Three of eleven probation violators -- featured on a Most Wanted List released by the
Springfield District Court Probation Department less than two weeks ago, have been tracked down.

 

          The offenders on the list, all residents of Springfield or the greater Springfield area, were all in default and had outstanding warrants. Dwight Sellars, 30, was on probation for threatening to commit crime, larceny less than $250, assault and battery and threat. Sellars was apprehended on May 1, 2003 by Springfield Police. He was brought before the court the same day. LaShawn Sheldon, 18, on probation for failure to report within 48 hours of release from the House of Correction is now incarcerated at Hampden County House of Correction. Leonard Nixon, 21, on probation for possession and distribution of a Class B substance, was arrested in Brooklyn, New York late last month on charges of criminal possession of a Class D substance.

 

          The other eight offenders on the list remain at large. They are as follows: Dennis Maddox, 34, assault and battery, Wilson Reyes, 26, domestic assault and battery; William Benjamin, 34, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon, one year suspended sentence; Frank Oliver, 46, distribution and possession of a Class B substance; Roy Dancy, 20, carrying a firearms without a license; Angel Vasquez, 41, two counts of distribution of a Class A substance; and Duane Raymond, 42, of West Springfield, two counts of controlled substance abuse (csa), possession of a Class B substance, possession of Class A substance, and resisting arrest.

 

          New to the list are George Pelchat, 46, failure to report to probation officer and failure to attend batterer’s counseling; Felix Rios, 23, assault with a dangerous weapon, malicious destruction of property, and possession of a Class D substance; and Carlos Castillos, 26, assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts, one-year suspended sentence.

 

          The Massachusetts Probation Service is a department of the Massachusetts Trial Court. There are 12 Superior Court, 70 District Court and 12 Probate & Family Court probation offices throughout the Commonwealth. Probation’s Juvenile Court system includes 11 divisions which represent every county in the state. The Office of the Commissioner of Probation (OCP) serves as the central administrative office for the state Probation Service and the Office of Community Corrections which operates 22 Community Corrections Centers throughout the state.