On Monday, February 23, a Holmes County jury found Dwight Cedric Joshua Adams, 75, guilty of Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle. He was sentenced to 83 months in prison, State Attorney Larry Basford announced.
The charge is a third-degree felony, typically punishable by up to 60 months, but Adams’ criminal history, including Robbery with a Firearm, Felony Battery, and Indecent Exposure, resulted in a sentence exceeding the statutory maximum.
Adams was arrested in Alabama, near the location where the stolen concrete truck was found wrecked in a ditch in July 2024…