 Patrick McClellan is the policy director for the New York League of Conservation. Spoda is now 82 years old. He's been released to what's called community confinement, according to prison officials. That could mean either home confinement or a halfway house. Spoda's conviction stems from a 2012 incident where former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke beat a handcuffed man. A jury convicted Spoda in 2019 on charges of conspiracy to cover up the beating.