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Byline: The Register-Guard

CORRECTION (ran June 13, 2007): Darren Davenport was sentenced Monday to prison after previously pleading guilty to four counts of first-degree burglary and one count of second-degree burglary. A news brief on Page E3 on Tuesday misstated the charges.

Springfield man given sentence for burglaries

A Springfield man was sentenced Monday to eight years, eight months in prison for his role in a string of burglaries last summer in Eugene.

Darren James Davenport, 23, previously pleaded guilty in Lane County Circuit Court to six counts of first-degree burglary, seven counts of first-degree theft, two counts of second-degree burglary and charges of first- and second-degree criminal mischief and third-degree theft, Lane County deputy district attorney Dave Montgomery said.

Davenport and his roommate, Randall Wayne Smith, 24, were arrested last year in connection with a rash of home and vehicle break-ins in Eugene. Smith was sentenced last week to eight years, four months in prison after pleading guilty to four felony burglary charges.

Automobile crash victim

remains hospitalized

A 26-year-old Culp Creek woman remained hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, a day after she was ejected from a car during a one-vehicle crash on Lower Brice Creek Road southeast of Cottage Grove.

Crystal Moyer was being treated Monday in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, hospital officials said.

Moyer was a passenger in a 1993 Honda Civic that slid off the roadway and struck a tree just after 4 p.m. Sunday. Two other passengers and the vehicle's driver, Lewis Pressley, 22, were not listed as patients at the hospital on Monday.

Sheriff's officials said that a preliminary investigation indicates that alcohol and speeding were factors in the crash. The incident remains under investigation, sheriff's Lt. Randy Smith said.