Convicted murderer sentenced for escape

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The sentencing has finally been completed regarding a convicted murderer's escape from the Mecosta County Jail.

Jonathan Good escaped Nov. 26, 2008 through a skylight. He was captured four days later in Romulus.

On Thursday, Good pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 23 to 48 months for the escape and 31 to 60 months for unlawfully driving away of an automobile.

Good was in the jail at the time of his escape for a crime spree involving him and four other people. They burglarized at least 10 businesses in Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Mecosta, Eaton, and Clinton counties.

The spree ended in March 2008. Authorities say the group went to a Morley home owned by Mike and Theresa Korpal, bound the owners with duct tape and threatened to kill them before stealing their van.

Three days later, the group went back to the same residence, shot up the home, hitting Theresa Korpal in a leg. Prosecutors said Good ordered the group to go back to the Korpals' home and kill them, trying to keep them from identifying members of the group from the first incident.

The group was later arrested. Good was convicted of more than two-dozen felony charges, including attempted murder and kidnapping.

He was sentenced in September of this year to 75 to 125 years for the attempted murders of the Korpals. He received a life sentence with the possibility of parole on two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. Good also was sentenced to 10 years each on seven felony firearm charges, and he must serve those 70 years before he can begin serving the sentences for attempted murder.

Good's criminal background includes a 1988 murder in which he was convicted of second-degree murder after shooting a man to death with a .22-caliber rifle to steal his pickup truck. He was released after serving his time.