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"Missing" Springfield man resurfaces in courtroom and is released on conditions Report Vermont News Submitted 6 hours ago Subscribe Created by Eric Francis WHITE RIVER JUNCTION - A Springfield man who was briefly the focus of a missing persons inquiry by police late last week appeared in court on Monday and then was subsequently released on pre-trial conditions. Advertisement: Content continues below... Want to see your ad here? Brandon Adams-Smith, 20, has been keeping a low profile in recent weeks while he lives at the home of a drug counselor and attends frequent substance abuse meetings in the Springfield area, his court-appointed public defender told a judge this week. Windsor County Deputy State’s Attorney Ward Goodenough told the same court that police got involved in looking for Adams-Smith because of a warrant that had been outstanding for Adams-Smith’s arrest after he failed to appear for arraignment in connection with the burglary of a jewelry store in Chester and because of rumors that had been circulating. “There were a number different theories as to where he had gone spread throughout the community, some of them involving a possible overdose he was believed to have suffered,” Goodenough explained to Judge Timothy Tomasi. “The defendant had cut off communication with a significant chunk of his family and deleted his Facebook account in an effort to avoid detection,” Goodenough continued. “Then on Saturday he did call the Springfield Police Department and told them he was alive and out of New England and didn’t want to have anything to do with this area. The Springfield Police Department didn’t believe much of that and they were able to locate him in Springfield and he was arrested.” Adams-Smith’s attorney, Robert Lees, and a family friend both described Adams-Smith as a young man who was struggling to get his life together for the sake of his five-month-old daughter who was in the courtroom with Adams-Smith’s fiancé and several of his friends and family members on Monday. Lees pointed out that, although Adams-Smith had just pleaded innocent to a felony count of burglary and an accompanying misdemeanor charge of unlawful mischief in connection with the April 12th break-in at Mountain Man Jewelers in Chester, the state was not seeking jail time in connection with that case “due to his honesty with the police.” Chester officers wrote in an affidavit filed with the court that they quickly located Adams-Smith that night and he allegedly confessed within minutes to having smashed the store’s front window with a hammer and grabbing a small display case filled with stud earrings “because he needed something to sell so he could buy heroin.” Judge Tomasi said from the bench that he was concerned about Adams-Smith’s alleged behavior but at the same time noted he was “willing to take a chance” because of the young man’s apparent efforts to engage in drug counseling and treatment. Adams-Smith was released on an unsecured appearance bond and a series of pre-trial conditions that include nighttime curfews and on-going participation in substance abuse group meetings. “I try to do three days a week and at least six meetings a week,” Adams-Smith assured the judge before he was allowed to leave the courtroom carrying his young daughter out the door.
The judicial system in this state is ridiculous! The catch and release program is doing nothing but proving to the people who break the law that accountability means nothing and they can do whatever with no repercussions.
ReplyDeleteI agree sociopaths and criminals like Adams-Smith have no respect for our judicial system. They are repeatedly unleashed to steal and breed at will with no ramifications. As disgusted as you maybe, odds are you still send the same liberals to Montpelier. Go ahead, ask Emmons or Forguites to lend influence. You'd be wasting your breath. They well know their electorate are selfish democrats concerned only with handouts. You have the government you deserve!
ReplyDeleteWho did Adams-Smith vote for? You conservatives always assume that every criminal is a liberal. My experience working in the criminal justice system showed me that most hardened criminals are inherently conservative. If he IS a Trump supporter, then the "liberals" are guilty of not protecting US from YOU, in this case. Since Trump has little respect for our judicial system either, I'd say he sets a pretty poor example, at the very least! Before you give me the inevitable raft of crap, remember, YOU WENT THERE!
DeleteNo insinuation was made towards Adams-Smith party affiliation. The point was, Vermont legislature's influence on incarceration does not prioritize community safety or create a deterrent.
DeleteThe point I'M making is that no matter what the issue, conservatives always always blame the liberal politicians, and their policies. Always politicizing everything! Well, if liberalism is the problem, maybe it's time we looked at the criminals. They're the ones that are committing the crimes, after all! Let's get to the root of the problem; maybe YOUR politics are to blame! If I'm wrong, I'll admit it. Will you? I used to believe those old stereotypes, until I studied Criminology, and worked for the DOC. I KNOW BETTER NOW!
DeleteSo 2:34, you studied criminology and worked for DOC....as what, a screw? Thank you mister/ misses EXPERT! So you want to look at the crimials, OK, let's do that. And we'll start with the most slimy liar Peter Strzok (sp?) testifying before the House yesterday. He should be tried for TREASON for what he and his mattress mate did in trying to subvert a President duly elected by the American public. If this was one of your favorite Socialist countries he'd be wearing a blindfold and standing with his back to a wall!
