After a two week continuance, a 17-year-old Hutchinson man convicted of additional counts of burglary was sentenced to an additional 21-months in prison Friday. That sentence for Joshua Hickey will run consecutive to his other sentence of 32-months for a total of 53-months in prison.

Hickey entered “guilty” pleas to 3-counts of burglary, while the state dropped the other charges including 1-count of arson, 2-counts of criminal damage, 1-count of felony criminal damage, 3-counts of misdemeanor theft, 3-counts of contributing to a child’s misconduct or deprivation, 1-count of unlawful possession of a prescription, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

It was seven hours after being released from jail in the earlier case, that Hickey broke into a local grocery store and two churches. That included burglaries of Dillon’s 1319 North Main, Trinity United Methodist church, 1602 N. Main and the First Church of Christ Scientist located at 1400 N. Main.

Hickey had been granted 24-months community corrections on the 32-month sentence in the earlier case, but then violated his corrections and was given a 30-day sanction by Judge Tim Chambers. That didn’t work so well resulting in the new charges. Judge Chambers then ordered the sentence be served.

Hickey will also be ordered to pay restitution in the latest case, although the amount wasn’t mentioned in court.