Nearly a year to the day of the crime occurring, a Hopkinsville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a home invasion on Glass Avenue.
19-year-old Korey Zivotin was given the sentence on the second-degree robbery charge Wednesday morning in Christian County Circuit Court by Judge John Atkins.
Zivotin was already on probation on an unrelated felony assault charge with Judge Atkins tacking on an additional 10 years for a total of 20 years behind bars.
Zivotin’s attorney Jason Holland asked the court for probation saying an addiction to drugs led to his client’s predicament.
click to download audioWhile Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Bolen said Zivotin was remorseful and took responsibility for his actions, she said she still posed a threat to the community.
click to download audioJudge Atkins said didn’t feel any rehabilitative efforts were working for Zivotin and denied probation before handing down the jail sentence.
click to download audioZivotin was already in the court system as one of six people charged in a robbery and murder on Bethel Street in January 2019. Zivotin was a juvenile at the time but was charged as an adult in the case.
He pled guilty to a charge of second-degree assault after he and several co-defendants were charged in the fatal shooting of Coryvan Thomas. Zivotin entered the guilty plea in March 2020 and received a five-year prison term that was shock probated by the court.
Zivotin, along with Isaiah Campbell, Marshall Austin II, Michael Sims, and Ajaizion Johnson were each charged with robbery in connection to the June 16, 2021 home invasion at the home of 72-year-old Charles “Birddog” Paige. Police said one of the suspects exchanged gunfire with Page during the robbery. No one was injured in the shooting and the suspects fled the area before police arrived.
Austin was on probation on a trafficking in meth charge after previously receiving a seven-year sentence in Christian County Circuit Court. He is expected back in court on the home invasion charge in September.
Campbell entered an Alford plea to a second-degree robbery charge in February.
Johnson and Sims have a jury trial in the case set for October 30.