DeleteWow, you're really getting desperate, aren't you? Feeling Mueller's breath on your necks? You Trumpies have gone from irritating to hilarious! I used to see the same behavior from the criminals I COUNSELED; when your delusions are threatened, you always lose it! "Putting others on the defensive by degrading, quibbling over words, or using anger as a weapon" is a tactic criminals use to avoid accountability. "Diverting attention away from self by introducing irrelevant material" is another. You managed to use both! CONGRATULATIONS, you have the mind of a criminal! What does the Bible say: "As a man thinks, so he IS!"
DeleteNo Swampy, not a criminal. Heck, if I was a criminal you'd probably know me as you'd be defending my right to be back on the street peddling opioids to children. Your type sickens me and pollutes our State. Go slither back under the slimy rock from whence you came!
Delete7:58 you are part of the problem. your hokey pokey mumbo jumbo might trick some people but i call bs. you need these junkies and their spawn to fill your pockets. hcrs doesnt receive enough credit for the damage they do to our town. they use our community as their out patient mental hospital and rehab. they have will hunter and the community restoration corporation buying up houses and filling them with people who have no where else to go. just for a profit.
DeleteGive em a double shot. Be done with it.
ReplyDeleteCorinthians 9:23 "Anonymous 7:58 is a d-bag. So sayeth the Lord."
ReplyDeleteStopped at the park and ride off 91 yesterday. On the ground in a parking spot there was a diaper and a used needle. Sick, it is probably still there.
ReplyDeleteSee, that's where you idiots always get it wrong. I'm not a liberal; I personally believe in the death penalty for dope dealers. What I can't stand is how you always blame liberals for everything! You won't accept the fact that the actual criminals are more often conservative than liberal! Most of the dope dealers I have met considered themselves small businessmen being oppressed by Big Government! Your friends Big Pharma created this mess by preying on citizens foolish enough to trust quack doctors who overprescribe opioids to make money! I had one try to get me hooked on codeine; he was as conservative as the day is long! This is a REPUBLICAN PROBLEM! Of course, you choose the wingnut populist route; having no education yourselves, you bash those who do! Typical! I've known HUNDREDS of people just like you; you're grandiose, delusional, and have low self-esteem. You view yourselves as victims. You view everyone and everything around you as objects to possess and control. Read "Inside the Criminal Mind" by Dr. Stanton Samenow. (I know it's way above your education, but try!) Then look in the mirror, if you can stand it!
ReplyDelete"What I can't stand is how you always blame liberals for everything!"
ReplyDeleteSays the person who blames conservatives for every perceived problem in America. Oh, and speaking of "grandiose" and "delusional," where do you get off with your imagined ability to analyze everyone who dares to have a different opinion than you?
It's not imagined. I have the credentials AND the experience. The fact that you refuse to acknowledge education and experience speaks volumes. It's not a matter of opinion, either; it's objective reality, as opposed to your "alternative" one! Besides, you guys are so simple-minded that a reasonably intelligent 12-year-old could figure you out!
DeleteI never discount education and experience when they are a proven commodity, but CLAIMING you have both with no tangible evidence of either proves nothing.
DeleteJust what "tangible evidence" would you require? A copy of my college transcripts, maybe my employment records? FAT CHANCE! I'll leave it to those reading this blog. Who responds with clear, concise, rational arguments, proper spelling and grammar; and who responds with poorly crafted, easily disprovable statements, and cheap insults. That's who I'm really talking to, anyway; the people who can tell the difference between truth and lies. I know YOU'LL never accept the truth!
Deleteblah blah blah. look at me and all my titles said the delusional baby boomer.
DeleteThis might not fit in but you gotta love the Trump Baby Balloon they presented him over in the UK.
ReplyDeleteDon't even bother with him 1:22. Let's just concentrate on supporting our President as he Makes America Great Again! 11:06 can go on defending the dopers and chasing ambulances. Talk about low self esteem!!!
ReplyDeleteMAGA for WHO ??? What he is good at is pissing off the rest of the WORLD. Are we suppose to be a country that hides in a closet with the door shut.
Delete"Man I had a dreadful flight (that be London)
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R"
This shouldn't be difficult for a "genius" like you to understand. Whether you agree with it or not, there are many who believe President Trump is making America great again. You don't have to accept it but that doesn't change the opinion of those who do.
DeleteWell 443, Dorothy and Toto got back to Kansas by Believing. So what do you Believe you are getting?
