By BUFFY SPENCER, for the Republican Newsroom, Wednesday January 28, 2009, 3:29 PM (Italics by I)
SPRINGFIELD - Three years ago, the man who would become the city's police commissioner thought 24-year-old Eric M. Finch deserved a break. In 2006, then-Deputy Chief William J. Fitchet said Finch, convicted of stripping the officer's personal car (Mo'...) after it was stolen from outside a clothing store, should have a "final, last chance" especially because he was the father of young children (Mo' has, about, five children...). Finch, who was sentenced by Judge Bertha D. Josephson in Hampden Superior Court in July 2006 to two years' probation, saw his chances run out two weeks ago. He's now serving a two-year jail term at the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow for having repeatedly violated his probation since the city's top cop gave him a second-chance (THAT WAS PRETTY SHARP, BUFFy; bet your pen teared through the paper when you wrote this--Mo' knew that little hooptie was owned by the city's top cop. Yeah, right. How many people in the 'field have violated probation... A lot? 'ey? . The fact that Mo' is being blasted in the media for an ulterior motive is unbearable. 'cause Mo' is being used by the media--to shed light on Finchet's reverse-act of sympathy. He pulled a Gregg ). Finch, with a last known address of 185 Oakland St., violated a number of conditions of the probation he was sentenced on a charge of receiving a stolen motor vehicle. Fitchet's charcoal-gray 1991 Honda Accord (In '06--I don't care how well you maintained it--the '90-something Honda is a hooptie. What kind of cop drives a hooptie?? He said, "It's good on the gas dough!". You make 50K a year, why couldn't you lease or finance a Crown Victoria with your discount?!?!) disappeared from outside a Cooley Street clothing store on Sept. 28, 2005. Finch and a co-defendant (Now. DMX said, "I do my dirt all by my lonely". Take heed to that; those are wise words. By Mo' being charged with an accomplice, whoever this UNnamed co-defendant is--wait a minute... Why wasn't the co-defendant named??? ?) were charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle. Josephson kept personal jurisdiction over Finch's case and warned him in 2006 that any new crime while on probation could lead to her sentencing him to up to 15 years in prison, the maximum for receiving a stolen motor vehicle. On Jan. 12, when Finch was brought back before her for violating his probation, she sentenced him to the two years in jail. Fitchet said in 2006 that his car was a total loss, and becoming a crime victim enhanced his empathy for other victims. The incident was upsetting, and it was time-consuming to deal with insurance and other issues, he said. Advised of Finch's probation violations and landing in jail, the commissioner said Wednesday, "He was given a chance to right a wrong. He had a path to choose, and he chose the... No more from BUFFy... Life is harsh. Keep ya head up Mo'.
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