests were in May 2011 (most people would assume 2012 without the year being specified.) The break-in is another by-product of drug use.

  2. “Deric Ireland, 20, along with Nicholas Bailey, 22, and Peyton Webster, 18, were arrested ”

    These 20 year old-somethings and 18 year old will now flunk the background checks and not even be able to get a job cleaning the customer toilets at Walmart or Home Depot,even when they are in their 30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s,90s What jobs are left for them? grave diggers,dangerous tree climbers, rubbish truck workers picking up smelly,[on hot days]maggot crawling rubbish. Deric,Nick,Pey, enjoy your lives!

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