WOODSTOCK — A former mayor of Strasburg is back in compliance with the alcohol program requirements stipulated in the plea deal he entered earlier this year for a DUI and misuse of public funds charges.
Richard Orndorff Jr., 57, of the 200 block of South Holiday Street, is due back in Shenandoah County General District Court at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 to see if he remains in compliance. In May, Orndorff had been charged with a failure to comply with the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program and with violating his probation for a misdemeanor offense.
The non-compliance charges stemmed from Orndorff not returning intake/enrollment paperwork and not making further contact with the Old Dominion ASAP in Winchester.
Judge Amy Tisinger stated during a Friday afternoon hearing she received notification that Orndorff has since resumed compliance with the program.
As with most program participants, Orndorff was given the chance to get in compliance, Tisinger said. The violations aren’t new violations, she added. If Orndorff were to get out of compliance again, then potential penalties against him could be discussed, Tisinger said.
Orndorff was ordered to participate in the VASAP program as part of a plea agreement for a first-time DUI charge, a reduction from a second DUI offense in May 2019 when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle into the Strasburg Library during Mayfest. He was flown to INOVA Hospital in Fairfax County for treatment of his injuries.
The program participation was ordered as 120 days of incarceration were suspended, 12 months of unsupervised probation was imposed and half of a $500 fine was suspended.
Orndorff could face a penalty of having both the suspended 120 days of incarceration and the suspended $250 fine imposed against him if found guilty of the non-compliance charges.
Orndorff also pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized use of food stamps under $1,000 for a charge he received after the DUI; two other counts of obtaining money, in amounts of less than $500 and $200, were dropped. The offenses occurred in the summer of 2017 and fall of 2018, according to court documents.
Orndorff was ordered to pay $338 to the Department of Social Services and is scheduled to return to Shenandoah County General District Court at 8:45 a.m. on March 7 for the food stamps charge. If he does not receive any new charges in that period, the unauthorized use of food stamps case would be dismissed.
