ENLIST TO AVOID JAIL S.S.

A SALINAS MAN HAS BEEN TOLD HE CAN AVOID A JAIL TERM, IF HE ENLISTS IN THE MILITARY. 24 YEAR-OLD BRIAN BARR WAS GIVEN THAT OPTION YESTERDAY, (THE DAY THAT HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED BY JUDGE ROBERT MOODY IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURTROOM). BARR WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED FOR FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE. THAT CHARGED STEMMED FROM A MARCH 22ND HOME INVASION ROBBERY AT BARR?S SOUTH SALINAS APARTMENT, IN WHICH BARR SHOT AND KILLED THE INTRUDER. JUDGE MOODY FOUND THE SHOOTING TO BE JUSTIFIED, BUT THE POSSESSION OF THE GUN (AND THE MARIJUANA) WAS NOT. AFTER ANNOUNCING THAT THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT HAD RECOMMENDED BARR SPEND 240 DAYS IN JAIL, (AND PRAISING THE PROBATION OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE CASE), JUDGE MOODY GAVE BARR THE OPTION OF ENLISTMENT INSTEAD. BARR IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO COURT NEXT MONTH.