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Man lands in prison anew after failing to find a job
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Posted on Jul 04 2005
For failure to seek a paying job, a man who was previously sentenced to six months imprisonment will have to go back to prison for the fifth time—this time, for another eight months.
But Chief Judge Alex R. Munson recommended to the Bureau of Prisons that Joey C. Duenas should be made to study during his incarceration.
“While in prison, the defendant shall participate in a program to obtain his general education diploma and any vocational programs offered,” the judge said.
The judge revoked Duenas’ probation last week due to the defendant’s failure to actively seek work and show proof of his employment contacts, which formed part of the conditions of the probation. Duenas also admitted failing to report to his probation officer, among other things.
Munson also directed Duenas to pay restitution to Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. and Sally and Richard Wallace in the amounts of $1,626.57 and $150, respectively.
The court had originally sentenced Duenas to six months imprisonment and three years probation on two counts of wire fraud sometime in 1999.
Court records showed that Duenas’ probation was modified three times from 2000 to 2001 to include conditions such as active employment search and completion of high school-equivalent degree.
The court first revoked Duenas’ probation on July 18, 2002, sending him to prison for four months. The court partly conditioned his release on taking the next General Education Development placement test and seeking employment.
Less than three months later, on Oct. 8, 2002, the court again revoked the defendant’s probation, sentencing him to another four months in prison but reducing the probationary period to 32 months.
The court again revoked the probation and sentenced Duenas to one-year imprisonment and 20 months of supervised release on May 8, 2003.
