A Sheffield man set to serve the next seven to 14 years in state prison for burglary had a motion for reconsideration of sentence denied on Friday.

Casey C. McClain, Sheffield, received the sentence from Judge Gregory Hammond last month on charges of burglary and robbery – both first degree felonies.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, police responded to a call of an assault in progress at 2:55 a.m. Saturday, July 2, at 10 W. Main St., Sheffield.

The victim told police that someone broke into his home through a window on the west side of the building, came up to the second-floor bedroom, assaulted him, and took $100 cash and a bottle of prescription medication. The suspect had fled before police arrived.

At 2:16 a.m. Sunday, July 3, police reported to the same address “for a similar incident.” Police said McClain was in the residence when they arrived. They said the victim told them that McClain said, “I came to get what I didn’t get last night.” According to police, the victim said McClain came in through the same window the second night

“(It is) heartbreaking you are ripping apart three generations of your family with addiction,” Hammond said at the time of sentencing.

McClain’s attorney – John Shreve – noted at Friday’s argument that McClain was made ineligible for the state boot camp program and noted that District Attorney Rob Greene declined to extend a waiver that would have made McClain eligible.

“He is a prototypical boot camp candidate,” Shreve said.

Shreve commented that the sentence was in the high end of the standard range but Hammond was quick to correct him that the sentence is in the middle of the standard range.

In spite of that, Shreve said that McClain’s age, the fact that he has a child, his employment history and the fact that he has taken responsibility for his actions as evidence supporting boot camp eligibility.

Greene said that a plea negotiation was actually a benefit to McClain and argued that the sentence was “absolutely appropriate.”

Hammond said that McClain’s conduct “goes beyond someone who is strung out and needs drugs.”

He suggested McClain’s conduct might suggest a “propensity for violence.”

“He’s disqualified himself for boot camp,” Hammond said, denying the motion.