WILTON – A Jay man has been summonsed for theft by unauthorized use this week by the Wilton Police Department, after he allegedly took a vehicle from Village View Apartments without permission.
Michael Marble Jr., 21 of Jay, was taken to Franklin County Detention Center on a probation hold after he was issued a summons by Wilton Police Department Officer Ethan Kyes for misdemeanor theft by unauthorized use. Marble was out on probation following an incident that occurred last year that also involved a missing vehicle.
According to Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox, a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier was taken from a Village View Apartment resident sometime Sunday evening. The missing car was reported Monday morning at 7:15 a.m. to Wilton police and Kyes began investigating. That investigation led Kyes to Marble, Wilcox said.
Wilcox said that Marble disclosed that the missing vehicle was in the South Portland area. Police in South Portland had not yet located the vehicle as of Wednesday morning.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, Marble was convicted of domestic violence assault and theft by unauthorized use, relating to the theft of a 2010 Chrysler Sebring, in an incident that occurred last summer. He received a suspended sentence of 364 days in jail, followed by two years of probation.
I’m glad to see that the punishment from last years violation worked so well. Just gives you a warm fuzzy feeling that you can rely on our judicial system working to protect the public.
The degree of punishment has nothing to do with it. If a person wants to reoffend, they will.
They always seem to take it easy on first/second time offenders. Maybe they should throw the book at them for the earliest offenses and later ones might have a better chance of not happening. Just maybe?
He wasn’t punished, outsidein. He had no reason to believe there is any consequence for his actions. Maybe if he had some type of punishment it would have deterred him from reoffending?