ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. ( WKRG ) — A Pensacola man received his sentence Thursday for grand theft over $20,000.
Honorable Judge John F. Simon Jr. sentenced Damien Matthew Lopez to 25 years in state prison as a habitual felony offender.
Simon also presided on Lopez’s trial on June 27, in which the jury found Lopez guilty as charged.
When Lopez was sentenced, the state argued he “demonstrated an inability to live in society without violating the law,” according to a news release from State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden…