Judge: “Why did you do that?”

A man who admitted he was under the influence of drugs pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Goodwill store near Seneca and setting fire to a trailer behind the building.  The crimes occurred August 11, 2020, and yesterday William Mark Mize met his fate in the Oconee General Sessions courtroom.  Judge Sprouse had one question for Mize:  Why did he do it?  And that’s when Mize told the court he did it because he was under a drug influence.  The judge accepted the prosecution’s recommendation that Mize serve four years in prison, after which he will have to face drug charges in Georgia.