Springfield man admits to grand larceny

A Springfield man pleaded guilty this week to breaking into his father's locked bedroom and stealing $1,200 from a safe.
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Published November 29, 2014 in the Rutland Herald Springfield man admits to grand larceny By ERIC FRANCIS CORRESPONDENT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Springfield man pleaded guilty this week to breaking into his father’s locked bedroom and stealing $1,200 from a safe. “I can’t really put it in words how bad I feel,” Kevin Morin, 20, said as he apologized to his father during a hearing at White River Junction criminal court. Morin pleaded guilty to a felony count of grand larceny and was sentenced to serve 10 days to two years as part of a plea agreement. The agreement also revoked his probation from a deferred sentence for passing prescription pills to a girlfriend when he was a teenager. Springfield Police Officer Jeremy Fitzgibbons wrote in his report that Wilfred Morin returned home from vacation in mid-September to find that his son had hosted a party at his home. The locked door to his bedroom had been forced open, the safe was open and about $1,200 was missing, the older Morin told police. Wilfrid Morin said the logical suspect was his son since he knew where the combination was kept. “Wilfrid advised that he wanted Kevin charged and also that Kevin had told him that (he felt) that he deserved to go to jail,” Fitzgibbons wrote. The officer said Kevin Morin tearfully admitted to him that he’d taken the cash and “blown it on partying” with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. “I feel like a complete (expletive) for hurting the only one who has been there for me,” Morin wrote in a confession given to police. “I want help in making myself a better person. I’m not sure what I need but I do know I need help.” During Tuesday’s hearing Wilfrid Morin told Judge Karen Carroll that he has largely forgiven his son and visited him in jail in recent weeks. “I raised Kevin from a baby by myself,” Morin said. “He always saw me go to work every day and he was raised with a good work ethic. I know this, there is a good kid in there ...” Deputy State’s Attorney David Cahill said he welcomed the older Morin’s remarks but said he also felt the state could not overlook the fact that the recent theft occurred while Kevin Morin was already on probation for two felony convictions involving drugs. Carroll told Morin he was fortunate to have his father’s support. “Not a lot of people who are standing where you are have that, so take advantage of that,” the judge said. rs.