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March 3 Court Hearings: Judge Boyd, Simpson, Middleton + More | TCF Podcast #242 · The Courtroom Files

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  Good morning everybody, Happy Tuesday, which at least here in
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  the bunker, is just another Monday.
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  Welcome to TCF live. So here's the thing, shortly
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  before trying to go live, nothing is working here, at
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  least not the way it should be. I've got 2 computers that run
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  this show. The one computer isn't talking
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  to the other. No matter what I do, it's not
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  sending over the signal. So we're going to try to do this
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  on one computer today. I've dialed down the resolution
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  slightly just to take some of the stress off.
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  We're going to see how this goes.
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  There's a lot of chicken wire and duct tape involved, but
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  we're going to try to put on a show.
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  We'll start our morning with Judge Middleton.
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  Player here Danielle Brackett, Booker Jenkins, Jason Keesler,
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  Pablo Pena, Michael Phelps, Cody Smith, Carrie Walls and a lot of
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  people that are here. Lonnie Williams is here.
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  Well, maybe it's some stragglers will come wandering in.
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  But. We'll.
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  Go with who we've got. Let's start with Lonnie Daniel
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  Williams. Mr. Williams, you should come up
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  to the podium, please. This is file number 26251 OT
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  people versus Lonnie D Williams. Mr. Williams, you got charged
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  under 3 ordinance with driving without a valid license.
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  Let's take a look at it. You get lots of these.
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  We have one almost every single arraignment day.
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  You got the ticket on February 13th at 8:30 at night in Sturgis
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  snow and three over Foot St. And Michigan Ave. driving on a
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  valid license stop for a brake light and a license plate out.
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  You had Michigan. ID card they actually put you in
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  jail on some failed to appear other warrants.
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  You have $1846 worth of unpaid fines and costs including
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  careless driving, driving suspended, driving suspended,
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  old drinking driving. You just got a driving suspended
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  in 2025. Anyway, this charge they didn't
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  charge with driving suspended. They charged no valid operator's
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  license misdemeanor. That's punishable by up to 90
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  days in jail on a fine of up to $100.
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  Carries 2 points on your driving.
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  Record. How do you?
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  Plead to that charge. I might put you in jail for
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  this. First of all, could you give
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  them a Kleenex? Take your gum out.
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  You keep driving and you keep not paying your fine, and
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  normally there's a fine case. For.
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  Driving on a valid license, but I've already given you a bunch
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  of fines which you haven't paid, including old drinking driving
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  charge from six years ago. You still haven't paid that off
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  from 2020. You're apparently on some sort
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  of play payment plan, the kind where you don't make any
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  payment. So normally I wouldn't appoint a
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  lawyer for you. One thing they may do is amend
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  this to driving suspended. That's the accurate charge.
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  The officer gave you a break, but I can't just keep giving you
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  a fine that you don't pay and you just can't keep driving.
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  How'd you get here today? Where are they?
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  How's that? Where are they?
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  In the parking lot. All right, let's make.
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  Oh, good morning. Haven't seen you in a while.
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  Let's make sure Mr. Williams didn't drive here.
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  All right. Defendant, plead not guilty.
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  This is jail possible, so appoint an attorney.
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  Are you working somewhere? No.
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  All right. Are you still actually living in
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  Sturgis? Are you living in Three Rivers?
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  I didn't get any of the advice of rights.
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  Did they give you an advice of rights?
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  I don't know what you were doing driving around 3 or was it 8:30
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  at night? But you can't keep dry.
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  So I'll appoint an attorney and I'll set the attorney pretrial
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  for May 1st. Oh boy, that's Law Day.
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  Going to be ugly day. Every year on Law Day at 9 O
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  clock in the morning we have a Liberty Bell awards ceremony.
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  Probably be in this courtroom. This should well be over the
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  other side, be right in the middle of Friday morning.
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  Pretrials. Not ideal, but we'll make the
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  best of that. I'll set that for 8:30.
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  Who's the person that drove you here?
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  What's her name? Amber.
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  She's out in the parking lot. Yes.
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  All right, make sure of that. Stop driving.
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  You've got $1846 worth of unpaid tickets, including an old seat
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  belt ticket that goes all the way back to 2017.
