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October 26. 2012 7:02PM
Brendan Bisbee, 35, is expected to serve a 2 to 4 year prison term handed down last December in Rockingham County Superior Court unless his conviction is overturned by the state Supreme Court.
Sentence upheld for former Mass. police officer convicted of perjury
Brendan Bisbee, 35, is expected to serve a 2 to 4 year prison term handed down last December in Rockingham County Superior Court unless his conviction is overturned by the state Supreme Court.
BRENTWOOD — A former Massachusetts police officer will have to serve two to four years in prison for felony perjury unless he can upend his conviction on appeal, a three-judge panel ruled.
Brendan Bisbee, 35, lost his bid on Tuesday to have his sentence in Rockingham County Superior Court amended to a lesser sentence.
The state’s Sentence Review Board upheld the sentence given to Bisbee, a former Barre, Mass. police officer.
He was convicted of five counts of felony perjury following his trial last Oct. 21.
Bisbee was the boyfriend of Kristin Ruggiero, who set up her ex-husband and had him jailed while the couple was divorcing in 2008. Ruggiero died of a drug overdose in December while serving a 7- to 14-year state prison sentence. The state Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a suicide.
The state’s Sentence Review Board heard arguments about Bisbee’s case last Friday.
Judge Kenneth McHugh handed down the sentence last Dec. 22.
Prosecutors had sought a 3- to 6-year prison term for Bisbee. They argued he repeatedly lied under oath during Ruggiero’s 2010 trial in an effort to derail the prosecution.
Bisbee has been free on $50,000 bail after a stint in Rockingham County jail following his sentencing.
His conviction is now expected to be argued before the state Supreme Court, which accepted his case in February.
Once arguments are heard on the appeal, it could take upwards of a year before the Supreme Court reaches a decision.
Bisbee was a 10-year veteran of the Barre, Mass. police department before he got romantically involved in 2007 with Ruggiero, and left the department.
He was indicted last January along with three others for what prosecutors say was an effort to manipulate evidence and witness testimony at Kristin Ruggiero’s 2010 trial.
Daniel Ruggiero, brother to Jeffrey Ruggiero, has agreed to plead guilty on Nov. 8 to perjury for lying to a jury in May 2010.
Ruggiero, 35, of Sanford, Maine will receive a deferred 12-month jail term, and was ordered to perform a 100 hours of community service in exchange for his plea, if a judge approves the deal, according to court records.
jkimble@newstote.com
Brendan Bisbee, 35, lost his bid on Tuesday to have his sentence in Rockingham County Superior Court amended to a lesser sentence.
The state’s Sentence Review Board upheld the sentence given to Bisbee, a former Barre, Mass. police officer.
He was convicted of five counts of felony perjury following his trial last Oct. 21.
Bisbee was the boyfriend of Kristin Ruggiero, who set up her ex-husband and had him jailed while the couple was divorcing in 2008. Ruggiero died of a drug overdose in December while serving a 7- to 14-year state prison sentence. The state Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a suicide.
The state’s Sentence Review Board heard arguments about Bisbee’s case last Friday.
Judge Kenneth McHugh handed down the sentence last Dec. 22.
Prosecutors had sought a 3- to 6-year prison term for Bisbee. They argued he repeatedly lied under oath during Ruggiero’s 2010 trial in an effort to derail the prosecution.
Bisbee has been free on $50,000 bail after a stint in Rockingham County jail following his sentencing.
His conviction is now expected to be argued before the state Supreme Court, which accepted his case in February.
Once arguments are heard on the appeal, it could take upwards of a year before the Supreme Court reaches a decision.
Bisbee was a 10-year veteran of the Barre, Mass. police department before he got romantically involved in 2007 with Ruggiero, and left the department.
He was indicted last January along with three others for what prosecutors say was an effort to manipulate evidence and witness testimony at Kristin Ruggiero’s 2010 trial.
Daniel Ruggiero, brother to Jeffrey Ruggiero, has agreed to plead guilty on Nov. 8 to perjury for lying to a jury in May 2010.
Ruggiero, 35, of Sanford, Maine will receive a deferred 12-month jail term, and was ordered to perform a 100 hours of community service in exchange for his plea, if a judge approves the deal, according to court records.
jkimble@newstote.com
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