Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 18, 2007 14:18:23 GMT -5
01.18.2007 - NEWPORT - A former police officer and sheriff's deputy will spend the next 12 weeks in residential treatment after violating the terms of his probation for the fourth time in less than a year.
Despite those four violations and a recommendation from Sullivan County Attorney Marc Hathaway that he go to jail, Michael Yacono, 36, of Cornish, was given a 12 month suspended sentence at a hearing on Jan. 11 in the Sullivan County Superior Court, but only if he completes a treatment program in Boston, Mass. He was also given pretrial confinement credit of 114 days.
Yacono is a former Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputy who had worked for the department for about three years, according to Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Prozzo. He was dismissed by Prozzo in December 2005 and Prozzo said the circumstances surrounding his dismissal are confidential because they are a personnel matter.
Court documents show that Yacono's violations were related to alcohol use. After leaving the sheriff's department, he was hired to work part-time for the Charlestown Police Department when he was arrested for assaulting a man in Cornish on March 12, 2005.
After Yacono was sentenced on July 27, 2005, to 12 months in jail for the assault, Yacono's employment was terminated, according to Charlestown Police Chief Ed Smith.
Yacono did not serve the entire year and all of the sentence was suspended except for 21 days. He was placed on probation for one year and ordered not to consume any alcoholic beverages.
On Feb. 15, 2006, Cornish police officer Corey Stevens located Yacono at his home on Townhouse Road in Cornish where he had allegedly passed out from drinking. Yacono was taken to Valley Regional Hospital for treatment.
Yacono was found guilty of violating his probation on March 9, 2006, and was again sentenced to 12 months in jail. All of the jail time was suspended and he was again ordered not to drink. In addition, Yacono was ordered to comply with a sobriety plan and participate in any and all recommended treatment and counseling.
Within about two weeks, Yacono again violated his probation by allegedly consuming several beers and was arrested on March 27. He was given a suspended sentence of 60 days and placed on house arrest. Additional sentencing included attending 90 Alcoholic Anonymous meetings within 90 days and participating in a 28-day program at Friendship House--a residential treatment program.
Yacono's troubles continued when on April 12, 2006, two probation officers stopped to do a home inspection at his residence and discovered he had been drinking. He was arrested and held without bail until a court hearing on April 14.
At that time Yacono was found guilty of violating his probation and was sentenced again to 12 months in jail. He was given pretrial confinement credit of 24 days and was told he may enter the Veteran's Administration post-traumatic stress disorder/alcohol dependence treatment program.
On May 10 he was ordered to start the VA program on May 11 in Boston and again was ordered not to drink.
Cornish police located Yacono on Nov. 16 intoxicated and stumbling on the side of the road on Route 12A near the covered bridge, according to court documents. He was taken into protective custody and brought to the Claremont Police Department.
For the fourth time he violated his probation and was held at the house of corrections until his hearing on Jan. 11 when he received his latest sentence.
According to County Attorney Hathaway, Yacono is currently in treatment in Boston. A new hearing has not been scheduled.
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Despite those four violations and a recommendation from Sullivan County Attorney Marc Hathaway that he go to jail, Michael Yacono, 36, of Cornish, was given a 12 month suspended sentence at a hearing on Jan. 11 in the Sullivan County Superior Court, but only if he completes a treatment program in Boston, Mass. He was also given pretrial confinement credit of 114 days.
Yacono is a former Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputy who had worked for the department for about three years, according to Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Prozzo. He was dismissed by Prozzo in December 2005 and Prozzo said the circumstances surrounding his dismissal are confidential because they are a personnel matter.
Court documents show that Yacono's violations were related to alcohol use. After leaving the sheriff's department, he was hired to work part-time for the Charlestown Police Department when he was arrested for assaulting a man in Cornish on March 12, 2005.
After Yacono was sentenced on July 27, 2005, to 12 months in jail for the assault, Yacono's employment was terminated, according to Charlestown Police Chief Ed Smith.
Yacono did not serve the entire year and all of the sentence was suspended except for 21 days. He was placed on probation for one year and ordered not to consume any alcoholic beverages.
On Feb. 15, 2006, Cornish police officer Corey Stevens located Yacono at his home on Townhouse Road in Cornish where he had allegedly passed out from drinking. Yacono was taken to Valley Regional Hospital for treatment.
Yacono was found guilty of violating his probation on March 9, 2006, and was again sentenced to 12 months in jail. All of the jail time was suspended and he was again ordered not to drink. In addition, Yacono was ordered to comply with a sobriety plan and participate in any and all recommended treatment and counseling.
Within about two weeks, Yacono again violated his probation by allegedly consuming several beers and was arrested on March 27. He was given a suspended sentence of 60 days and placed on house arrest. Additional sentencing included attending 90 Alcoholic Anonymous meetings within 90 days and participating in a 28-day program at Friendship House--a residential treatment program.
Yacono's troubles continued when on April 12, 2006, two probation officers stopped to do a home inspection at his residence and discovered he had been drinking. He was arrested and held without bail until a court hearing on April 14.
At that time Yacono was found guilty of violating his probation and was sentenced again to 12 months in jail. He was given pretrial confinement credit of 24 days and was told he may enter the Veteran's Administration post-traumatic stress disorder/alcohol dependence treatment program.
On May 10 he was ordered to start the VA program on May 11 in Boston and again was ordered not to drink.
Cornish police located Yacono on Nov. 16 intoxicated and stumbling on the side of the road on Route 12A near the covered bridge, according to court documents. He was taken into protective custody and brought to the Claremont Police Department.
For the fourth time he violated his probation and was held at the house of corrections until his hearing on Jan. 11 when he received his latest sentence.
According to County Attorney Hathaway, Yacono is currently in treatment in Boston. A new hearing has not been scheduled.
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