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  Driving suspended 2020 Operating intoxicated 2020 Carol's driving
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  2020 Driving suspended 21 Driving suspended last year.
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  At some point the chickens come home to roost, so don't make it
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  worse. I also want to see how much you
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  pay between now and when I see. And next, I want you to continue
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  to pay on these old tickets. All right, Mr. Williams, I'll.
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  Take you out to the counter. Lovely day.
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  All right. Thank you.
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  I'll see you in May. That is not ideal.
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  The April 1st Friday of the month is Good Friday, so the
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  courthouse is closed that day for a state holiday.
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  It may move that better right now.
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  There was some talk of turning Good Friday into Juneteenth, but
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  that's a Supreme Court holiday, so the courts are.
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  Required to be. Closed.
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  I think it's the way it works anyway.
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  We're not open that day and Mr. George and Mr. Reed are not
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  available on March 27th. Judge Patterson didn't want me
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  to put everything on April 17th, so I bumped it.
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  It's really going to be a difficult day and as I said, we
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  usually stop everything and do a ceremony at 9:00.
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  Well, he laments the day in the future.
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  Good morning once again, everybody.
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  It's TCF live on a Tuesday where we're dealing with things in
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  real time. But we're making it work.
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  Let's stay in Michigan. We'll go say good morning to
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  Judge Nellie. More on your landscape child
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  abuse. Your name.
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  So it looks like fans here for fair to pay $651.
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  How was he going to proceed here plus a warrant fee?
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  What happened with this? He had on Chase similar charge
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  in front of the looks like he was transferred over to the
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  Wyandotte court for supervision through your program in this
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  court. This file was closed out before
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  that one was closed out. He appeared in front of Judge
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  Hessen last October. She gave him 60 days jail and I
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  think in Joshua and Judge Sam's 27 District Court to close out
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  that file. He served that time from October
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  6th until I think it's December 13th.
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  We would ask. The court to close this file
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  trying to serve still got warrants out he.
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  Does their first days so. Can you confirm that?
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  Can you pull that out OK? Oh no.
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  Did he ever pay any money? Don Judge Hudson, the case of
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  when are you going to get your life in order?
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  As soon, As soon as I have. My life since I'm very close.
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  Where do you work? I've just been working side
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  jobs. And.
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  I've done a little bit more for Mr. Lovett on the side.
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  On top of that, I'm still going to go with the guys there.
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  He wasn't working well. He was supposed to pay $50 bi
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  weekly on this beginning March 1 of 25.
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  It looks August 1 of 25. He didn't pay anything.
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  Didn't have any of the money at 10.
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  Did I not tell you to come and talk to me if you didn't have
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  the money? Did I?
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  Why didn't you come and talk to me?
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  I told you to come and talk to me if you didn't have the money.
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  Still worried about the probation from the why not and I
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  was still trying to just follow following with everything they
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  wanted me to do. They had any going on offensive
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  therapy and all the places, you know, we have a little bit left.
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  Rehab and I. Hatefully got to.
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  Turn myself in here I am out. This is a 2023 case.
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  We're still fooling around with a 2023 case.
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  Do you have any money with him today?
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  She's barely able to keep his residence.
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  He's going to get his and nine cops.
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  Why aren't you? Why didn't you go and apply for
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  jobs and get a steady job somewhere?
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  I'd like to, but I mean. It's, it's like, it's like bone
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  teeth. It's like, you know?
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  I and I know I don't have. My license, but I I know.
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  That I can. Still have an ID and like be
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  capable of working in a company, but I've just taken my family
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  now got put my access to that as far as if my mom she's been
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  there for me and. What days were you in in custody
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  on Joe Chesson's case? Initially I.
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  First went in on. October 6th.
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  But I didn't see judge. Chesson and he resolved on
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  November 4th. You were in custody until
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  December 13th. So it's yeah, your son, 13.
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  She. Accredited.
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  Me. You were in custody of Judge
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  Desanto's case beginning October 6th, is that right?
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  Kids, wife, anything? No.
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  So my dad, my dad's. Kind of like, you know, he's
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  got. Cancer and whatnot I see when I
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  start to release the P bar I sell.
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  I you don't deserve a break, but I'm going to give you one.
