You Can't Make This Stuff Up!
The Eagle-Tribune reports...
A former teacher from Haverhill was sent to jail for 2 1/2 years yesterday after admitting that he had violated the terms of his probation on an earlier rape charge by surfing the Internet and setting up a MySpace page. Gregory Pathiakis, 27, of 6 Colonial Farm Road, appeared stunned as he was ordered into custody by Lawrence Superior Court Judge Richard Welch.
“You’ve been given a break and you’ve blown it,” Welch told Pathiakis, who pleaded with him for another chance. Pathiakis (pictured above) had been on probation after he pleaded guilty last year to raping a 15-year-old student on the South Shore. “I readily admit my judgment was awful in this case,” Pathiakis said. But the prospect of being sent to jail “has scared the daylights out of me. I will do anything to avoid going to jail,” he pleaded, offering to submit to house arrest and quit his jobs if it would keep him out of jail.
In January 2006, Pathiakis, a Methuen native who is a graduate of Central Catholic High School and the son of an Andover police sergeant, pleaded guilty in Brockton Superior Court to statutory rape, child enticement, and child pornography charges. He received a suspended 2 1/2-year sentence and five years of probation. The charges stem from incidents that occurred in December 2003.
Pathiakis had been working as a teacher at Middleboro High School, but resigned after school officials confronted him about inappropriate online contact he had with students. Three weeks later, Pathiakis invited a 15-year-old male student to watch a hockey game and then brought him to his Brockton apartment, where they had sex. They had also exchanged e-mails. The teen initially told investigators that he had been forced into having sex in Pathiakis’s Jeep, but later acknowledged that there had been no force and that the act had taken place at the teacher’s apartment. The student was just a few weeks shy of his 16th birthday, and therefore legally below the age of consent.
Now-retired Judge Suzanne DelVecchio said at the time of sentencing that was one of the factors she considered in giving Pathiakis a suspended sentence. Since being given probation, Pathiakis has lived in the Merrimack Valley, for a time with his parents in Methuen and more recently in Haverhill. He worked two jobs, at a Marblehead-based airport shuttle service and at a Chili’s in Andover, his lawyer said. Because he was living in this area, his case was transferred to Lawrence Superior Court. But Welch said that Pathiakis did not take advantage of the break he was given, even though he had been warned not to use the Internet except for work-related reasons.
“Obviously, there have been repeated violations,” said Welch, after looking at a stack of printouts, including a MySpace page under the name “Stoneice02,” an entry about hockey authored by Pathiakis on the Wikipedia Web site, and the results of Internet searches for pornography. The MySpace page featured a photo of Pathiakis and another man, and listed his hobby as “drinking” — another thing the judge had barred him from doing while on probation. All the while, Pathiakis repeatedly told his probation officer, David Barretto, that he was not using the Internet. Barretto urged the judge to impose the suspended sentence. Defense lawyer Fred McAlary described his client’s violation as “technical,” saying “The Internet is a way of life for young people today.” He asked the judge to give Pathiakis another chance. Welch disagreed, calling the violation “substantive.” The judge made his comment after hearing from the victim of the rape and the teen’s mother, who told the judge yesterday, “I really believe he hasn’t learned his lesson.”
Ok, for those of you who don't know who Greg Pathiakis is...he attended Stonehill College -- and graduated a year before many of the contributors on this site. He referred to himself as "Stat Man", as that was his designated role as a manager of the hockey team.
Around campus (it's a smaller campus), it was well known that this pickle was, indeed, gay. Whether you like it or not, he was continuously mocked for his extra-curricular activities. Why? Because he would bring it upon himself.
To be honest, I don't think I ever said a single word to him in my life -- as I tend to get creeped out by that "kind" of stuff. What I do know though...is that, during my junior year, he lived in the same suite as a couple of my good friends. While we would be up late doing what most college guys do, it was not uncommon for us to hear "Stat Man" getting into heated arguments (aka, love quarrels) with his live-in "boyfriend". Swearing, breaking of possessions, slapping...all which would inevitibly lead to make-up a$$ pounding (I just made myself sick).
JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED -- here's to hoping "Stat Man" gets what he deserves in the coming years...
