JAMES C. DEVER, III, Chief District Judge.
COMES NOW Erica W. Foy, U.S. Probation Officer of the court, presenting a petition for modification of the Judgment and Commitment Order of DAVID L. HERSH, who, upon an earlier plea of guilty to Securities Fraud, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, was sentenced by the Honorable James C. Dever Ill, Chief U.S. District Judge, on June 4, 2014, to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 12 months and 1 day. It was further ordered that upon release from imprisonment the defendant be placed on supervised release for a period of 36 months.
DAVID L. HERSH was released from custody on May 29, 2015, at which time the term of supervised release commenced. On August 6, 2015, his conditions were modified to include mental health counseling, which he has been participating in since that time.
On October 18, 2017, the defendant was charged in Knightdale, North Carolina, with misdemeanor Larceny from Walmart. On November 22, 2017, Hersh was charged in Raleigh, North Carolina, with Shoplifting Concealment and Injury to Property from Belk Men's Store at Crabtree Valley Mall. The defendant was confronted with both of these incidents and tried to present them to the probation officer as misunderstandings; however, in each incident, he admitted to the store that he had committed the offenses. In order to assist the defendant with his decision making, we recommend referring him to a cognitive behavioral program. The defendant signed a Waiver of Hearing agreeing to the proposed modification of supervision.
1. The defendant shall participate in a cognitive behavioral program as directed by the probation office. Except as herein modified, the judgment shall remain in full force and effect.
Considered and ordered this