In a recent appearance in the Sixth Judicial District Court, Ryan Larue was released from custody after his probation was revoked due to several admitted probation violations, having already served the time in jail he was originally sentenced to.
In October 2017, Larue pleaded no contest to a gross misdemeanor charge of possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription, pleaded down from an original charge of invasion of the home, a category B felony which he was arrested for in March 2017. Larue was sentenced to 364 days in jail with credit given for 312 days time served. The courts suspended his sentenced and placed him on probation for three years.
As part of the original plea agreement, the courts dismissed other charges of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon, a category B felony and being under the influence of a controlled substance, a category E felony.
Larue was also ordered to pay a $25 administrative assessment fee, $3 DNA collection fee, $250 public defender fee and $1,000 fine, along with other stipulations of probation.
On June 19, Larue appeared in court for a probation violation hearing while in custody of the Humboldt County Detention Center, in which he denied the violation of 11 probation violations, after which the case was set for a disposition hearing on July 10. At the disposition hearing, Larue admitted to all violations for which he previously appeared for.
Since originally being ordered to probation, Larue has been arrested on various charges that violated both the law and the agreements of his probation, including drinking, being at a casino, having fictitious plates on a vehicle, possession of stolen property, operation of a vehicle with a suspended license and possession of a controlled substance.
Incarceration relating to some of those charges has led to him serving approximately 42 days in jail. Adding the 42 days time served to the 312 days he was originally given credit for time served on his probation sentence, it was determined that he has served 354 days, meaning he has served the full time of his original sentence.
Therefore, Larue’s probation was revoked, usually meaning he would go carry out his sentence in jail. In this instance however, since he has already spent 354 days in jail, he was released from custody.
“I’m just going to be happy to be off probation and move to Oregon and start fresh somewhere,” said Larue.
