SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One of two homeless men charged in connection with a 2023 home invasion has been sentenced to prison time under a plea agreement.
Online court documents show William Roy Rush was scheduled to appear for trial on Oct. 7, but changed his plea to guilty before the trial began.
Under a plea agreement, Rush was sentenced to 20 years in prison for first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, two counts of kidnapping, first-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree assault, stealing and two counts of armed criminal action.
Rush’s co-defendant in this case, Justin Michael Lentz, was also sentenced to 20 years in prison in September 2024.
Documents say deputies with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) were called to a residence on North Farm Road 171, where an elderly couple said they’d been victims of a home invasion and robbery.
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A release from GCSO said the couple told deputies that during the invasion, Lentz and Rush had forced their way into the home, sprayed them with chemicals and restrained them.