For the first time in Vermont, a law enforcement officer has been sentenced to serve prison time for roughing up a suspect. A former state trooper chose not to contest his guilt and accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for at least 30 days. Former trooper John Plaster is going to prison because he crossed the line with a teenage suspect and an eyewitness filed a complaint. The eyewitness was another state trooper. Former state trooper John Plaster, 34, pled no contest to two charges Monday morning at a hearing in Hyde Park, acknowleding the state had enough evidence to prove he criminally assaulted a suspect. It happened in November 2006 when Plaster and another trooper were called to an Eden residence to deal with an unruly teenager. When the boy hurled vulgarities at the troopers, Plaster reportedly choked the teen until the boy nearly blacked out and later banged the handcuffed teenager's head into a wall at a police station. Plaster was turned in by the other trooper. That shocked the victim, Brian Slutz, 17, who spoke with Channel 3 when Plaster was arraigned in May. "No, he's a police officer you know, "said Slutz. "So I didn't think that anything I said would really do very much of any good," he concluded. In court, Plaster pled no contest to two counts of simple assault as part of a plea agreement that includes 30 days in prison. He did not apologize. He told the judge he just wanted to put this behind him. Prosecutors believe he is the first officer in Vermont to get a jail sentence specifically for abusing a prisoner. "We regarded it as a very serious offense," said Vt. Asst. Attorney General John Treadwell. "Mr. Slutz was being taken into custody. Clearly that was a legitimate law enforcement function but the manner in which Mr. Plaster acted was clearly criminal," he added. "The troopers that came forward and reported the misbehavior are a credit to the organization," said Col. James Baker, Vt. State Police Commander, who said Plaster's sentencing was a sad day for law enforcement.
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