A Hamilton man has been released to probation after completing a 120-day treatment program in the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC).
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Robert Vessar of Hamilton pled guilty to an amended charge of DWI persistent in September 2020, when a charge of second-degree murder was dismissed with the amended information. He was sentenced to four years at that time, but the court retained jurisdiction for completion of the 120-day program under RSMo. 559.115.
On Feb. 3, the court ordered supervision by the Board of Probation and Parole for a term of five years, with enhanced alcohol monitoring. Vessar was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle unless it is equipped with ignition interlock. The case was heard by Judge Ryan Horsman in Daviess County Circuit Court.
Vessar was originally charged with second degree murder after a Pattonsburg man was fatally injured in an ATV accident in Winston in April 2018.