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  I'm going to I'm going to just give you credit for time served
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  on Judge Hessens and close this. Thank you.
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  You got to grow up. You're 39.
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  They don't give us like 487 years on this planet.
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  Good luck. Christina Marie Mathis.
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  Thanks 26-F2. 4555. 3 have seated up here, Valdez Hernandez
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  at the table, and then the Earl Agron seated at the table.
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  My right, your left, ma'am, your name.
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  You're charged with the speeding.
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  Well, you got to be careful. You're driving 60 on West Sharon
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  River Dr., they say. I had to extenuate certain
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  senses. I didn't.
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  Realize how fast that was going. You're going to be doing
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  impeding traffic right? So that charge, responsible or
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  not responsible, 160 is your total.
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  You can go down the cashier and make your payment.
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  You're all set. Good luck.
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  Hernandez Valdez. Hernandez Valdez, Brandon Luis
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  Hernandez 25W84-O6O3A and B your name?
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  Brandon Luis Hernandez. You owe 213 on both charges.
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  Do you have the money to pay that?
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  Yes, I do. You have $426.
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  The tickets were issued back in October.
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  We recently got a divorce so I didn't check well I can check my
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  mail so I'm sorry I didn't check my mail.
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  So when I checked that I already have the court date so.
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  It's 195 on each of these. I'll wave the balance.
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  You can go down the hall and take care of those tickets.
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  Good luck. Thank you.
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  People against Viral Abram 2 6 W, 8412 O1.
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  He's on Zoom judge. OK, you have to start your
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  video, Mr. Abram. Or what?
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  Yes, Sir. Your name.
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  Just pressing Seiko. So.
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  You're going to plead the no medical waiver card and then
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  they're going to dismiss Mr. C Con.
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  You have to take your hat off, please.
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  And then they're going to dismiss the original charge,
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  right? OK.
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  Thank you, Sir. Is that, is that what you want
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  to do, Mr. Abram? Yes, Sir, Mr. Siegel.
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  All right, I put him back in the waiting room.
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  Judge. Mr. Abram to that charge of no
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  medical waiver card shown not responsible or not responsible.
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  Yes. Responsible or not responsible,
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  You played responsible to that with the understanding the
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  speeding will be dismissed. Yes I do.
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  Yes I do. Your honor is accepted 170.
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  You can go online and pay that today.
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  Yes. Ok33court.com, 33court.com with
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  your case number. Good luck.
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  Yes. Thank you.
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  Appreciate. Good morning once again
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  everybody. TCF live on a second Monday that
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  I'm trying real hard to make into a Tuesday.
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  Just an FYI for you today, because I normally operate the
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  shop of two computers and because of an update last night
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  that was found two minutes before Showtime, I'm only doing
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  it on one. It means my resources are a
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  little more limited today so we may not hop around courts as
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  much as we normally do. I can only do so much on the one
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  computer, just just a heads up, but we'll we'll see how it goes.
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  Just just slow down so that you want to have an informal hearing
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  on these. They they wouldn't.
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  Dismiss one and let you plead to the other.
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  I haven't talked to anybody since.
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  We were back in there talking to the department Rep, weren't you?
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  Yes and yes. That was just now right?
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  5 minutes ago. Yes, all I said.
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  Really, you weren't? Good.
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  OK, I'll say. Keep your voice, I told.
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  Him I got the proof to show him since you get dismissed I didn't
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  really want. Him here, I was just going, so
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  did you have insurance in effect on that day?
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  Well then you were still driving without proof of insurance,
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  right? Did you have an invalid plate on
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  that day? Said no.
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  Yes, I actually had the right text so I was confused.
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  What? Do you mean you have the right
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  text? But my registration was
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  inspired, so I don't know. Do we have a number for her
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  obedient? He's in.
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  According. To Yeah.
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  You have a seat right at the table behind you.
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  I'm going to call Will and ask them to send them in here.
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  Joanne McNair, 26 W 841442. You can come up to the podium,
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  ma'am. Your name.
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  All right. Good morning.
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  You're going to plead to impeding, right?
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  Is that what you want to do? That's OK.
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  What's that? That's OK, all right, to the
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  they they said. I just got today one within 30.
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  5. No, they they're not the judge.
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  Don't listen to those guys back there, OK?
