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WATERTOWN
-- A former Watertown police officer will spend the next 15
years in state prison.
Joseph
Michael VanWaldick pleaded guilty June 20 to attempted murder,
kidnapping and grand larceny charges to shooting Ryan Dorr, 27, with a
handgun on Dec. 8, 2004, at Dorr’s Watertown apartment.
According to court records, VanWaldick climbed a ladder to the bedroom
window of Dorr’s apartment and shot Dorr in the back, then
twice in the chest.
VanWaldick
was off-duty at the time. Jessica Quinta, 24, VanWaldick’s
ex-girlfriend, was in the apartment at the time of the shooting and not
injured. VanWaldick allegedly kidnapped Quinta but later released her
unharmed.
After a manhunt, he turned himself into police.
He was ordered to pay more than $13,000 in restitution and will be
placed on five years of supervised release after he completes his
prison term. 8-17-05
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