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A former Roseburg man who escaped a 14-year prison sentence for aggravated theft convictions two years ago didn’t catch the same break Friday.
Douglas County Circuit Judge Ronald Poole sentenced Nonda Ray Gabbard, 38, to 171 months in prison after Gabbard admitted to violating his probation by stealing a television in Jackson County last year.
In March 2006, Gabbard pleaded guilty to nine counts of aggravated theft involving some $90,000 worth of utility trailers he stole from his employer, Morgan Built, Inc., in 2004.
Poole had sentenced Gabbard, a repeat property crimes offender, to jail and 36 months of probation. The judge agreed to depart from a mandatory prison sentence because Gabbard claimed he wanted to get treatment for a gambling addiction, said Deputy District Attorney Dave Hopkins, following Friday’s hearing.
The man was told if he violated his probation, he would face the full sentence, 19 months for each of the theft counts, to run back-to-back for a total of 171 months.
In January 2007, Gabbard was arrested in Jackson County for stealing a television from Wal-Mart, according to Hopkins. At the time of his arrest, police found him with other stolen items as well. That May, Gabbard was sentenced to 13 months in prison according to property crime minimum sentencing standards.
In committing that crime, Gabbard violated his probation in Douglas County. The man was transferred to the Douglas County Jail after serving his sentence.
Hopkins said Gabbard’s defense attorney, Larry Roloff of Eugene, argued against giving the man the full prison term. Gabbard, the attorney argued, had actually had a drug problem, not a gambling addiction, and had never received treatment.
Poole, however, sentenced the man to the full prison term this time.
Roloff could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
Gabbard had been ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to his employer to make up for the trailers that were never recovered. Hopkins said most of the debt was recouped from money previously posted to bail Gabbard out of jail.
Douglas County Circuit Judge Ronald Poole sentenced Nonda Ray Gabbard, 38, to 171 months in prison after Gabbard admitted to violating his probation by stealing a television in Jackson County last year.
In March 2006, Gabbard pleaded guilty to nine counts of aggravated theft involving some $90,000 worth of utility trailers he stole from his employer, Morgan Built, Inc., in 2004.
Poole had sentenced Gabbard, a repeat property crimes offender, to jail and 36 months of probation. The judge agreed to depart from a mandatory prison sentence because Gabbard claimed he wanted to get treatment for a gambling addiction, said Deputy District Attorney Dave Hopkins, following Friday’s hearing.
The man was told if he violated his probation, he would face the full sentence, 19 months for each of the theft counts, to run back-to-back for a total of 171 months.
In January 2007, Gabbard was arrested in Jackson County for stealing a television from Wal-Mart, according to Hopkins. At the time of his arrest, police found him with other stolen items as well. That May, Gabbard was sentenced to 13 months in prison according to property crime minimum sentencing standards.
In committing that crime, Gabbard violated his probation in Douglas County. The man was transferred to the Douglas County Jail after serving his sentence.
Hopkins said Gabbard’s defense attorney, Larry Roloff of Eugene, argued against giving the man the full prison term. Gabbard, the attorney argued, had actually had a drug problem, not a gambling addiction, and had never received treatment.
Poole, however, sentenced the man to the full prison term this time.
Roloff could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
Gabbard had been ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to his employer to make up for the trailers that were never recovered. Hopkins said most of the debt was recouped from money previously posted to bail Gabbard out of jail.
