SPITTING AT DEPUTY ADDS TO TERM STAFFORD DUMFRIES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DUI, ELUDING POLICE
Man who spit on deputy gets two years in the slammer
Date published: 9/22/2007
BY KEITH EPPS
A man who spit on a deputy and urinated in his cruiser following a hit-and-run incident last year was ordered yesterday to serve just over two years in prison.
Michael D. Corley, 40, of Dumfries was sentenced in Stafford Circuit Court to a total of 16 years in prison with all but two years and two months suspended.
He earlier pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, assault on a police officer, eluding police and driving while intoxicated.
The spitting incident occurred while Deputy C.V. Russo was transporting Corley to a magistrate's office following his arrest late Aug. 5, 2006. Corley spit on the back of Russo's neck and head, according to the evidence.
Yesterday, Corley offered a novel explanation for the saliva attack. He testified that he was simply trying to get the alcohol out of his system and didn't realize he was spitting on the deputy.
Russo went to the Foxwood Village area of North Stafford that night in response to a reported hit-and-run.
On the way, he spotted Corley's pickup truck dragging a boat motor on Staffordboro Boulevard going 70 mph in a 35 mph zone.
Corley speeded up even more when Russo turned on his emergency lights. He ran a red light and nearly struck other vehicles during the short pursuit.
Russo finally stopped the vehicle in front of Giant off Doc Stone Road. Corley was intoxicated and combative, according to the evidence.
Prosecutor Jim Peterson urged Judge Gordon Willis to give Corley the maximum 20 years on his latest convictions.
Peterson said that Corley, who has a long criminal record and had already served 14 years in prison before the Stafford arrest, is a danger to society.
Peterson cited psychiatric reports that called Corley such things as a "potential serial killer."
Defense attorney Ghislaine Storr argued that Peterson was trying to punish Corley for crimes he's already paid for. She and Corley disputed some of the findings in the psychiatric reports.
"He needs to stop being punished for what he did in the past," Storr said. "People can change and he has."
good lawyer(posted by
cassandrasdaddy
, Sep. 25, 2007 2:41 pm)
frawley got a good lawyer case in the burg tried first hada be treated as first offrnse then the case in fairfax which also hada be treated as first offense as it happened first
guy got 2 years deseved waste no tears for him
bob367 - look at this way(posted by
theobc
, Sep. 25, 2007 2:41 pm)
as a result to those two incidents, less than 24 hours a part, frawley was arrested for drunk driving, his alcohol addiction was revealed to the public, lost his job and the respect of a lot of those in the community. i hear he is getting treatment for alcohol addiction and trying to turn his life around. other than property damage, which he will have to be reimbursed - how would sending frawley to jail be beneficial to him or society? i think the sentence is fair (considering what the damages were).
frawley's sentence was probably related to the fact that they occured back to back and the judge/prosecutor most likely treated it as one event (they probably also included his lack of prior history). frawley is probably getting some sort of treatment for alcohol addiction, which i am sure also helped with his sentencing. i am not into prosecuting someone to the hilt when they make one mistake (unless someone is injured or killed). hopefully, they will learn from that mistake and wont repeat it.
To theobc(posted by
bob367
, Sep. 25, 2007 2:41 pm)
I didn't say two years was too much. He probably deserved more. However, on the other hand, Frawley should have been given much more than what he got...including jail time.
one more thing(posted by
theobc
, Sep. 25, 2007 2:41 pm)
since this guy was drinking, driving, and taking the police on a wild chase through the public streets - he was doing more than just hurting himself. If this idiot had hit and killed someone close to you who happened to be on the street while he was doing these things - would 2 years seem like a long time to you? this man is a time bomb just waiting to detonate.
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