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State's attorney wants life sentence against grand larceny defendant |
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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
By STEVE BLAKE
Express Staff Writer
These reports are taken from public files at the Orleans County District Court on Main Street in Newport, or other courts. All persons are innocent until proven guilty. The legal limit for drivers over 21 is .08 percent alcohol. The legal limit for drivers under 21 is 0.
Orleans County State's Attorney Keith Flynn wants to seek a life term on a Burlington man accused of grand larceny.
Danny Savo, 45 pled innocent to the charge Thursday in Orleans District Court after being arrested on a warrant. He was held at the Northern State Correctional Facility without bail.
Flynn wrote in a communication to the court that he wants to seek an enhanced penalty because Savo has nine prior felony convictions, including two for escape, three for breaking and entering, and one each for grand larceny, possession of stolen property, burglary, and retail theft.
Savo and another man were seen taking wire from a construction site in Newport on April 20, says an affidavit from Newport Patrolman Aaron Lefebvre. The men said they had permission to take wire from the Verizon building in Derby.
The manager of the Verizon building, however, told the patrolman that no one would have given them permission to take $2,876 worth of wire, the affidavit says. The manager said other inventory was also missing.
Police finally caught up with a man who had disappeared from the supervision of the Department of Probation and Parole for more than three years.
Robert Sykes, 52, whose address is listed as East Charleston, was arrested Wednesday night. He pled innocent Thursday to a felony escape charge and was held on $25,000 cash bail or surety bond.
Sykes had been under the department's field supervision when he was last seen at his home on Sept. 11, 2003, Community Corrections Officer Scott Martin's affidavit says. He was on re-entry status with the condition of a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew when he vanished.
Sykes' record goes back to 1972 when he was convicted of rape, court documents show. He also has five convictions for escape in 1972, 1981, 1992, 1994, and 2001. Other convictions include possession of regulated drugs and driving with a suspended license in 1981.
If he makes bail on the latest charge Sykes must abide by a 24-hour curfew and submit to an alchosensor test when ordered by a law enforcement officer.
A man caught trying to throw tobacco over the wall at the Northern State Correctional Facility on Oct. 7 was sentenced Wednesday to 30 to 45 days. Daniel Matis, 26, of Colchester was given credit for time served. He was held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.
Matis tried to throw two rolled bundles of tobacco over the prison wall to his brother, Newport Patrolman Ken Richardson wrote in an affidavit.
A Newport man was given a total sentence Wednesday of six to 24 months to serve after he changed his plea to guilty to charges of violating an abuse prevention order and driving with a suspended license.
Richard Bresky, 45, also had his probation revoked.
Judge Edward Cashman ordered him to serve his underlying suspended sentences, handed down in November, of six to 18 months for driving under the influence and six to 12 months for simple assault.
Bresky had been drinking on June 19 when he went to court for an arraignment for violating his probation, Shelia Martin, his probation officer wrote in an affidavit. A breath test showed a blood alcohol content of 0.177 percent. He had failed to report to the probation officer, he had not engaged in substance abuse counseling, and he had not been paying toward his fine on the November convictions, the affidavit says.
Bresky drove by his ex-girlfriend's home on June 1, 2006 and gave her the finger, State Police Corporal Paul Mosher's affidavit says. His license had been suspended and the woman had a restraining order on him.
Judge Christina Reiss fined Robert Palov, 63, of Pierrefonds, Quebec $400 and tacked on an additional $246 in surcharges after he pled guilty by waiver to driving under the influence.
According to State Trooper Christian Hunt's affidavit, a dispatcher reported that a black Mercedes had backed into a parked car at the Price Chopper parking lot in Derby on June 1.
While the trooper interviewed a witness he called the Canadian Customs and asked agents to look for the car. The State Police dispatcher called back later and said the car was at the U.S. Customs in Derby Line, the affidavit says.
At the U.S. Customs, Palov told the trooper that he was made aware of the situation at the Canadian Customs, and returned to the U.S. to clear it up. He denied backing into a car. The affidavit says the trooper noticed minor scratches on the Mercedes consistent with the damage on the victim's car in the parking lot.
Customs Agent Blaise told the trooper that she smelled alcohol on Palov's breath when he approached the Customs station. He said he had some wine at a restaurant. His blood alcohol content two hours after the incident was 0.14 percent, according to the affidavit.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 July 2007 )
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