Dakota Oglesby, the final remaining defendant in the Crofton arson case, pled guilty to his role in the burning of a vacant building in 2017 in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday morning.
Oglesby’s case had been severed from his co-defendants, Jeremy Marlar, Glen McGee and Dylan Hodge, due to health issues with his attorney, Robert Haggard. Commonwealth’s Attorney Lynn Pryor gave the details of the plea agreement, including that it comes with a recommended sentence of 5 years but if Oglesby pays his restitution before the sentencing date, they recommend probation.
By pleading guilty to second-degree facilitation to arson and second-degree burglary, Oglesby must also pay $5,000 in restitution. That amount will not count towards whatever dollar amount is decided by a separate civil case.
Hodge was present for final sentencing Wednesday, but Circuit Judge John Atkins informed him that sentencing is interrupted and can only be imposed if he violates the terms of agreement.
Hodge pleaded guilty to second-degree facilitation to arson several months ago that came with a five-year sentence to be probated as long as he paid restitution.
Following a jury trial in August, Marlar was found guilty of complicity to second-degree arson and first-degree official misconduct, and the jury found McGee guilty of second-degree arson, official misconduct and third-degree burglary. They were both recently sentenced to 10 years in prison.