Starke County Man Sentenced to 22 Years in DOC

Zachary Bastin
Zachary Bastin

A 22-year prison sentence was handed down to a Grovertown man in Starke Circuit Court on three serious charges.

Zachary Bastin, 21, was sentenced within an agreed recommendation filed with the court.

Bastin pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary as a Class B felony and was sentenced to 12 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. Bastin also pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary as a Class C felony and was sentenced to five years in the DOC. He was sentenced to two years in the DOC on a charge of receiving stolen property as a Class D felony. No part of any sentence was suspended.

Bastin also admitted to a probation violation to which he was sentenced to three years in the DOC with none suspended.

All of the sentences will run consecutively to each other for a total of 22 years.

He was also ordered to pay restitution to three separate entities in the total amount of $10,204.54.