Real-life Perry Mason pleads guilty to $110K jewelry theft

Perry Mason of Hardwick, Vermont - not to be confused with the fictional television criminal defense lawyer played by Raymond Burr - pleaded guilty Thursday to breaking into a Greensboro jewelry store in 2014 and stealing $110,000 worth of items. The Caledonian Record reports the 48-year-old Mason received a sentence of two to 30 years, most of it suspended.