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  I'm not going to charge you 135. I'm going to charge you more
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  than that. But if you want to plead to
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  impeding, I'll be happy to take your plea.
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  It's zero points. It won't go on your record.
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  You want to plead to impeding. OK, so to the charge impeding
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  traffic, do you plead responsible or not responsible?
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  OK, I'll accept the plea. Dismissed the speed 1:50 and
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  you're all set. OK, Have a good day.
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  Good luck to you. Jasper Seacorn, C Con.
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  He's on Zoom. OK, Jasper Secon 2 6 W 841410
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  Good morning. Good morning, Sir.
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  Your name. Sorry Sir, my name.
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  Yes, Sir. Just please think.
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  You want to play the impeding traffic right?
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  Yes, Sir. That's zero points won't go on
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  your record to that charge. Responsible or not responsible?
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  OK, Sir, do I have to pay the penalty?
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  Sir, do you plead responsible or not responsible to impeding
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  traffic? Sir, listen to my question.
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  Listen to my question. They're offering you the
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  opportunity to plead to impeding traffic.
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  If you want to do that, it's zero points.
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  It won't go on your record. If you plead to that, they're
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  going to dismiss the speeding to the charge of impeding traffic.
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  How do you plead? Responsible or not responsible?
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  Yes, Sir. Are you responsible?
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  Please accepted. 150 speeds dismissed.
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  You can go online and pay that today. 33court.com OK.
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  Sorry, is it possible? Can you reimburse the like wave
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  of the fine because I'm just trying so.
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  Listen, there's a little bit of a language barrier here.
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  I'm having a hard time understanding you.
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  Keep your voice up. What are you asking me for?
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  Time to pay. Yeah, I am asking to wave off
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  the fine, please. To do what?
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  To forgive the fine, the penalty fee on the ticket like it's a
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  $150.00. I'm not understanding you, Sir.
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  You're asking me to waive the fine?
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  Yes, yes, Sir. How can I do that?
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  I'm not. I can't do that.
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  I mean, if I do that, I got to do it for the other 100 people
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  in here, right? OK.
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  I can give you a week to pay it, will that help you?
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  Yeah, OK, Sir, it's fine. Pay this by March the 16th.
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  OK, March the 16th. Good luck.
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  Thank you, Sir. Emily Boudre, 26B15O326 officer
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  here. Obedient.
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  I'm going to call that case next with this gentleman here.
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  Your name, ma'am. All right.
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  Good morning. You're going to plead to
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  impeding traffic. They're going to dismiss the
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  improper turn right to that charge impeding responsible or
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  not responsible. Please accept the improper terms
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  dismissed 150 and would Elmo home and take care of that and
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  you're all set able to. Have I get paid on Thursday?
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  Am I able to? Pay on Thursday.
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  I'll let you pay on Friday. OK?
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  You can pay on this fifth. OK.
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  Good luck, Marissa Glenn. Oh, wait a minute before Marissa
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  Glenn. You have a seat at the table.
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  Where? Deidre Lee Leverett, come on up
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  here Officer 26B15O339A and B Your name, Sir.
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  So he's your name. So he's saying he's got
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  insurance now, but he didn't have it then.
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  If he pleads to that, do you want to dismiss the invalid
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  plate? Yeah.
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  Just write it up. You want to do that?
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  OK. He's going to write that up
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  differently. Have a seat at the table.
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  John Hindman. And he's going to write it up
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  differently. You have a seat at the table
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  there. And then as soon as I get the
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  file, I'll recall it. Officer, you can take these
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  right here. Marissa Lee Glenn, 26, T 647526.
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  Your name, ma'am. All right, so you're going to
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  plead to impeding, right? Responsible or not responsible,
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  please accept it. To that charge, 150 is your
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  total. OK, Cast you into the hall to
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  your right. You're all set.
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  Good luck, Whale. Damned Jeff.
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  Whale. Hussein de de Baja.
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  I'm sorry. De Baja. 25 W or 26 W, 841481.
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  Good morning, Sir. Your name.
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  Good morning. You're going to plead the
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  impeding traffic, right? And then they're going to
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  dismiss the speeding right to that charge of impeding.
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  Responsible or not responsible. Please accept it. 150 cash.
