WESTFIELD – When a city man admitted to a probation violation during a hearing Friday at Westfield District Court his original probation order was reaffirmed but probation conditions ordered previously were modified.
Marijuana use, which had been specifically prohibited in the original probation conditions, is now allowed after those conditions were modified at the hearing to “exclude marijuana from drug prohibition”.
MATTHEW T. DANISH
In June, 2017, Matthew T. Danish, 32, of 19 Lockhouse Road, Westfield, had submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for charges of possession of a Class A drug, possession of a Class B drug and negligent operation of a motor vehicle brought by city detectives investigating narcotics sales in the city. He was placed on probation until June 13, 2018, and probation conditions were ordered.
By August, Danish had been served with a violation of probation notice and, at the subsequent hearing in October, admitted to the violation. His probation was “continued to the original date”
In December, Danish was again served with a violation of probation notice and admitted to the alleged violation when he appeared before Judge William O’Grady for a hearing Feb. 16. At that hearing, his probation was again continued to the original date but this time the conditions were modified.
The only modification which was made lifts the prohibition of marijuana use which had been specifically included in the original conditions.