Delete4:43, you are actually right, for once. My IQ is above 140! By the way, statements such as "there are many" are also a tactic criminals use to avoid accountability: "Deliberately vague!" Seriously, read Stanton Samenow's book before you argue with me, you'll be much better off!
DeleteIf I had to guess, 5:29 lives in his mom's basement watching free porn all day and hoping his mom's phone rings giving him another cheap lawyer attempt to release violent dope dealers out onto our streets again......you should be SO PROUD of yourself 5:29! LOSER!
ReplyDeleteI refer the readers to my 5:22 post.....
DeleteYour 5:22 post? You mean the one with run-on sentences punctuated by improper use of commas and semi-colons? Is that the post you're referring to? DOPE!!!
DeleteThere you go with your criminal tactics again! "Making big scenes over minor points" is another one! You just can't help proving my point, can you?
DeleteThe Queen should have said "Off with his head"
ReplyDeleteYou don't Maga by being a rude pompous a hole.
DeleteSurprised you're awake this early there Swampy. What, mommy call you up from the basement to make breakfast for you?
ReplyDeleteNope, I slept in today. Those are different posters! You DO realize you're the only one defending Trump at this point, don't you? Well, time to make breakfast; I think I'll have roasted Trumpies! It's my favorite morning treat!
DeleteQueen had tea and trumpits.
DeleteAnonymous 9:44... Trump does not need defending he is doing a great job Making America Great Again!
DeleteSome of our allies need a little poke in the eye once in a while, we know our former President never stood up to them, Red Line, what Red Line cross it and we will move it, no worries, it's good to have a POTUS with a back bone standing up for us once. MAGA!
No, Roger, Trump doesn't need defending. AMERICA needs defending. Sadly, Trump is too busy kissing Putin's a$$ to do it! John Brennan called his sickening performance this morning "treasonous!" I heartily agree! I guess the only remaining question is: "Are you an American, or are you a Trump supporter?" There are no other options left!
DeleteObviously there are many Americans that are Trump Supporters, that is how he got elected, and that is why he has been overseas trying to repair the damage done on the apologies tour from our previous president, "Look Vladimir I can do so much more for you are the re-election"
DeleteJohn Brennan needs his past looked at as well...
DeleteI'd take Brennan's word over Putin's. I'd even take Dan Coats' word over Putin's. Trump doesn't seem to trust, or even like, anyone BUT Putin. Standing next to a hostile foreign leader, on foreign soil, Trump chose to believe our #1 enemy instead of the dedicated, patriotic Americans who risk their lives every day, FOR US! Why did he do that, Roger? Why do you defend him for doing it? Tell us; how is insulting our allies while sucking up to Russia making America great?
DeleteAll of a sudden russia is our number 1 enemy again. Pssh I thought that foreign policy view was over in the 80's.
DeleteYou thought wrong, 10:02. All of a sudden? Have you been living in a cave for the last two decades?
Deleteits so funny listening to you democrats. so some emails were hacked and it showed the world how nasty the dnc is. i dont care where the info came from that showed their true colors. intolerant nasty racists at the highest levels.
Delete6:18 I agree, the best policy is to keep your friends close and your enemies even closer, Trump is making head way over seas by meeting and talking, when is the last time you saw a missile fly from N Korea, giving them a little legitimacy has gone a long way, but I can assure you the first time one of them heads our way Trump will annihilate them, so the alternative of standing at the podium letting the little man from Russia speak goes a long way to tame him. He probably did hack the DNC, probably tried the RNC as well, and the smarter group had their server more secure, just like I feel with Trump in charge a smarter man at the top!
DeleteYeah, Trump is good at keeping our enemies close, alright. It's our friends he has a problem with!
Deleteyou are correct so far he has visited with the Philippines, Vietnam, China, S Korea twice, Japan, France, Germany, Poland, Italy twice, Belgium twice, Rome, Palestine National Authority in Bethlehem, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Canada, Singapore, UK, Finland, the APEC, G7, G20 and NATO all Friendly's plus trying to pull in our foes, N Korean and Russia looking out for all friends and foes... while there he was promoting America First not Apologizing...
Delete9:44, tsk, tsk, tsk.....still haven't figured out proper usage of the semi-colon have you? DOPE!!!
ReplyDelete645 look down and find the missing colon.
DeleteWOW, this sure got out of hand! *shakes head*
ReplyDeleteI don't particularly care how Mr. Adams-Smith votes; the fact of the matter is he broke into a store to feed his drug habit and then lied to the police about his whereabouts. It is amazing to me that our court system would allow some one like him to simply be "released with conditions". Since it does not appear that he was even required to wear an ankle bracelet, I'm not sure how the law enforcement community is going to monitor him. Our courts are no longer highly regarded by anyone, including the criminals that appear before them.
