Jeffrey Plourde

 History of interpersonal violence

Gender: Male
Approximate Age: 17
Date of Birth: Dec 1986
Location: Lyndonville, VT (US)

History

Oct 16, 2004 - Lyndonville, VT (US)
Convicted: Dog sodomized and strangled

Sentence: Plourde's agreement with Caledonia State's Attorney Robert Butterfield recommends a total sentence of 18 to 36 months to serve in prison.

In addition, he will be required to comply with numerous conditions following his release from prison, including a condition that he complete psychological counseling and an animal cruelty treatment program. Plourde must agree to never own an animal for the rest of his life and must not live in a house where animals are kept. If directed by his probation officers, he must obey an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. ... more...

Notes:
Jeffrey Plourde went to his court hearing on January 17, 2006 hoping to be released, instead Judge M. Kathleen Manley said his propensity for violence was so great that he should continue to be held without bail. Before the hearing Plourde was arraigned on a new charge of lewd and lascivious conduct and three charges of sexual assault. The additional charges follow a joint investigation by Lyndonville police and state police into a Jan. 11, 2006 incident in which Plourde is accused of sexually assaulting his 17-year-old girlfriend.

The judge said the evidence presented at the hearing speaks volumes about Plourde's violent behavior. She said the evidence was so substantial that Plourde was a threat, not just to his girlfriend, but to his family and to the public. The evidence included testimony from Lyndonville Police Chief Jack Harris, a transcript of a telephone conversation between Plourde and the girl, and a written statement by the girl in which she describes the extended violence toward her by Plourde that included being strangled, slapped, punched and having her clothes ripped.

Caledonia State's Attorney Robert Butterfield told the judge the new charges, along with the evidence presented, not only indicate that Plourde provides a significant threat to the public, but that, as his criminal record shows, he has no respect for court orders. Butterfield said he is therefore a risk of flight and that no conditions of release will reasonably prevent such violence from happening again.