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Burglars get time for heist at Sherm's By ALBERTO ENRIQUEZ Three young men charged with the theft of nearly $64,000 in cash, checks and food stamps from a safe at Sherm's Thunderbird market more than a year ago were sentenced Monday to jail terms ranging from one year to 60 days. The shortest sentence went to Jesse Lee Snow, 20, who had no record of crime before the break-in. Snow told the court that he was sorry, but his apology failed to impress Sherm Olsrud, manager of the west Medford grocery store. "It's a pretty serious offense," Olsrud told Jackson County Court Judge Pat Crain. "Everybody's sorry, but they didn't come back with the money. I don't know where it went. Jail is the right thing." The theft occurred in the early morning of Dec. 8, 1997, when burglars broke in through the ceiling of the market and wrestled a 1,000-pound safe out a fire door. The men, who were arrested in March, told investigators that checks and food stamps, representing about half of the stolen funds, had been destroyed in a fire. Urged by Crain Monday to tell Olsrud where the rest of the money had gone, Snow could only stammer, "My share went for miscellaneous things." Crain sentenced him to 20 days in jail on second-degree burglary and an additional 20 days jail on first-degree theft. The two terms to run consecutively. Snow's accomplices, both of whom had prior convictions, received significantly stiffer sentences. James Wesley Overturf, 21, was sentenced to two consecutive jail terms, 11 months on the second-degree burglary charge and 30 days on the first-degree theft charge. Lukas Kristopher Short, 20, was sentenced to 11 months in jail on the second-degree burglary charge, and 30 days on a separate drug possession charge, the two terms to run concurrently. Prosecutor Holly Smith said the lengthier sentences were called for because of Overturf's conviction as a juvenile on third-degree assault and Short's involvement in a robbery where the victim had his head smashed against the pavement. Crain also ordered all three men liable for restitution of the full amount, totalling $63,584.82. After the sentencing, Olsrud expressed his satisfaction, saying, "They got some time. I just didn't want a slap on the wrist." Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1998, Medford, Oregon USA