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Last Friday, Randy J. Gomes and Suzanne M. Pomey, members of the Class of 2002, pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $100,000 from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals organization, after originally maintaining their innocence. Judge Peter Agnes is now deciding whether to accept their pleas.
The criminal penalty for larceny over $250 in Massachusetts is up to five years in prison and restitution to the victim. However, lawyers for Gomes and Pomey argued Friday that Agnes should follow the precedent of Commonwealth v. Brandano, a 1971 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case. Under that procedure, the...
Allowing Gomes and Pomey this escape would be a judicial farce—a denial of the basic idea that felony larceny carries long-term consequences. The punishment for their admitted theft must be more permanent than repayment of the stolen funds and two years’ probation. The prosecutor?...
But Agnes also said that if he chose to impose a more severe punishment than the two years probation the defendants’ lawyers are asking for, he would allow them to take back their guilty pleas.
Pomey and Gomes will next appear in court Oct. 3, when the judge will decide whether or not to accept their pleas.