Jury: Carr guilty of trespass and resisting arrest
NORWICH — After just more than a half an hour of deliberation and reviwing all evidence, on Friday morning, a jury of six found Kevin J. Carr guilty of the charges of trespass and resisting arrest for an incident that occurred on Aug. 3 of this year.
Once the jury of six reached a verdict, they re-appeared in front of Judge Hon. James E. Downey, Assistant District Attorney Laura Parker, District Attorney Joseph A. McBride and Ronald Benjamin who represented Kevin Carr. They then received the news of a guilty verdict for both charges.
Benjamin then requested a pool in the jury to be stated on the record. Downey asked the six jurors individually what their verdict was on the charges against Mr. Carr. Each juror found the defendant, Kevin J. Carr to be guilty of trespassing and resisting arrest.
Downey accepted the guilty verdict and released Mr. Carr on his own recognizance and advised Carr that he is to reside with his brother, not to get into further trouble with the law and is prohibited to consume alcohol in a public setting.
District Attorney Joseph A. McBride commented that, “Carr is facing at least a one year sentence of incarceration, however, if the defendant puts forth an effort to correct his life and stops drinking alcohol that these good intentions could possibly be in favor once the sentencing process begins.”
Mr. Carr sentencing date has be scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017.
McBride was contacted Monday morning for comment regarding the guilty verdict. McBride said that on his behalf he would like to thank the men and women of the jury for consideration of all the facts and evidence about the case and not falsely accusing. He added that he would like to thank Officer Brandon Clarke for his "professionalism and answering all questions truthfully."
McBride additionally thanked Assistant District Attorney Laura Parker for her trying the case. Parker took lead conducting the opening statement, testimonies, providing clear evidence for the court and closing arguments.
McBride said, “We can't say it's okay to fight with the police. If there is a circumstance where police are wrong then there is a civil solution to that problem. But accusing and fighting with law enforcement will only cause a bigger issue.”
Once the jury of six reached a verdict, they re-appeared in front of Judge Hon. James E. Downey, Assistant District Attorney Laura Parker, District Attorney Joseph A. McBride and Ronald Benjamin who represented Kevin Carr. They then received the news of a guilty verdict for both charges.
Benjamin then requested a pool in the jury to be stated on the record. Downey asked the six jurors individually what their verdict was on the charges against Mr. Carr. Each juror found the defendant, Kevin J. Carr to be guilty of trespassing and resisting arrest.
Downey accepted the guilty verdict and released Mr. Carr on his own recognizance and advised Carr that he is to reside with his brother, not to get into further trouble with the law and is prohibited to consume alcohol in a public setting.
District Attorney Joseph A. McBride commented that, “Carr is facing at least a one year sentence of incarceration, however, if the defendant puts forth an effort to correct his life and stops drinking alcohol that these good intentions could possibly be in favor once the sentencing process begins.”
Mr. Carr sentencing date has be scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017.
McBride was contacted Monday morning for comment regarding the guilty verdict. McBride said that on his behalf he would like to thank the men and women of the jury for consideration of all the facts and evidence about the case and not falsely accusing. He added that he would like to thank Officer Brandon Clarke for his "professionalism and answering all questions truthfully."
McBride additionally thanked Assistant District Attorney Laura Parker for her trying the case. Parker took lead conducting the opening statement, testimonies, providing clear evidence for the court and closing arguments.
McBride said, “We can't say it's okay to fight with the police. If there is a circumstance where police are wrong then there is a civil solution to that problem. But accusing and fighting with law enforcement will only cause a bigger issue.”
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