Steven Hood (Rochester Police photo)

DOVER - The Milton man and final suspect in a 2016 New Durham burglary spree was sentenced to two and a half to five years in state prison on Wednesday in Strafford County Superior Court.

Steven Hood, 29, formerly of 492 White Mountain Hwy, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Steven M. Houran to two counts of felony burglary; both 2-5 year sentences will run concurrently.

The charges against all four suspects were approved for trial by a November 2016 grand jury, and Hood's case appeared headed to the lone trial among the four till November where he filed a notice to plead guilty.

From left, Anthony Hood, Steven Hood and Rachelle Kimball (Rochester Police photos); John LaFlesh (Somersworth Police photo)

Others involved in the case included John LaFlesh of Lebanon, Maine, who was sentenced to at least two and a half years in January 2018; Steven Hood's brother, Anthony Hood, a transient with ties to Milton who also pleaded guilty last January and got two to four years in prison; and Rachelle Kimball, of Pebblestone Lane, Rochester, who reached a plea deal in February 2017.

Steven Hood, who got credited for 314 days of pretrial confinement, was remanded immediately back to Strafford County jail where he will await transfer to a New Hampshire State Prison facility.

Most of the burglaries took place in August 2016 in the area of Meaderboro Road and Ten Rod Road.

"They were pretty well organized and had been doing it for a while in the area," New Durham Police Chief Shawn Bernier said soon after the four were indicted.

Bernier said a big break in the case came after one of the homeowners provided surveillance video of the suspects in action, while another break occurred after officers came upon two men who were later developed as suspects allegedly acting as lookouts for the others.

Court documents allege that Kimball, in concert with the Hood brothers and LaFlesh, did at least one of the following: agreed to drive to the area of Ten Road Road, New Durham, acted as a lookout, had a false story prepared if someone was home at the residence; and that then LaFlesh and Steven Hood entered the residence; and that LaFlesh and Steven Hood took items from the house.

Bernier said most of the houses were unoccupied at the time of the alleged burglaries, but not all.

Some of the items stolen included laptops, silver coins, cash and electronics, Bernier said, adding that one residence that apparently yielded little in the way of loot was completely trashed with holes put in the walls and broken glass everywhere.

After a monthlong probe, police were able to develop enough evidence to obtain arrest warrants on the four suspects.