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  You read to the hall to your right.
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  You're all set. Good luck.
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  Thank you. Jayden Lucas Toma 216647559 A&B.
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  Good morning, your name. Good morning, Jayden Toma, So
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  you're so you have a disregard traffic signal charge, they're
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  going to reduce that to impeding and then you're going to plead
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  with insurance true. Is that what you want to do to
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  the charge of impeding traffic? Responsible or not responsible?
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  Responsible. To the charge of no proof of
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  insurance responsible or not responsible.
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  Responsible. I don't know who's talking.
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  If you guys could maybe keep it down, I'd appreciate it.
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  OK, guys, please, whoever's talking, I don't really think
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  you qualify for MP, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news
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  here. This has to go back to Trenton.
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  Don't they need to figure out something else?
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  Please. You're going to have to have a
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  seat, OK? OK.
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  Doesn't qualify for MP, yeah. All right, come on up here, Mr.
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  Levitt, he just DeAndre Levitt 2CP15O339A and B he just wrote
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  up to dismiss the invalid registration.
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  But you heard what we talked about, right?
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  So I can get him back in here and have a man that no proof or
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  you want to plead the no proof. I'm going to go ahead and
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  dismiss the invalid plate that charge responsible or not
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  responsible. All right, I'm going to accept
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  the plea. I'm going to dismiss file a
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  fines and costs are $150.00. OK, you can go down in the home
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  and pay that. You're all set.
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  Good luck. Palacios.
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  Hector Rilio. Palacios, how you doing?
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  26-F245449 Your Name. Hector Leo.
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  Palacios. All right.
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  So you're going to plead the impeding traffic, True.
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  Responsible or not responsible to that, please.
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  Accepted. Original charges dismissed. 150
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  is your total. You can go down the end of the
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  hall and take care of that. Thank you.
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  Rafael Valdovinos, 26-F245547, Good.
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  Morning. Good morning.
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  So they're going to have you 325 over, right?
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  Yes, that's one point. Do you understand that?
• 30:42
  Probably it was no point. It's.
• 30:45
  That's one point. OK.
• 30:47
  Do you want to go talk to him again?
• 30:52
  No, I don't need to talk to him. He brought it down a little bit.
• 30:58
  So all right, have a seat there. One second, just one second.
• 31:13
  Can you have one of the court officers please at the at the
• 31:19
  front there? Go talk to two and send in the
• 31:22
  Flat Rock department Rep please. Yes, Judge.
• 31:26
  Mitchell Wayne Collier Lawson 267245533 Your name Mitchell
• 31:41
  Wayne Collier Lawson. So you're completing impeding
• 31:51
  traffic, right? All right to that charge,
• 32:01
  responsible or not responsible speeds dismissed.
• 32:04
  Looks like you're getting your act together.
• 32:06
  Hopefully 170 is your total and get down in the hall and take
• 32:10
  care of that and you're on set. Good luck.
• 32:11
  Thank. You Doherty Nash 26B150097 or
• 32:21
  Nash Doherty, is it? I'm sorry, your name.
• 32:28
  All right. Good morning, Mr. Doherty.
• 32:30
  You are going to plead to there was an accident.
• 32:37
  The only times I got to tell these guys.
• 32:39
  You have any idea? You got to go.
• 32:57
  To painting, John, let's see, do you have somebody from
• 33:05
  Brownstown here? That's what I work.
• 33:07
  Or you're the. Department of Herbie Dance here
• 33:09
  from Brownstown. Yeah, this has to go to
• 33:10
  Herbedian. Come on up here if you would.
• 33:12
  Rafael Valdodinos. Wait a minute.
• 33:16
  Yeah, just slide, No slide back. Yep, Yep.
• 33:20
  Your name. This is 26 up to 5547.
• 33:23
  Your name. Rafael Laudino.
• 33:25
  And your name? Good morning.
• 33:29
  Are you near there? I've been there for a.
• 33:30
  Year and a half. Yes.
• 33:31
  I haven't seen you. I'm sorry.
• 33:34
  All right. So listen, he's got a decent
• 33:36
  record. Just wondering if you wouldn't
• 33:39
  consider giving him impeding on this.
• 33:43
  It wasn't outrageous. Will you write that up for me?
