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Springfield man strikes plea deal to resolve several cases in anticipation of being furloughed Report Vermont News Submitted a day ago Subscribe Created by Eric Francis WHITE RIVER JUNCTION - A 23-year-old Springfield man who has spent the past seven months in jail appeared in court again this past week and struck a plea deal to resolve all of his open cases in anticipation of being furloughed back into the community later this year. Advertisement: Content continues below... Advertise with DailyUV! Conrad Moore III pled guilty to a drunk driving incident and no contest to the theft of a purse in separate incidents that took place in Springfield last year as well as to violating the terms of his probation on four separate occasions over the past year-and-a-half following his original conviction in October of 2016 for misdemeanor heroin possession. A Vermont court had given Moore an entirely suspended 3-to-12 month sentence for that 2016 heroin conviction and then the following month a court in New Hampshire had given him an additional suspended two year sentence for possessing synthetic narcotics in their state. Conrad Moore III in court right after he was tased by Springfield police in June of 2017 Vermont authorities had agreed to supervise Moore’s probation terms on behalf of both states but, in an affidavit filed with the court in the summer of 2017 Probation Officer Eddie van Dijk noted that Moore had been transported to Springfield Hospital for an overdose that February and wrote “During Mr. Moore’s eight months on probation it appears that he has not stopped using heroin.” Moore was arrested again in June of last year following an early morning disturbance involving several people at an apartment building on Wall Street in Springfield. At the time police said they ended up zapping Moore with a taser after he allegedly refused to listen to their attempts to calm him and then struggled with officers who moved to take him into custody. Police said their subsequent search of Moore’s pockets turned up a large pocket knife and nine bags of heroin inside his wallet. “While Conrad was sitting in the cruiser he began to yell and scream again and was banging his head off the cruiser partition,” the affidavit said, adding that when “Conrad eventually calmed down” he agreed to take a breath test which showed a 0.151 percent blood alcohol level. The plea agreement struck this week dropped several of the charges that Moore had been facing in connection with that melee and instead saw him admit to using heroin and marijuana while he was on probation and to failing to abide by the terms of his court-ordered curfew while on probation. The agreement, which imposed a new 1-to-3 year sentence with credit for the seven months he has already served, clears the way for Moore to attend the Correction’s Department’s “Risk Reduction Program” and then get back out of jail under what is called “Pre-Approved Furlough.” Although probation and furlough are similar, furlough is considered much more restrictive because inmates can be returned directly to jail on any hint of a violation without first having to go back through a court hearing process. Judge Timothy Tomasi accepted the plea agreement, telling Moore “The court appreciates your taking responsibility for all this. Hopefully the risk reduction programming will allow you to address any underlying issues and furlough will give you the oversight to be successful.” Vermont News can be contacted at vermontnews802@gmail.com
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Great Job Judge Timothy Tomasi put him back in the public, his offense keep getting worse, I'm sure he is rehabilitated, slap his hand and put the public at risk again, Great Liberal Job Justice System.
ReplyDeleteCreate a local ordinance making it unlawful for landlords to rent to convicted felons, those with drug convictions, or domestic violence convictions. Fine the landlord $1,000 per month for each violation. That should pass constitutional muster, since the landlords are being fined, and not the criminals. We, as a society, restrict felons and abusers in a wide variety of ways, this only punishes those who allow them haven in our community.
ReplyDeleteI once worked for a treatment center that had a novel program. It was created by criminal psychologists Stanton Samenow and Samuel Yochelson. The patients were all convicted felons with substance abuse histories, who went through it as a condition of parole. When the program was nine months long, it had a 60% success rate. Have all convicted felons with drug histories go through this program while in prison. The recidivism rate without treatment is about 85%, so 60% success is nothing to sneeze at.
ReplyDeleteIt would be useful to know what programming Mr. Moore had during his recent prison stay. My guess is there was none. Why we don't work with people on their addictions while we have them as a literally captive audience is a mystery to me.
ReplyDeleteWill I agree that they need rehabilitation and some times it works and some times it does not. But I know for a fact that you have people in your "half Way Houses" that are using Heavy Drugs on a daily bases and hiding in your houses. Run them out if your truly running a Half Way House to Sober!
DeleteAs much as I hate to agree with Will Hunyer, on this one I do. Drug addicts need help. Not damnation. And some felons only get into trouble once. Never allowing them the chance to have a place to live is absolutely the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. There should be certain guidelines yes. But an absolute no? That's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI never said they couldn't have a place to live, it just won't be here. I worked in the criminal justice system to rehabilitate, and then reintegrate, criminals with drug problems. Without extensive, and EXPENSIVE treatment, the overwhelming majority re-offend almost immediately after release. The cost of our program was too much for the taxpayers; $4,000 per patient, per day, times 270 days in a private facility! By the time I got there, the program had been cut to 90 days, and had only a 20% success rate. The program was scrapped after I left. Most of the time, unfortunately, we just made better criminals out of them. The worst example I saw was a patient who relapsed, committed armed robbery, and was arrested and jailed within FORTY-FIVE MINUTES of release. I've been on the front lines of this one; criminals LOVE bleeding heart liberal suckers that are foolish enough to trust them. I say this not as a conservative, but as an old-school liberal who's had his eyes opened. That having been said, requiring felons and drug offenders to go through this program while in prison MIGHT be more cost-effective, and work better. I'd say it's worth a try, at least. In the mean time, let them live somewhere else!
DeleteI'm all for some rehabilitation while in jail as well, but when you get to second strike and third strike it's time to reassess how long it takes to rehabilitate them. My comment earlier was this guy knows he has 7 months, I'm sure he's just waiting for that first fix.
DeleteI like your honesty, we need more liberal/socialist to open their eyes to the cost to the tax payers for liberal and socialist programs, welcome.
"I say this not as a conservative, but as an old-school liberal who's had his eyes opened."
Don't get too excited, Roger. It's not a question of whether or not I think these programs have merit. Properly run, they do a lot of good. I was simply acknowledging some people's lack of desire to pay for them. I don't believe that simply dumping criminals and drug addicts back on the street, or in some halfway house does any good; most of them will relapse and return to a life of crime. My eyes were opened to the fact that many secular humanists on the left are a bit naive. Trusting criminals is not a good idea. It's not political, it's just a sad reality.
DeletePut them to work on a chain gang. Like I don't care if it rains or freezes as long as I have my.....
DeleteIn this photo of him does he have his feet up on the desk? Looks cocky if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteIf you've happen to be around felons that have done hard time, the less effeminate ones take on a saunter and thug manner. There's always someone bigger and meaner, looking for a butt bandit. Judging from recidivism rates, it must not be that bad, at least for liberals.
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