Michael Barisone finally has been moved from the Morris County Correctional Facility to the Anne Klein Forensic Center for evaluation.
Though he was supposed to leave the jail in Morristown shortly after being found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity on April 14, the delay of nearly a month in his transfer means a hearing on his fate will not be held as originally scheduled May 17. He will be evaluated at Anne Klein in West Trenton, but he will have to spend two weeks in isolation there first.
Michael Barisone hopes to be riding again soon. ((Photo © by Nancy Jaffer)
The evaluation and subsequent hearing will determine whether he is a danger to himself or others, and if he can pick up the threads of his life again.
The dressage trainer was charged with two counts of attempted murder involving the tenants at his Long Valley Farm. Lauren Kanarek was shot twice during an August 7, 2019 encounter with Barisone when he confronted her and her boyfriend, Robert Goodwin, as he sought to evict them. The not guilty by reason of insanity verdict applied to the attempted murder charge involving Kanarek,as well as a charge of possessing a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Barisone was found not guilty of attempted murder and possession of a weapon in connection with Goodwin.