A Hillsboro man charged with robbing Larry's Party Shop at knifepoint pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony charge Thursday and was sentenced to six years in prison, but not before turning to the victim and smiling in open court.
Casey Patton, 26, was indicted on the charge in June after he had allegedly entered the store on April 20, brandished a knife and demanded cash.
In court Thursday, before Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss, as Patton was being seated at the defense table, he turned to a reporter with the Highland County Press and posed and smiled for a photo, before smiling at the victim.