Police investigating Elizabeth Smart's disappearance arrested Ricci on June 14 for allegedly violating that parole by committing an April 4, 2001, burglary, possessing alcohol and failing to complete a treatment program.
Thanks so much for that quote!
Parole/probation officers, when they want to get someone's parole/probation revoked, will put in a written request to the judge who sentenced the guy on whatever offense it was he was on parole/probation for. The judge, on getting the request, will issue a warrant for the guy's arrest. When police arrest him, he will almost always be held w/o bond. Then the judge will hold a hearing to give the guy a chance to explain. There is no right to counsel at this type of hearing. After hearing what the guy has to say, the judge will either revoke probation/parole, making the guy have to go back and finish out the prison time he was originally given on the underlying offense, or will forgive the guy and reinstate him on probation/parole.
Often a parole/probation officer will see one of his people screwing up, but will at first call him in and warn him. I think that's what happened when Ricci first fell off the wagon. He was given a chance or two, and his sentencing judge was told nothing at that point.
But then when police heard Ricci confess to at least one felony committed while he was out on parole (burglary), the parole officer would have been told of that. At that point, he'd have given up on giving Ricci any more chances, and have issued the request to the judge to revoke parole.