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These crimes are despicable,” Judge Penn added.
Larimer admitted that he was the driver of the car which dropped off Richie Eastham and Suzie Larimer outside Mr. Tapp’s house after dark last December 30. He claimed, however, that he thought they were, on Eastham’s suggestion, going to visit the elderly man, whom Larimer described as a friend of the family.
On cross-examination by Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke, Larimer said that he didn’t question why his companions would want to visit their elderly neighbor at night, and that he didn’t stay to see if the pair were in fact invited into the house by Mr. Tapp. “I came back in an hour, and they were walking up the road,” Larimer testified.
Larimer said he knew nothing of the break-in “until they got back into the car and told me about it, a mile and a half down the road.” Mr. Tapp’s wallet, containing $996, was taken in the break-in. T^e pair also cut the cord and took his telephone receiver, which contained special amplification equipment to supplement his hearing aids.
Larimer said that he received $100 of the stolen money. Eastham testified that the money was split evenly between the three participants.
Judge Penn also sentenced Larimer Monday to eight years in the state penitentiary for the breaking and entering of Mrs. Charles Compton’s residence on Rt. 645 on February 28.
Mrs. Compton’s house was entered twice that night by the youthful burglars, who fled the first time when Mrs. Compton woke up and
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