LSA senior Stephen Warrington was sentenced this week to pay a minimum of $500 monthly and serve five years of probation for breaking and entering and using a computer to commit a crime, both felonies.

Warrington, who had no previous convictions or arrests, was arrested after he was caught selling a stolen satellite global positioning system on the popular Internet auction site, eBay. Washtenaw County Sherriff"s detectives also found he had stolen computers, digital video cameras and tools, which he also auctioned on eBay. He primarily targeted computers and items which were easy to ship.

Washtenaw County Sheriff"s Detective Ron Blackwell said one of the break-ins was in the ballpark of $100,000, causing a serious disruption in day-to-day life for several business owners.

"Aside from material things, there were people who were personally affected. In property crime, no one gets permanently hurt but people"s lives were seriously disrupted," Blackwell said.

Warrington put some owners out of business and also affected production costs. Synergy Software Consulting of Pittsfield Township was not insured and the owner lost all income because of some stolen servers, Blackwell said.

"When someone took his data and information, it cost him a lot of grief," Blackwell said. "If they can get the computers back they can recover the lost data."

Blackwell has a list of all the items Warrington sold on the auction site but will not be able to return each item.

"There are some items I"m going to attempt to locate," he said. "But it"s a three-page list it would take a year."

Warrington faced one count of breaking and entering, one count of concealing and stealing property worth more than $20,000 and one count of using a computer to commit a crime all 10-year felonies, but Blackwell said Warrington was "enlightened" and a had different take on his actions during the investigation.

"He was somewhat remorseful," he said. "He claimed he needed the money for expenses."

University spokeswoman Julie Peterson said the Family and Educational Right to Privacy Act of 1974 prohibits the University from making an official statement on whether Warrington could face charges under the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Students can also face sanctions under the former Code of Student Conduct after violating state or federal law.