ReplyDeleteThe posters on this site, turn everything into politics, they are mostly Trump haters. But speaking of that, maybe the outstanding pick for the Supreme Court will make some difference.
DeleteBut in short, I agree, unless the court system is strengthened and we hold tight to our laws and the Constitution, these liberal judges in Vermont will continue to slap their hands and let them go. And no in the this case "liberal" does is not implied to be a Democrat, but most are in Vermont.
After selling dope to juveniles under 18 and being 'released with conditions', the misunderstood youth went out and murdered a police officer in Weymouth, MA this past weekend. About says it all to me.
DeleteHey Roger, you seem to be in tune to the GOP. Question, what do you wear to a Communist Party?
DeleteA John Brennan mask? Biggest Communist of them all!
DeleteWhat do I win Swampy???
You win a free, one-way trip to Russia. I find it curious that you crack Communist jokes while your President grovels at the feet of the former head of the KGB. Maybe you're too young to remember when I, and thousands like me, donned this nation's uniform, and stood ready to kill or die fighting him. Then again, maybe your just a gutless punk who'd rather kiss Putin's ass, like Trump!
DeleteA colonoscopy. You can have it done together with 645.
DeleteOh 9:05 what a fool you expose yourself to be. When I got out of college in the early 80's. No jobs, unemployment 14%, interest rates for houses 18%.....I signed into intelligence agency for Uncle Sam.....stationed in the Darien in Panama tracking FARC forces through the rainforest for 11 months....where even the local indigenous said a man could not last a week in the Darien! So go look up the FARC or Darien clown boy before you call me a gutless punk or question my service a-hole.
DeleteSo, you were tracking FARC rebels in the 80's? Donald Trump was laundering money for them through his Panama hotel! He pissed all over your service, just like he's pissing all over the intel community today! Who's the fool?
DeleteThe FARC were Columbians dopey, who would shelter, re-supply and train in Panama's Darien rainforest. We were grouped with small COLUMBIAN military units, sans any uniform/equipment insignia which would identify them as such. So you better brush up on your geopolitical facts before throwing out fictitious Trump Panamanian hotel BS there Swampy.
DeleteSorry, Trumpie, there has already been one fraud conviction in the U.S. regarding this property. Not only did Trump's hotel in Panama launder drug money for FARC, apparently it laundered money for the Russian Mob, too! It just gets worse and worse. I'm sure Mueller has all the facts, and it's only a matter of time. I'll bet that's why Trump never released his tax returns! Another thing, the more you talk about FARC, and your involvement with our intel agencies in Latin America, the less believable you sound. I sincerely hope you're not just making this up!
DeleteAnonymous Roger,
ReplyDeleteYou are no Patriot, self proclaimed or by others, you are "fake". Your posts are always disparaging towards others... standing up for a conservative movement that is full of whack jobs. I glean from your posts that you grew up poor and were pick on by others and now hate any associations with the poor and struggling. Again, you are a fake and a hater of your own background.
Don't quit your day job to become a psychologist because you would end up poor, you have no clue about me.
DeleteIt never fails. The first few comments on any given article are related to the content of the article but before long, it turns into a litany of insults and personal attacks -- completely unrelated to the article -- against people you don't even know.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the politics, 8:42. I guess that's just the world we live in! I do believe it's possible to know someone by the words they use, unless they're lying! I must say, though, that it's usually the conservatives who start.....was that an insult, or an attack?
DeleteYes there have been realistic ideas, make it tougher on them while in jail, chain gangs, work crews, some sort of deterrent to turn their lives around, it's not a deterrent to know you will just get you hand slapped and watch cable for 30-60 days and go home to get a welfare check.
ReplyDeleteTwo things wrong with that, Roger. One, even if we can legally make their lives more miserable behind bars, they'll still be there. That still means more jails, and all the expenses that go with incarceration, at least in the short term. That MIGHT make some of them think twice, but probably not many. Two, if you are a convicted felon, you no longer qualify for welfare benefits. Most males don't get much anyway, they usually shack up with a single mom on welfare. Work crews of some type might solve the immediate prison expenditure problem, but they also take jobs away from honest citizens. It's a tough one, to be sure. The only "solution" that I can see is habitual offenders receiving life sentences; maybe the death penalty for repeat violent offenders. One way or another, it will be more expensive.
DeleteI don't disagree with those thoughts and points at all, something does have to be done, and yes chain gains etc do cost money, puts them in the public light to see, maybe shame to not want to go back.
ReplyDeleteI also am not opposed to the death penalty, not liberally used, the punishment should fit the crime.