Case Study: Curfew Exception

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At the time of the offense, Dennis was not on probation supervision; however, on October 4, 2016, he was ordered to complete community service for a curfew violation he was found guilty of in the Portsmouth Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. His case was being monitored by the Third District Court Service Unit.

According to the above petitions filed on 11/01/16, Suffolk Police Detective J. L. Williams reported the following took place in the city of Suffolk. “On 10/29/16, at 5:47 p.m. the victim, Thrower was in her bedroom when she heard a noise at her bedroom window, and she saw her window screen ripped off. She then heard a noise at her dining room window and in the room. Victim Thrower yelled at the subject and he fled out
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The offenses were taken under advisement and he was placed on supervised probation. The court also ordered him to complete a Virginia Independent Clinical Assessment Program (VICAP) and follow all recommendations. The court further required him to comply with the following conditions: have no hostile contact with the victim, participate in services with Family Preservation, complete anger management, receive medication management, and he was ordered placed at the Westhaven Boys’ Home until a review on August 20, 2015. Dennis was released from the group home at the review; he was ordered to comply with previous imposed conditions, and a review was set for February 11, …show more content…
He also continued to reoffend, and failed to respond favorably to graduated sanctions. The sanctions ranged from verbal house arrest to electronic monitoring. Two violations of probation were filed due to his ongoing non-compliance in the home, out-of-school suspensions, failure to comply with sanctions, failure to comply with court ordered services, and delinquent behavior in the community. Additional defiant behaviors reported were his failure to attend school as required, inability to respect boundaries and limits in the home, adhere to his assigned curfew, and comply with electronic monitoring/house arrest. His first violation was filed on October 27, 2015, and the second was filed on March 24, 2016. He was found guilty of the violations of probation on November 19, 2015, and April 4, 2016. He was ordered to comply with previous imposed conditions and ordered to serve time in detention.

During much of his supervision he was placed either in the Westhaven Boys’ Home or the Chesapeake Juvenile Services detention center. He was placed at the Westhaven Boys Home on four separate occasions as part of his dispositions or due to incurring new charges. He left the facility without permission with his whereabouts being unknown. On one occasion, while an absconder, he was arrested a day later on a new offense. Additionally, he had issues with respecting the rules of the program, and

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