CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A graduate of a New England prep school who was convicted of sexually assaulting a younger student was taken into custody Friday after acknowledging that he violated conditions of his bail agreement by missing curfew.
A judge in Merrimack County Superior Court said Owen Labrie would begin his one-year jail sentence immediately.
Labrie had been living with his mother in Tunbridge, Vermont, as he appealed his sentence and the requirement that he register as a sex offender. He was supposed to be home between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. each night, but a prosecutor said he violated it at least eight times.
In court papers, prosecutor Catherine Ruffle said that on or about Feb. 29, a journalist spoke with the 20-year-old Labrie on a train in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That prompted an investigation into Labrie’s travels.
In court Friday, a lawyer for the 20-year-old Labrie acknowledged that his client “tried, admittedly, to fly under the radar on three occasions.” He said Labrie was sorry.