Yreka man gets 12 years in prison for robbing man, forcing him from motel room
Siskiyou Daily News
A Yreka man convicted of robbery, false imprisonment and several other offenses stemming from a crime spree in the spring of 2019 was sentenced Tuesday to more than 12 years in prison.
Legal proceedings against Joseph Michael Kivett, 32, were drawn out for months, Andrus said, after he originally pled guilty in September of 2019, then later filed two motions to withdraw his pleas which were ultimately denied, said Siskiyou County District Attorney Kirk Andrus.
The crime spree began on March 13, 2019, when Kivett surprised a woman who was hanging out after midnight in a vehicle with his girlfriend, Stacy Phillips, Andrus explained. Phillips asked the woman what she thought of Kivett, before Kivett himself arose from where he was hiding in the back seat of the car and began to berate the victim.