Man Sentenced For Cigarette Thefts

A Twin Falls man who pleaded guilty to stealing $1,300 in cigarettes could spend up to six years in prison.
Joshua Aaron Cossey, 30, was sentenced Monday in Twin Falls County 5th District Court to serve three to six years in prison on a charge of grand theft. He could be released sooner, though, by completing the state’s retained jurisdiction program.
Cossey was also ordered to pay court costs, a $1,000 fine, a $500 public defender fee and $1,772.50 in restitution.
Cossey was arrested in November after stealing a box of 30 cartons of cigarettes from the Oasis Stop ’N Go convenience store at 515 Washington St. N. and then trying to sell the cartons. Police say he was found with several drug-related items in his pockets including a scale, butane torch, clear glass pipe with 8.6 grams of methamphetamine, and a plastic bag with .7 grams of meth. He was also found with one 9-inch knife concealed under his shirt and another 9-inch knife in a pocket.