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D.C. Witness Staff
- August 13, 2020
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On Aug. 13, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a domestic violence defendant to 90 days in jail with credit for time served plus one year of probation.
Jose Rivera Vasquez pleaded guilty to violation of a civil protection order and contempt for violating his release conditions. On multiple occasions between February and June, Vasquez failed to abide by a protective order and stay away from his victim and her home.
“The very troubling piece about Mr. Vasquez’s conduct is that it has occurred over the course of a two-year period and it is repeated,” Judge Maribeth Raffinan said. “From the information that I have heard in this case, alcohol is also a tremendous problem and certainly needs to be addressed.”
According to both parties and the judge, the defendant was drunk during each incident.
The conditions of Vasquez’s probation include alcohol and drug testing, mental health screening, GPS monitoring and a stay away order from the victim and her home. He must also pay $150 to the Crime Victims Compensation fund.
Vasquez will serve two concurrent sentences of 45 days in DC Jail, with credit for time served, for a charge of violation of a civil protection order and a charge of contempt for violating his release conditions. He will also serve a consecutive sentence of 45 days for another violation of a civil protection order. For all three charges, Vasquez is also required to serve a concurrent sentences of one year on probation.