GOLD STAR PAROLEE

Bob Walsh says, "Some people just can’t get with the program I guess." 'Gold Star Parolee' is a term coined by Bob for reporting the fuck-ups by parolees on PACOVILLA Corrections blog. I don’t think Bob and Paco will mind my copying the term.
　
ONE-MAN CRIME WAVE SENTENCED TO 31 YEARS
By Henry K. Lee
　
San Francisco Chronicle
June 3, 2010
　
REDWOOD CITY -- A parolee has been sentenced to more than 31 years in state prison for a crime spree along the Peninsula in which he carjacked two women's automobile, stole a shotgun from a gun shop and dragged the store owner with his car, and robbed a bank using a gun stolen from a sheriff's detective, authorities said.
　
Joshua Michael Godfrey, 26, of San Mateo will not be eligible for parole until 2033 after being sentenced Friday by Judge Robert Foiles of San Mateo County Superior Court to 31 years and four months behind bars.
　
Godfrey, who was on parole for possession of stolen property, pleaded no contest in March to carjacking, three counts of robbery, six counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and numerous weapons enhancements.
　
On Valentine's Day 2006, Godfrey carjacked two women of a Mercury Sable in a Belmont apartment complex parking lot, said Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Hill.
　
Several hours later, he ran behind the counter of the Tabor's Shooters Supply on El Camino Real in San Bruno and stole a pump-action shotgun. The store owner tried to stop Godfrey as he fled in a car and was dragged several feet, Hill said. The owner then fired a shot at the car when Godfrey drove toward him.
　
On July 26, 2006, a masked Godfrey, armed with a gun stolen from a San Mateo County sheriff's detective, staged a takeover robbery of the Bank of America at 1375 Woodside Road in Redwood City, authorities said. The gun was stolen from a locked, unmarked sheriff's car, but Godfrey was not charged in connection with the theft.
　
After the bank holdup, police tracked him to his apartment, where a search turned up all of the $14,000 that was stolen from the bank, along with a police protective vest and police badges stolen during a burglary of a Colma police officer's car in Belmont, authorities said.