Comments on: Convicted Ada Probation Officer Sentenced

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:19:23 +0000

It’s too bad that there are double standards in positions of authority. My brother and I recently made a probation officer site ourselves that teaches people, who are serious about becoming probation officers, how to go about doing so, and I am looking to get it some exposure [our new site is http://www.probationofficerinfo.com I don’t know if it would be suitable for you to place a link to our site on yours, but we would be happy to do the same for you and help each other out. Let me know if this seems like something you would be interested in doing and keep up the good work on your site. Thanks!

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:41:03 +0000

Mik, go to the court house and read the file….like I did….the media might have misrepresented it, that I don,t know about but I do know the deal was for 2 + 3 no mention of a suspended and 90 days in work release to be done at a time convient to him… the sentencing was sickening….

By: Mik

Mik — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:27:06 +0000

The “deal” has been misreported by the media, I believe. The “deal” is a cap on what the state can ask for. The defense can ask for less, and I’m sure that is what happened. The audio of the plea hearing and/or sentencing hearing will have the deal stated in court on the record. My guess is also that the prosecutor agreed to the probation. It’s the guy’s first felony and you can’t pay restitution in prison.

Judges ignore plea deals all the time. Sometimes they are more harsh, sometimes more lenient.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:54:01 +0000

You are right that’s what happened…. but not what the prosecutor and the defense had agreed on….read the file and look at the deal sheet in it. The judge decided to throw out the deal that had been agreed too that’s my point.
It’s still ridiculous to me that someone steals nearly 10k, has to payback 4500 and gets probation, if he had not been in LE he would be doing the 2+3 like was agreed to. This guy got as close to a free pass as he could have gotten.

By: Mik

Mik — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:29:20 +0000

Look at the second to the last entry on ISTARS. Order suspending sentence. The SENTENCE is the 2+3.

Sixth to last says 5 years of probation.

In Idaho you get probation if there is a suspended sentence, or a withheld judgment. He did not get the latter.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:59:18 +0000

the 2+3 wasnt suspended… I wasnt there either but I read the file.

By: Mik

Mik — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:59:34 +0000

I wasn’t there, but I’m guessing they agreed on 2+3 suspended for probation, probably five years long. A first non-violent felony typically ends up with probation.

“Should be”s don’t matter unless you want judges to be constrained by mandatory minimum sentences, and those are going to give prosecutors more power than they need.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:45:59 +0000

Im confused, he steals aprox 10K the prosecutor and defense agree on a 2+3 sentence he gets 90 days work release and has to pay back $4500 and you think thats a decent sentence? He was a member of LE he should be held to a higher standard.

By: Curt Sigler

Curt Sigler — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:37:11 +0000

REALLY? I see lots of people bitching about this Defendant and what this Judge did but nothing about the real crimes being committed according to this story. I have to assume it is correct and not the mad ravings of a defense attorney that was posted as a story. Private For-Profit Probation, and the County Attorney and Defense Attorney were conspiring to help this PRIVATE FOR PROFIT AGENCY for 3 years. So the County Attorney is now the Agent for the private Probation? I hate to tell you all this I would never have served one day in jail. Well I don’t steal but if I had this would have went a whole other way!

Disgusted so many people want to limit Juries and Judges but want to empower the Damn Criminals in the system. The day you take a Judges discretion out of sentencing is the day you get the world’s highest per capita in prison. OH WAIT WE ALREADY HOLD THAT TITLE OVER MINIMUM MANDATORY POT LAWS!!! AND NO VICTIMS!!!

Thank God in Heaven I don’t live in Idaho!

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:18:04 +0000

davis, no one is going to compile that info for you, as a concerned citizen it’s your responsibility to find those issues yourself. Not everone gets spoon fed.