Post by Bender on Nov 19, 2009 16:09:49 GMT -5
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A judge said she wants to know why a man accused of raping a 67-year-old woman in October never served a two-year prison sentence stemming from a forgery conviction.
St. Joseph County court records show 24-year-old Anthony J. Frick, of South Bend, was ordered in January 2008 to spend two years in the state prison system and two years in community corrections in a forgery case. That would have put him under state supervision until at least 2010.
Frick instead was sent to a local work release center and discharged about five months later.
He was charged Oct. 30 with six felony counts, including rape, robbery, burglary and impersonating an officer. Frick has not entered an official plea in the case yet, so an automatic plea of not guilty has been entered for him, said defense attorney Philip Skodinski.
Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller told Frick during a court hearing Tuesday that she wouldn't consider his request for a lower bond until the previous sentence was sorted out. She scheduled a Dec. 9 hearing on the matter.
Frick's prison sentence followed his 2006 guilty plea to charges that he cashed a stolen check for $400. According to court records, he was assigned to a community corrections center, but violated terms of his sentence by testing positive for cocaine use in October 2007.
Miller later ordered that Frick be sent to the state prison system for violating probation.
Jail records indicate Frick was released from the jail in February 2008 and sent to a local work release center, St. Joseph County Police spokesman Sgt. Bill Redman said. Jail records do show that Frick was to serve two years in prison, Redman said. Redman said he did not know why Frick was sent instead to work release.
Skodinski said he wasn't sure why Frick was sent to work release instead of prison. But he said that even if he had gone to prison, Frick may have earned enough credit time to be released before October. He said officials were still trying to calculate exact credit time.
St. Joseph County court records show 24-year-old Anthony J. Frick, of South Bend, was ordered in January 2008 to spend two years in the state prison system and two years in community corrections in a forgery case. That would have put him under state supervision until at least 2010.
Frick instead was sent to a local work release center and discharged about five months later.
He was charged Oct. 30 with six felony counts, including rape, robbery, burglary and impersonating an officer. Frick has not entered an official plea in the case yet, so an automatic plea of not guilty has been entered for him, said defense attorney Philip Skodinski.
Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller told Frick during a court hearing Tuesday that she wouldn't consider his request for a lower bond until the previous sentence was sorted out. She scheduled a Dec. 9 hearing on the matter.
Frick's prison sentence followed his 2006 guilty plea to charges that he cashed a stolen check for $400. According to court records, he was assigned to a community corrections center, but violated terms of his sentence by testing positive for cocaine use in October 2007.
Miller later ordered that Frick be sent to the state prison system for violating probation.
Jail records indicate Frick was released from the jail in February 2008 and sent to a local work release center, St. Joseph County Police spokesman Sgt. Bill Redman said. Jail records do show that Frick was to serve two years in prison, Redman said. Redman said he did not know why Frick was sent instead to work release.
Skodinski said he wasn't sure why Frick was sent to work release instead of prison. But he said that even if he had gone to prison, Frick may have earned enough credit time to be released before October. He said officials were still trying to calculate exact credit time.