A man with a lengthy criminal history has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to breaking into a Greenwood home last year.
Kyler Thompson, 47, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to a felony count of burglary and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Thompson has multiple past convictions, including theft, auto theft, criminal trespass and intimidation, and had previously served more than four years in prison.
With his most recent sentence, Thompson is eligible to participate in the Purposeful Incarceration program, geared toward inmates with addiction problems, which Thompson clearly has, his attorney Matt Solomon said.
Thompson was arrested last year after a homeowner on North Madison Avenue in Greenwood heard breaking glass and found Thompson, who the resident did not know, in a bedroom of the home.
When police arrived, Thompson was lying on the ground with the resident pointing his gun at him. Next to Thompson, police found cash, a radio, a cellphone and pliers, which were missing from the home Thompson was found in.
Thompson told police that he was swimming with a friend next door, and the friend had run into the neighbor’s house and he went after him.
The neighbor told police she did not know Thompson and did not give him permission to swim in her pool, which is surrounded by a fence. Thompson also told police the friend with him had thrown the cash on the ground. No other person was found.
Thompson was also arrested last year on a possession of a handgun by a felon charge in Marion County, and theft charges in Hamilton County. His sentence in the local case would be served after any sentence in those cases, according to court records.
His earliest release date would be in 2025, according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
If Thompson successfully completes the Purposeful Incarceration program and has good behavior in prison, he could ask for his sentence to be reduced, Solomon said.
