Limestone judge gives man 75 years for crime spree

Published 10:49 am Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Casey Cole White, the man who committed a two-state crime spree in December 2015, has been sentenced to 75 years in state prison on charges of attempted murder and two counts of first-degree kidnapping.

A Limestone County jury in February found White, 35, guilty on nine charges, including trying to kill his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping her two roommates. Other charges included first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, breaking and entering a vehicle, animal cruelty for shooting a dog and attempting to elude.

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He will serve sentences on the remaining six charges and the 75-year sentence at the same time.

Limestone County Circuit Judge Robert Baker sentenced White on the charges during a 9 a.m. hearing Tuesday in Athens.

Limestone County District Attorney Brian Jones said after the sentencing hearing he expects White to serve about 85 percent of the sentence, or about 60 years, before he is paroled. He said he was not surprised by the stiff sentence.

“It was a violent offense with a weapon, and he had a prior crime of felony domestic violence,” Jones said.

Jones said he was “very pleased” with the sentence.

“We hope this makes it very clear that Limestone County is not going to tolerate this kind of behavior,” the district attorney said. “Mr. White expressed one regret after this two-state rampage of terror: that he didn’t kill the victim.”

White had gone to his former girlfriend’s home and fired multiple shots at her but missed. He successfully shot the dog on his way out of the house.

Investigator Leslie Ramsey testified during White’s trial that during her interview of White, she asked if he had any regrets. She said White told her his only regret was not killing his ex-girlfriend.

During sentencing today, Baker referred to the statement White made to Ramsey, noting it gave him the chills. Baker told White that while he conducted himself like a gentleman in the courtroom at all times, he committed a crime spree “like we haven’t seen in this county for a while.”

Baker said the spree could have ended differently had White not missed the people at whom he was firing.

White will be sent to Tennessee to face trial on charges of attempted murder and two counts of attempted car jacking related to the same crime spree. Any sentencing in Tennessee will be served after White’s sentence in Alabama is served.

White’s attorney, Dan Totten, did not make a request for leniency during the sentencing hearing.