PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — A Ross County man will spend the next 16 years behind bars for stealing catalytic converters.
After a three day trial in Portsmouth this week, 24-year-old Noah Sines-Riley was found guilty of nearly two dozen charges, including sixteen felonies.
It all stemmed from a traffic stop by troopers last year when they stopped a car speeding down route 23. Inside the car they found several illegal items.
“Troopers discovered eight catalytic converters, suspected stolen property, and criminal instruments commonly used during the commission of theft offenses,” said Scioto County Prosecutor Shane Tieman. “The Troopers also discovered felony amounts of controlled substances in the vehicle.”
Tieman said the converters were traced back to a local business and vehicles parked at the Scioto County Fairgrounds. The prosecutor alleged that Sines-Riley and an accomplice, 28-year-old Todd Parsons cut through fencing around the fairgrounds to get inside to commit the thefts.
Parsons accepted a plea deal last year and was sentenced to 8-to-10 years in prison.
In addition to the sixteen years that the judge gave Sines-Riley this week after his conviction, he was given an indefinite term of three years.
