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Unrepentant burglar sentenced By Chris Bristol A boyish-looking burglar complained Tuesday that he even though he remembers being caught in the act by a homeowner, he doesn�t remember threatening her with a gun and can�t understand why he�s going to prison for 7� years. "She wasn�t even home when we showed up," Lake Moore complained in a rambling statement Tuesday in Jackson County Court. "It was just a burglary." The 22-year-old defendant pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery for pointing a gun at the victim, who had unwittingly surprised him and his girlfriend after she and her three boys returned to her home outside Jacksonville. Under the terms of Measure 11, he must serve the entire mandatory 90-month sentence. The defendant�s attitude brought an instant rebuke from Judge Ray White, who told the defendant that burglary often ruins the victim�s sense of security. Moore�s prior record includes convictions for residential burglary, theft and credit card fraud, third-degree robbery (stemming from a shoplifting incident) and car theft. "You�re exactly the guy voters had in mind when they passed Measure 11," the judge replied. "Entering someone�s home is traumatic enough... To you, it�s nothing. It�s no big deal." Moore and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Abrielle Meadowbrook Clayton, were captured shortly after the July 4 confrontation outside the victim�s home on Sterling Creek Road when they crashed their getaway car, a Volkswagen Beetle, while fleeing the scene. Prosecutors said the pair had just burglarized a home belonging to one of the victim�s neighbors when they spotted her house and decided to see if anyone was home. Moore stole the gun, a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, from the first house. According to prosecutors, Moore was also responsible for a string of local burglaries in early June. With his plea Tuesday, they agreed not to pursue those cases. As for Clayton, she is scheduled to enter a plea today to two counts of burglary stemming from the Sterling Creek break-ins. Prosecutor Allen Smith said he decided to drop a robbery charge because Clayton apparently was not aware her boyfriend had stolen the gun; he also said she was probably not involved in the earlier burglaries in June and had no prior record. In a statement to the court, the victim in the robbery case said the incident left her shaken. The defendant, she said, pointed the gun at her as her boys looked on. "It breaks my heart to see you so young go away for so long, but frankly I wish it was longer," she said. "I moved here from Los Angeles to get away from this crap." Obituaries | Sports | Business | Classifieds | Tempo | Prime Times | So Oregon Sites | Outdoor Journal | Subscribe | Contact | Movies | Advertise | Real Estate Showcase | Archive | Editorials | Letters to the editor | Religion | Wake-up Call | NIE | Cyber Chef | Job Network | So Oregon Weather | WSJ Northwest | Forums | AP Wire | AP Money | F.A.Q. | Awards Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. The Community Newspaper Subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co, Inc Copyright �The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA