Mark Allyn Kortz, 51, Bethany, was found guilty of burglary in the second degree and stealing in a two-day jury trial which convened in Daviess County Circuit Court on July 25. The jury began deliberations at 2:02 p.m. on July 26 and returned the guilty verdicts at 3:15 p.m.
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According to court documents, Kortz and two other subjects unlawfully entered property at Pattonsburg between June 24 and June 25, 2017. They took items valued at approximately $13,000, including a log splitter, chainsaw, and generator. Kortz was positively identified by surveillance footage.
Kortz is set for sentencing on Oct. 16, 2019, before Judge Ryan Horsman.
Keith Albert Shafer of Grant City, one of the other subjects charged in the crime, was found guilty of burglary in the second degree by jury trial in Caldwell County on April 16, 2018, and was sentenced to 10 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. The jury found Shafer not guilty of the stealing charge. Shafer’s case was a change of venue from Daviess County which was heard by Judge Brent Elliott. During the proceedings of the case, a mistrial was declared on Feb. 28, 2018, prior to the completed jury trial.
The case against Yvette Shaw of Jameson, another subject who was charged in the crime, is still pending in Daviess County. She faces identical charges of burglary and stealing and is set for a plea or trial setting on Aug. 6, 2019.
Daviess County Prosecuting Attorney Annie Gibson represents the State in each of the three cases.