A former teacher from Haverhill was sent to jail for 2 1/2 years yesterday after admitting that he had violated the terms of his probation on an earlier rape charge by surfing the Internet and setting up a MySpace page. Gregory Pathiakis, 27, of 6 Colonial Farm Road, appeared stunned as he was ordered into custody by Lawrence Superior Court Judge Richard Welch.
“You’ve been given a break and you’ve blown it,” Welch told Pathiakis, who pleaded with him for another chance. Pathiakis (pictured above) had been on probation after he pleaded guilty last year to raping a 15-year-old student on the South Shore. “I readily admit my judgment was awful in this case,” Pathiakis said. But the prospect of being sent to jail “has scared the daylights out of me. I will do anything to avoid going to jail,” he pleaded, offering to submit to house arrest and quit his jobs if it would keep him out of jail.
In January 2006, Pathiakis, a Methuen native who is a graduate of Central Catholic High School and the son of an Andover police sergeant, pleaded guilty in Brockton Superior Court to statutory rape, child enticement, and child pornography charges. He received a suspended 2 1/2-year sentence and five years of probation. The charges stem from incidents that occurred in December 2003.
Pathiakis had been working as a teacher at Middleboro High School, but resigned after school officials confronted him about inappropriate online contact he had with students. Three weeks later, Pathiakis invited a 15-year-old male student to watch a hockey game and then brought him to his Brockton apartment, where they had sex. They had also exchanged e-mails. The teen initially told investigators that he had been forced into having sex in Pathiakis’s Jeep, but later acknowledged that there had been no force and that the act had taken place at the teacher’s apartment. The student was just a few weeks shy of his 16th birthday, and therefore legally below the age of consent.
Now-retired Judge Suzanne DelVecchio said at the time of sentencing that was one of the factors she considered in giving Pathiakis a suspended sentence. Since being given probation, Pathiakis has lived in the Merrimack Valley, for a time with his parents in Methuen and more recently in Haverhill. He worked two jobs, at a Marblehead-based airport shuttle service and at a Chili’s in Andover, his lawyer said. Because he was living in this area, his case was transferred to Lawrence Superior Court. But Welch said that Pathiakis did not take advantage of the break he was given, even though he had been warned not to use the Internet except for work-related reasons.
“Obviously, there have been repeated violations,” said Welch, after looking at a stack of printouts, including a MySpace page under the name “Stoneice02,” an entry about hockey authored by Pathiakis on the Wikipedia Web site, and the results of Internet searches for pornography. The MySpace page featured a photo of Pathiakis and another man, and listed his hobby as “drinking” — another thing the judge had barred him from doing while on probation. All the while, Pathiakis repeatedly told his probation officer, David Barretto, that he was not using the Internet. Barretto urged the judge to impose the suspended sentence. Defense lawyer Fred McAlary described his client’s violation as “technical,” saying “The Internet is a way of life for young people today.” He asked the judge to give Pathiakis another chance. Welch disagreed, calling the violation “substantive.” The judge made his comment after hearing from the victim of the rape and the teen’s mother, who told the judge yesterday, “I really believe he hasn’t learned his lesson.”
Ok, for those of you who don't know who Greg Pathiakis is...he attended Stonehill College -- and graduated a year before many of the contributors on this site. He referred to himself as "Stat Man", as that was his designated role as a manager of the hockey team.
Around campus (it's a smaller campus), it was well known that this pickle was, indeed, gay. Whether you like it or not, he was continuously mocked for his extra-curricular activities. Why? Because he would bring it upon himself.
To be honest, I don't think I ever said a single word to him in my life -- as I tend to get creeped out by that "kind" of stuff. What I do know though...is that, during my junior year, he lived in the same suite as a couple of my good friends. While we would be up late doing what most college guys do, it was not uncommon for us to hear "Stat Man" getting into heated arguments (aka, love quarrels) with his live-in "boyfriend". Swearing, breaking of possessions, slapping...all which would inevitibly lead to make-up a$$ pounding (I just made myself sick).
JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED -- here's to hoping "Stat Man" gets what he deserves in the coming years...
4 comments:
tang35
Kinda sounds like he'd like going to jail to me.
THANK GOD THIS LOSER AND PREDATOR IS IN JAIL, WHERE HE SHOULD BE!!!!
I knew of this kid. I heard stories of other guys finding kiddi porn in his dorm room. what a creep.
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