A judge Friday morning convicted a 47-year-old Eudora man after he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge as prosecutors agreed to dismiss two other felony aggravated assault cases he faced.
Bradley E. Goff entered the plea Friday after prosecutors had accused him in June of committing misdemeanor battery against an 11-year-old boy on June 19 in Eudora. Goff had also faced three more felony charges related to two other January incidents in which he was accused of swerving his vehicle at three people in Eudora.
Defense attorney Michael Tubbs said the plea agreement and dismissal of the felony charges was part of a global resolution with prosecutors. Chief Assistant District Attorney David Melton said as part of the probation terms Tubbs is prohibited from having contact with the boy and the three other victims in the felony cases that were dismissed.
District Judge Kay Huff sentenced Goff to serve one year on probation, and if he violates terms of his probation he could serve six months in jail.
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meggers 1 year, 9 months ago
"Chief assistant district attorney David Melton said as part of the probation terms Tubbs is prohibited from having contact with the boy and the three other victims in the felony cases that were dismissed."
I think that should read "Goff is prohibited..."
There should also be a comma after 'terms' and commas bracketing the prosecuter's name.
So it should read:
"Chief assistant district attorney, David Melton, said that as part of the probation terms, Goff is prohibited from having contact with the boy and the three other victims in the felony cases that were dismissed.
Should Chief Assistant District Attorney be capitalized, as well? I would think so, but I'm not sure about that one.
jackpot 1 year, 9 months ago
Like your rewrite
BlackVelvet 1 year, 9 months ago
so folks can commit felonies all they want, as long as they plead guilty to a misdemeanor so the DA's office doesn't have to go to court? And they say crime doesn't pay.......
somedude20 1 year, 9 months ago
47 year old beats up an 11 year old and then uses his car as a weapon and aims it at 3 people and he is allowed to plead to one small charge while missing the felonies and just gets 1 year probation? I guess it is a good thing he did not have a joint on him otherwise he could be looking at some real time. WTF is up with the system now. Get drunk, kill a young girl, leave the scene and only get 6 months. Old dude beats up a little child, uses car as a weapon and gets 1 year probation but the person who has some drugs gets years. Sorry but I call bull shhhhh it on that one!!!!
none2 1 year, 9 months ago
I feel sorry for the boy, he shouldn't have been bean up regardless if the man was drunk, stoned, on PCP, or simply a mean, sober SOB. Too bad you don't feel enough sympathy to at least say something for the boy. HE is the real victim. You don't say ONE WORD for him.
Nevertheless, it shows your true colors. You don't give a squat about the girl who was run down, or the 11 year old boy who was beaten up. You just want to get high without any legal consequences. What a model citizen.
Perhaps you want to offer the little boy a joint to ease the pain? That would be SO charitable of you.
meggers 1 year, 9 months ago
Actually, I think somedude20 was expressing outrage that this guy received such a light sentence for assaulting the boy, especially in light of the stiffer penalties handed down for victimless crimes.
Seems like your outrage is a bit misplaced here.
somedude20 1 year, 9 months ago
you are correct I find the crime to be deserving of some real jail time
none2 1 year, 9 months ago
Not at all... What in the world does drug offenses have to do with a 11 year old boy's abuse? SomeDude was simply making a political statement at the expense of an abused boy.
How would you have liked it if I had said a guy who abuses a boy gets one year on probation, but a man who tries to feed his family by working in this country is kicked out of this country because he isn't a legal resident?
Are you going to tell me that such is an outrage about the child's abuse, or a political statement about illegal aliens?
Or how about if I said:
A guy gets one year on probation on beating up on a 11 year old boy, but a man who has sex with a very mature, consenting young girl who is just 6 months away from the age of consent would get the book thrown at him.
Would that be a statement of rage for the 11 year old, or a political statement about the the age of consent
I feel bad about the boy and how his perpetrator gets a slap on the wrist with the possibility of doing it again at his heart's content. It has nothing to do with my opinion of animal cruelty laws, drug laws, political parties, nor the price of Tea in China.
rabb 1 year, 8 months ago
Overreact much?
redmoonrising 1 year, 8 months ago
Apparently he/she does.
somedude20 1 year, 9 months ago
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