Montpelier man sent on rider for aggravated battery

PARIS — A man who pleaded blameworthy to an amended complaint for an alleged 2023 intersexual artillery has been sent connected a rider.

Adrian Harley Salerno, 27, was initially charged pinch rape but pleaded blameworthy to a felony for aggravated artillery arsenic portion of a plea statement pinch nan Bear Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.

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At a proceeding Thursday morning, District Judge Cody Brower sentenced Salerno to a rider pinch an underlying situation condemnation of 5 to 11 years.

A rider programme is wherever a judge sends a personification to situation for up to a twelvemonth to acquisition different curen programs. When nan inmate has completed nan program, nan judge tin past determine to nonstop them backmost to situation for their condemnation aliases merchandise them connected probation.

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During nan hearing, Brower explained to Salerno that he considered denying nan plea woody and its proposal of a rider complete “great concerns” for nan protection of nan community. In nan end, though, nan judge told Salerno that his estimation arsenic a rule-follower astatine Caribou County Jail and willingness to abide by regulations put distant by nan tribunal and by his defense lawyer aided successful Brower’s determination to assistance nan recommended penalty.

“Mr. Salerno, I induce you to proceed your reflection,” Brower told Salerno. “… There’s a unfortunate that deserves immoderate peace, and who deserves immoderate recognition. And that’s thing that you tin return a portion successful giving her — done your accountability.

The unfortunate was not coming for nan proceeding and did not supply prosecuting lawyer Adam McKenzie pinch a written statement.

Salerno was charged successful October for nan Aug. 22 intersexual assault.

The unfortunate told constabulary that she fell dormant connected a sofa astatine a friend’s location and woke successful nan mediate of nan nighttime to find Salerno sexually assaulting her. She said she yelled and Salerno ran away.

A warrant was issued for Salerno’s apprehension and he was placed nether apprehension pursuing a high-speed pursuit aft which he was charged pinch nan rape arsenic good arsenic eluding an serviceman and 3 counts of burglary.

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During Thursday’s hearing, Brower addressed a psychosexual information and pre-sentence investigation which, according to nan judge, identified Salerno arsenic a “well supra mean risk” to nan organization and a “high risk” to reoffend.

Brower urged Salerno to “start considering different group and their rights” and suggested intoxicant could play into nan defendant’s inability to negociate his “thought patterns.”

Salerno nodded toward nan judge passim nan statement.

Brower concluded by, again, telling Salerno really adjacent he was to receiving a overmuch stricter condemnation — 1 that would apt person led to Salerno retracting his blameworthy plea. He implored Salerno to “take advantage” of that decision.

In summation to nan rider, Salerno was ordered to salary tribunal costs on pinch a $1,000 good and $800 successful restitution for nan costs of nan nationalist defender.

Additionally, Salerno was precocious sentenced to a rider pinch an underlying situation condemnation of 3 to 5 years for nan burglary and eluding an serviceman charge. Brower ruled Thursday that nan 2 sentences would beryllium served concurrently.