By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
A Placer County sheriff's deputy admitted today that he violated his probation in March by getting drunk again less than a month after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.
A judge, however, decided not to give John Caliguire, left, additional jail time after learning that he had served his original jail sentence and is participating in various rehabilitation programs.
Thomas Leupp, Caliguire's attorney, said his client had served his original 45-day jail sentence, undergone an in-patient rehabilitation program and faithfully attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings since his rearrest March 24, according to a Placer County District Attorney's Office news release.
Caliguire, 48, a longtime bailiff in the Placer court system, apologized to the judge for not having adhered to conditions of his probation, which includes refraining from alcohol.
Retired visiting Judge Angus Saint-Evens expressed disappointment that Caliguire had violated probation but said he was pleased Caliguire had taken steps in the past three moths to deal with his drinking.
The judge could have sent Caliguire back to jail for another 45-day sentence to fulfill a suspended jail term. Instead, he reimposed the conditions of the three-year probation and added a new requirement that Caliguire attend five Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week.
Caliguire was arrested for DUI on Nov. 7, 2009, after Rocklin police saw him driving erratically and pulled over his vehicle.
On Feb. 26, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI and Saint-Evens placed him on probation, ordered him to serve 45 days in jail and suspended an additional 45 days in jail.
But on March 24, Caliguire showed up for his bailiff job intoxicated and was arrested again before bailing out of jail. On May 10, he began serving his original 45-day sentence.
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