Plumb was charged with burglary and 3 counts of domestic violence after receiving stolen property and abusing his girlfriend. In November of 2015 the woman was discovered by an Adrian Police officer running partially clothed to the Adrian P.D after escaping the home where Plumb had held the woman captive.
The woman was taken by ambulance to the Bates County Memorial Hospital suffering from severe bruising after being beaten with a pipe and burned with cigarettes.
Judge James Journey rendered the sentence after the victim delivered her impact statement to the court. Judge Journey ordered Plumb serve 5 years each for the 3 counts of Domestic Violence, those sentences were ordered to run consecutively, with 7 years for receiving stolen property. The 7 -year sentence is to run concurrent with the 15-year sentence. Hugh C. Jenkins represented the State at today’s proceedings.
