Emmy Award-winning actor Rip Torn may be heading to the big house. His request for a special probation program was rejected Wednesday by a judge who ruled the charges are too significant to qualify the . Rip Torn was arrested earlier this year in January for breaking into a Connecticut bank, drunk and armed.
Rip Torn faces multiple charges
Rip Torn, whose real name is Elmore Rual Torn, has had troubles within the past with alcohol-related incidents. The latest drunken event took place in Salisbury, Conn., where Torn was arrested for allegedly breaking into a local branch office of Litchfield Bancorp during closing hours when loaded with a firearm without a permit. Police easily responded to the alarm that went off within the bank. Holding a loaded .22-caliber pistol, the Men in Black actor was found wandering inside the facility. According to court documents, Torn had a blood-alcohol level of 0.203, nearly 3 times the lawful limit for drivers in Connecticut.
According to the Associated Press, Torn has pleaded not guilty to second-degree criminal trespassing, carrying a firearm when intoxicated, carrying a weapon without a permit and third-degree criminal mischief.
Other incidents related to alcohol
In January of 2004, Torn was arrested in the Big Apple after his vehicle crashed into a taxi. Aired all over television news was a fuming Rip Torn yelling at police officers and refusing to take a breathalyzer test. He was acquitted from all charges in October of that year. In December 2006, just two years later, the actor was again arrested for drunk driving in North Salem, New York, after crashing into a tractor trailer. He pleaded guilty, had his driver’s license revoked for 90 days and was ordered to pay a $ 380 fine.
Judge rejects Rip Torn’s special probation request
Too bad for Rip Torn, Litchfield Superior Court Judge James Ginocchio has ruled the charges placed on Rip Torn, 79, after the January Connecticut bank break-in are too serious to qualify him for the probation program called accelerated rehabilitation. The fact that Torn was still in a court-ordered alcohol education program from a previous DUI charge at the time of the bank break-in certainly doesn’t help his situation. A court-ordered evaluation of Torn’s alcohol dependency difficulties was requested by his lawyer, and depending on the results, Torn could possibly be ordered to undertake a state-monitored treatment for up to two years before charges could be dropped.
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