Owen Labrie released from jail with electronic monitoring
A judge ruled Monday that Owen Labrie can go home from jail, but will have to wear an electronic GPS monitor and abide by the curfew he previously broke.
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Labrie, 20, spent the last two months at the Merrimack County jail after Judge Larry Smukler revoked his bail in March. Labrie had repeatedly violated the 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew the judge set in October, after the St. Paul’s School graduate was sentenced to a year in jail on charges of misdemeanor sexual assault, endangering children and a felony count of using a computer to lure his victim. He had been out on bail while he appealed the convictions.
Smukler said Monday that it was possible that Labrie learned his lesson about following his bail conditions, which he broke by traveling into Boston from his Vermont home several times for what his attorney said were educational trips.
“I’m not 100 percent sure,” Smukler said. “That’s why I’m adding the condition of electronic monitoring with GPS, so there will be no question. To paraphrase another person, trust but verify.”
Wearing an orange jail uniform and without his glasses, Labrie walked out of the courtroom with his hands cuffed behind his back. He will be released as soon as the electronic monitoring system is set up.
Labrie had appealed Smukler’s March bail revocation decision and last Thursday, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ordered the issue of Labrie’s bail back in the trial judge’s hands. The justices wrote that they were concerned that Labrie could serve out the remainder of his sentence before his other appeals — including his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel — are heard.
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