Double life costs woman time in jail

A woman living a double life will be living some of that life behind bars after entering a guilty plea to a string of burglaries she committed to help fund her false identity.

The defendant, Nickey R. Davidson, 26, entered a guilty plea to charges of aggravated burglary and theft and was ordered by Circuit Court Judge Larry Stanley to serve 240 days of an eight-year sentence, with the balance to be spent on the community corrections program. She must also make restitution to her victims.

Davidson was collared late last year for a string of three burglaries lawmen say she committed by herself. Specifically, lawmen said Davidson would break into homes in the Morrison-Smartt Station area and steal items which the residents would not readily realize were missing.

In one case Davidson broke into a home and stole checks from the back of a checkbook, and then, once going undetected, returned to the same house and stole more checks. In another case, Davidson passed up jewelry in plain view in a home and took jewelry which had been hidden, thinking it would take the resident longer to realize they had been victimized.

The entire burglary spree, lawmen say, was brought about by Davidson’s need for extra income fueled by her false story to her new boyfriend that she was a nurse at a local hospital. Davidson reportedly stole the items to provide the extra income to back up her story of having a good job.

The woman was able to steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of items in her break-ins before getting caught. In addition to lying to her boyfriend about the source of her money, she also failed to tell him she was still married to another man.