Search Results for 'Welfare and Probation Service'

A teenage burglar, whose mother said she was “actually disgusted with him”, was jailed for a total of nine months this week (February 12) after he pleaded guilty to another 15 charges.

A man accused of a raft of thefts across Athlone - including that of a family pet - had sentencing adjourned until April to allow the probation services prepare a final report on his continuing rehabilitation.

A judge used a psychiatric report on a man in custody to criticise a recent political move to liberalise the State’s position on cannabis.

A woman who tripled the value of her shoplifting while still on bail from a previous conviction was given one more chance in court this week (May 2) when she promised “I’ll never rob again”, but warned she would get “six months or more” if she did.

A teenage offender - described by one Garda source as “Athlone’s most troublesome burglar” - had a jail sentence extended by three months on request in the District Court this week (October 12) so that he might be able to sit his Junior Cert.

A Westport man with seven previous convictions for driving without insurance, caught driving his wife’s car whilst on a 15-year driving ban, avoided a jail sentence from the District Court in Athlone, after Judge Seamus Hughes continued in his practice of offering community service where appropriate.

A man who broke into three priests’ cars in the yard of the Carmelite Priory in Moate will have to wait for a Probation Report in June to learn his fate, the District Court in Athlone heard this week (March 2).

A former heroin addict with “a series of previous convictions” for burglary avoided a jail sentence in the District Court this week (February 16) after the judge heard how he was finishing up a foundation course in business studies and was hoping to attend the AIT next autumn.

A teenager arrested for waving a large dagger at others during a drunken disturbance in Willow Park had his sentencing adjourned until March in order that the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS) prepare an updated report on his situation.

A middle-aged man charged with possession with intent to supply over €2,000 worth of heroin had his excuses given short shrift in the District Court, but had his sentencing postponed until the new year to see if the Welfare and Probation Service can come up with something other than a jail sentence.