[freedox]

"Were you and Freedox with Richard Ricci every moment of his parole, is that how you and Freedox know for sure that "the short answer is no," that he didn't use drugs?"

For the record, Devil_Anse has twisted and misconstrued yet another of my posts.......sighhhhhhhhh. What I said in post # 158 was, "Short answer.......no, based upon this source, there is no indication of Ricci using drugs (other than alcohol) since his release from prison in September, 2000." The question pertained to whether or not there was documentation of recent drug use by Ricci. I don't believe anyone has produced any such documentation yet.

[Devil_Anse]

He used heroin while out on parole. Here's an article, which I know you've seen, that says the SL Tribune has interviewed something like 28 investigators, and they use those interviews as the basis for saying that Ricci was a hard-core heroin addict who targeted the Smart home for theft in 2001 b/c he needed quick cash.

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:sFZuafDhau8C:www.sltrib.com/09012002/utah/767291.htm+%22Richard+Ricci%22+heroin&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Devil_Anse]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,56167,00.html

"Colmes: All right, it was also reported today that this was a man who told his parole officer he was in a substance abuse program, but then it turned out he was not in a substance abuse program."

[Jolly Green]

For the record, Devil_Anse has twisted and misconstrued yet another of my posts.......sighhhhhhhhh.

For the record, Devil_Anse is usually right on the mark. I've never seen her (if I recall correctly) "twist" or "misconstrue" anything. She has the logical mind of a DA. Imagine that.

[Devil_Anse]

From Brigette's collection. In the last article at this cite: "Ricci blamed his problems on drugs, saying he has 'an addictive personality.'"

This is the article that tells how Ricci's parole was delayed once for months, b/c he had "used drugs while in prison, while part of a prison firefighting
crew."http://pub37.ezboard.com/felizabethsmartcaseforumfrm13.showMessage?topicID=8.topic

[Devil_Anse]

Freedox, what if Ricci's parole officer had filed a request for revocation of his parole in early June, with the following alleged violations: 1) possession of alcohol, in violation of terms of probation, 2) failure to complete drug rehab (which is the same as using, yes, it is--if you are consistently not using, they don't care if you didn't do your rehab, b/c you are already "rehabbed"), 3) new offense (his confessions to burglary and theft--the new offense needn't be proved to constitute grounds for parole violation.)

Then suppose it was discovered (perhaps through urine tests, of which I'm sure Ricci had a lot, they'd have been required), right around June 5, all the way up to June 14, that Ricci's urine was "clean."

At that point, the parole officer would have removed the ground of failure to complete drug rehab. He didn't--b/c every article we see has that thing in it about one of the grounds for parole violation having been "failure to complete rehab. program."

Alcohol rehab? What sort of programs ARE there for court-ordered alcohol rehab? They are inpatient programs, the 28-day type of thing. We have never heard a thing about Ricci being in one of these. Ricci was signed up for drug rehab, b/c it was a condition of his parole. No, AA is not a court-ordered alcohol rehab program, or at least it is not monitored and no one's parole could ever be violated for failure to "complete" AA, b/c AA will never tell any court whether or not a person has been attending, due to their policy of complete confidentiality.

Don't forget, one of the articles said Ricci had said his drug-abuse preference was for heroin or "prescription medicines." Could an addict really live in a home w/ Soma without taking one now and then? Well, there's a 1% chance he could...