A 36-year-old Selma man has pleaded guilty to burglarizing two business in 2016.

According to Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson, Jammaro Bolden pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary for two businesses, Calhoun Foods and Mr. Roy’s convenience store.

“We are going to keep cracking down on burglars and thieves,” Jackson said. “If he wanted to smoke some cigarettes, he should have bought some.”

Jackson said Circuit Judge Don McMillian sentenced Bolden to 15 years in prison. He said the sentence will run concurrent.

The burglaries happened in May 2016. According to an incident report, Calhoun Foods was burglarized on May 14, 2016. The burglary at Mr. Roy’s on Highland Avenue occurred a few days later on May 17, 2016 around 3:30 a.m.

An incident report states an employee of the store was called after and alarm at the store was triggered. When officers arrived on scene, the store’s sliding glass door had been busted out. Officers were told Bolden broke into the store and took eight cartons of Newport cigarettes. The key to the store’s vault was also missing.

According to a previous Times-Journal report, Bolden was taken into custody after the burglaries at an apartment on the 100 block of Nannie Drive without incident. Bolden was also arrested for allegedly robbing the Three Star on U.S. Highway 80 East.

At the time of Bolden’s arrest, then Selma Police Chief John Brock said surveillance video from both stores assisted investigators with the case, as well as tips from the community.