 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 and also found him guilty of obstruction of justice and civil rights violations.