Sentencing has been pronounced for a Gallatin couple who burglarized multiple Gallatin residences from June through October of 2018.
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Amanda M. and Johnny Rainey of Gallatin were each sentenced June 12 to a total of eight years in the Department of Corrections. The case was heard by Judge Ryan Horsman.
Two of Amanda Rainey’s cases had been transferred to Livingston County on a change of venue, but sentencing was held in Daviess County. On the Livingston County cases, she received seven years for stealing and eight years for trafficking in stolen identities, with the sentences to run concurrently, making her total sentence eight years.
In the Daviess County case, Amanda received seven years each on counts of financial exploitation of an elderly person, stealing, and stealing credit device, sentences to run concurrently and concurrently to the Livingston County sentences.
Johnny Rainey was sentenced in Daviess County to four years on each of two counts, stealing and possession of controlled substance, with the sentences to run concurrently. He was also sentenced to four years for trafficking in stolen identities, a sentence which will run consecutively to the first two, making his total sentence eight years.
The Rainey’s were arrested after a search warrant was executed at their home in Gallatin on Oct. 7, 2018, by the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, Gallatin Police Department and Missouri Highway Patrol. Stolen items from at least five Gallatin residences were seized. The Gallatin Police Department also recovered evidence related to burglary investigations which they had been working on.
The Rainey’s were initially charged with stealing and possession of controlled substance, identify theft, possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. Additionally, they were charged with trafficking in stolen identities in November, 2018, due to the large amount of mail and personal documents from numerous persons in Daviess County which were found during the search.
The two cases against Amanda Rainey had been transferred to Livingston County and were scheduled for jury trial there, but additional charges were filed against her in Daviess County in March 2019 for financial exploitation of an elderly person, stealing $750 or more, and stealing all other property.
After the additional charges were filed, the jury trial in Livingston County was canceled. Amanda Rainey, 35, and Johnny Rainey, 44, made their guilty pleas in Daviess County on April 10. At the June 12 sentencing they were each also fined $1 on each of two counts, possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.