CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Maple Heights man who burglarized several Orange Village homes, locked his keys in the getaway car and dumped his loot in the woods around his victims' homes will spend the next 12 years behind bars.

Jack Williams, Jr., 35, was sentenced Tuesday by Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge Maureen Clancy after pleading guilty May 9 to five counts in the ill-fated burglary spree in the wealthy East Side suburbs of Orange Village and Chagrin Falls.

Williams, whose criminal history includes multiple theft and robbery charges, set off on a Feb. 23 spree where he robbed the Sonoco gas station in Chagrin Falls with a fake gun. The clerk pulled out a real gun, and Williams came away without any cash.

When he came out of the Sunoco, Williams discovered that he had locked his keys in the Ford Escape SUV that he planned to use as a getaway vehicle.

Police say Jack Williams Jr. attempted to rob a gas station on Miles Road with an unloaded gun. That plan was foiled when the gas station clerk pulled out his own gun, loaded.

After smashing through the drivers side window, he continued on to a nearby subdivision where he rummaged through kitchens and living rooms of unsuspecting homeowners.

The broken glass on the SUV attracted some unwanted attention, and Orange Village quickly seized the vehicle.

With nowhere to store his loot, Williams stashed stolen televisions and laptops in the woods surrounding the homes.

He was eventually busted with little more than some spare change and stolen car keys in his pocket.

Williams told police he was low on cash.

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