Man to be sentenced for burglaries during funerals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville man who pleaded guilty to burglarizing homes based on funeral listings in a newspaper is set to face a judge for sentencing.

Judge Audra Eckerle is scheduled to hear the case of 34-year-old Michael Bryant Bennett on Tuesday in Jefferson Circuit Court.

Bennett pleaded guilty to burglarizing multiple homes around Louisville while the residents were attending funerals.

Bennett told prosecutors he up funeral times in the obituary section of The Courier-Journal and would use the White Pages as well as Google Maps to find the addresses of the victims. Bennett agreed to serve seventeen years burglary case and to be revoked on three other cases that he was on probation.

Prosecutors expect a total sentence of 27 years in prison.

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