Aldrich Granted Modification Of His Jail Sentence
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The defendant who received the stiffest sentence in connection with the December 2000 Rice Ford burglary was recently granted a modification of the term.
George Aldrich, 29, of Etna Green, was sentenced in September 2001 to eight years in prison for his role in the crime.
Co-defendants in the case, including the so-called ringleader, Jason Fisher, 24, of Goshen, received lesser prison terms.
Fisher was sentenced Oct. 10 to four years in prison for burglary and auto theft. Another co-defendant, Lawrence Grant, 30, of Shipshewana, was sentenced to 5-1/2 years in prison, and William Vroman, 34, formerly of Milford, has been released from custody. He was ordered to serve two years of a four-year term and, in Indiana, inmates are given one day off their sentence for each day served on good behavior.
All of the defendants were ordered to make restitution to Rice Ford of more than $100,000.
Aldrich, who drove his co-defendants to Rice Ford the night of the burglary, has been in prison since Sept. 27. As of Oct. 31, the remainder of his sentence was ordered served on probation.
The car thefts were linked by investigators to the murder of Kathy Vroman, 48, of Milford. Kathy Vroman's body was found in a wooded area near Three Rivers, Mich., several days after she was reported missing by her husband, the Vroman co-defendant in the auto theft case. Authorities said Kathy Vroman was shot inside Country Car Co. of Milford, a used car lot owned by Fisher. Vroman was reported missing Jan. 15, 2001, after she failed to return home from work.
Grant's sentence includes a conviction for assisting a criminal and unlawful movement of a body. He testified during the trial of Ralph Freddrick "Fred" Fisher, 47, of Goshen, that he helped Jason Fisher move and dispose of Kathy Vroman's body after she was murdered.
Jason Fisher spent nearly a year in the Kosciusko County Jail awaiting trial for the murder of Kathy Vroman before he told authorities that his father committed the crime.
Ralph Fisher was acquitted of the murder and a murder charge against Jason Fisher was dismissed in exchange for his testimony against his father. [[In-content Ad]]
The defendant who received the stiffest sentence in connection with the December 2000 Rice Ford burglary was recently granted a modification of the term.
George Aldrich, 29, of Etna Green, was sentenced in September 2001 to eight years in prison for his role in the crime.
Co-defendants in the case, including the so-called ringleader, Jason Fisher, 24, of Goshen, received lesser prison terms.
Fisher was sentenced Oct. 10 to four years in prison for burglary and auto theft. Another co-defendant, Lawrence Grant, 30, of Shipshewana, was sentenced to 5-1/2 years in prison, and William Vroman, 34, formerly of Milford, has been released from custody. He was ordered to serve two years of a four-year term and, in Indiana, inmates are given one day off their sentence for each day served on good behavior.
All of the defendants were ordered to make restitution to Rice Ford of more than $100,000.
Aldrich, who drove his co-defendants to Rice Ford the night of the burglary, has been in prison since Sept. 27. As of Oct. 31, the remainder of his sentence was ordered served on probation.
The car thefts were linked by investigators to the murder of Kathy Vroman, 48, of Milford. Kathy Vroman's body was found in a wooded area near Three Rivers, Mich., several days after she was reported missing by her husband, the Vroman co-defendant in the auto theft case. Authorities said Kathy Vroman was shot inside Country Car Co. of Milford, a used car lot owned by Fisher. Vroman was reported missing Jan. 15, 2001, after she failed to return home from work.
Grant's sentence includes a conviction for assisting a criminal and unlawful movement of a body. He testified during the trial of Ralph Freddrick "Fred" Fisher, 47, of Goshen, that he helped Jason Fisher move and dispose of Kathy Vroman's body after she was murdered.
Jason Fisher spent nearly a year in the Kosciusko County Jail awaiting trial for the murder of Kathy Vroman before he told authorities that his father committed the crime.
Ralph Fisher was acquitted of the murder and a murder charge against Jason Fisher was dismissed in exchange for his testimony against his father. [[In-content Ad]]