A Fulton man charged with the November 2013 burglary of a home on Donald Drive where residents were sleeping, as well as fleeing from police after they tried to stop his car on West Main Street because his tail lights were out, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Ronald Allen Jr., 38,will have his sentence run concurrent to all other sentences against him and is credited with serving 511 days in the Callaway County Jail.
Allen pleaded guilty to tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. Charges of first-degree burglary and leaving the scene of an accident were dismissed.
A Jefferson City police news release said when an officer tried to stop a vehicle for the tail lights violation, Allen headed north on Boonville Road, "then travelled off the roadway and struck a home in the 900 block of Boonville Road. Allen fled the area on foot, and was not located."
The house sustained approximately $77,000 in damage, and authorities weren't able to locate Allen until December 2013 in Fulton. Allen was interviewed by Jefferson City police and "admitted to driving the vehicle in the pursuit."