Longtime Montgomery County thief gets 36.5 years in prison

A 44-year-old career criminal who tried to buy a Play Station 3 and a $839 television with a stolen credit card in Montgomery County could be spending the rest of his life in prison.

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has upheld a sentence of 36.5 years for James Lewis Clark, who the court described as a “lifelong thief and self-confessed heroin addict.”