BAY CITY, MI

— Would-be burglars take heed: if you're planning on committing a crime, at least give police a challenge by not leaving your cellphone at the scene.

Such advice would have benefited

, whose misplaced cellphone has cost him up to 15 years in prison, a place his older brother already calls home.

Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill last week sentenced the 20-year-old Schmiege to 23 months to 15 years imprisonment, with credit for 126 days served.

Schmiege in

to one count of second-degree home invasion, in exchange for the prosecution's dismissal of a count of breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny.

One evening in September, Bay City police responded to a break-in at CB Discount convenience store, 310 N. Henry St. They found a portion of the drywall had been kicked-in and a cellphone on the ground.

While police were at the scene, the cellphone rang, its caller ID identifying the caller as "Baby's momma." Officers answered the phone, and the woman on the other end said the device belonged to Schmiege, though she added it had recently been stolen.

During their investigation, police eventually linked Schmiege to a February 2011 burglary of a house in the 700 block of Harold Street. In that incident, Schmiege made off with a flat-screen TV and two video game consoles.

In June 2009, Schmiege was reportedly present when brother Robert B. Schmiege

outside Haney’s Bay City home. Haney survived the attack and testified Kyle Schmiege and another man lured him out of his house, at which point Robert Schmiege shot him.

Kyle Schmiege was not charged in connection with Haney's shooting. Robert Schmiege is currently serving 67 months to 10 years in prison.