The man awaiting trial for the death of the MP was sentenced to 20 years in prison for theft in NKY

FORT MITCHELL, Ky. (WKRC) – A man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy in Kentucky received the maximum sentence for a separate crime committed just days before the deadly incident.

A judge sentenced Steven Sheangshang to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to burglary and persistent felonies, the Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said. Sheangshang was accused of stealing a portable generator from a home on Fortside Drive in May last year.

Just five days after the burglary, Scott County Deputy Caleb Conley was shot and killed during a traffic stop on I-75, just outside Lexington. Investigators said Sheangshang walked away after shooting the deputy, then shot another man and stole his vehicle.

After Sheangshang’s arrest for the sheriff’s deputy’s death, investigators identified him as the same person caught on surveillance footage stealing the generator.

Sheangshang is currently awaiting trial in connection with Deputy Conley’s death, and his attorneys recently requested that the case be moved out of Scott County.