Cantonment Man Gets Prison Time in $100K Stolen Property Case

A Cantonment man has been sentenced to state prison after pleading no contest to charges connected to a major stolen property investigation by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.

Colby Chase Myrick was arrested following a recovery of more than $100,000 in stolen items. Circuit Judge John L. accepted his no contest plea and entered a guilty adjudication, according to ECSO.

The case was handled through the local court system, with prosecutors building the case around the substantial amount of recovered property. No contest pleas allow defendants to accept guilt without admitting wrongdoing, though the courts treat them identically to guilty verdicts for sentencing purposes.

Details on the specific nature of the stolen property and the length of Myrick's sentence were not immediately available.