• 33:48
  Thank you. You have a seat right there.
• 33:51
  Give him a minute. OK.
• 33:53
  Thank that. Thank you.
• 33:55
  You are completely next. What's that?
• 33:56
  You want to complete the machine?
• 33:59
  Yeah, you can cross it out on that.
• 34:01
  You say please do a beating of the initial or something.
• 34:04
  OK. Thanks.
• 34:05
  Inam Nass. All right, once again, good
• 34:07
  morning, everybody. Good to have you all here.
• 34:10
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• 34:12
  second Monday. Barbara, thank you for gifting 5
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• 34:17
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• 34:19
  community. So thank you.
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  Pacific. Join us for that.
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  Our panel show would love to have you all there.
• 34:35
  Also in a moment, I'm going to drop a link into the chat and it
• 34:39
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  So if you could take a minute and give me your feedback.
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  feedback on a few things. So I'm going to drop that link
• 35:15
  in just a second, but let's move on from judge your dad, at least
• 35:19
  for the moment. Let's stay in Michigan.
• 35:22
  Go to judge mom. Mr. Troy Alexander, who is
• 35:25
  present, standing my left. Mr. Alexander, please state the
• 35:27
  end of the record. Troy, Edward and Alexander.
• 35:30
  All right. Thank you and thank you for
• 35:31
  addressing appropriately for court.
• 35:33
  Today is the date scheduled for sentencing in this matter and
• 35:38
  Council, did you have an opportunity to review the report
• 35:43
  and recommendation with your client?
• 35:45
  At this time, we did have the opportunity to report
• 35:48
  recommendation. No additions, corrections or
• 35:50
  deletions to be made. We're aware that the
• 35:52
  recommendation is for Mr. Alexander to be placed on a
• 35:55
  probationary period for 12 months with no alcohol, drug
• 35:59
  use, for random testing to attend and continue on with
• 36:02
  intensive outpatient substance abuse therapy, continue or
• 36:07
  attend domestic violence counseling a a meetings three
• 36:10
  times a week. Obviously no contact with the
• 36:13
  complaining witness in this matter not to possess weapons or
• 36:15
  firearms. Based on the recommendation from
• 36:18
  probation, we are respectfully requesting this court to adopt
• 36:21
  that recommendation and when the court is ready to brief
• 36:24
  execution on behalf of Mr. All. Right.
• 36:27
  And Mr. Alexander, you've been an alcohol and GPS Heather,
• 36:31
  since you were arraigned. Correct.
• 36:33
  Correct. All right.
• 36:35
  And so miss the chart, the heart.
• 36:37
  The Charzik asked for her statement to be read in court.
• 36:43
  So I will read the statement on the record.
• 36:49
  On the night of December 20th, I was assaulted by my long time
• 36:52
  boyfriend Troy Alexander after a 4 hour drinking binge.
• 36:56
  What began as an argument escalated due to his extreme
• 36:58
  alcohol use and anger. I did not provoke or consent to
• 37:02
  any physical violence. I was afraid for my safety and
• 37:05
  my life. During the incident, he was
• 37:07
  belittling me and saying that I will regret calling his father
• 37:10
  for help. Troy then came up to me and
• 37:13
  punched me in the forehead with all his might.
• 37:16
  I began to scream and run out of the house.
• 37:19
  He followed me to my front porch and punched me multiple times in
• 37:22
  the head. Troy was yelling that he was
• 37:24
  going to kick the shit out of me and then ran to my neighbor's
• 37:28
  house and pounded on their front door for help.
• 37:31
  As I was waiting for them to open the door, Troy punched me a
• 37:33
  few more times. Two of my male neighbors came
• 37:36
  out and brought Troy to the ground, and then I was able to
• 37:38
  enter their house. For safety, my neighbors held
• 37:41
  Troy on the ground until the police arrived.
• 37:43
  In that moment, I felt scared, helpless, embarrassed, and
• 37:47
  unsure of what might happen next.
• 37:49
  I feared that if I didn't run for help, Troy might have killed
• 37:52
  me or beat me up to the point of hospitalization.
• 37:56
  As a result of this assault, I experienced physical pain, black
• 38:00
  and blue eyes, a huge lump on my forehead, and emotional trauma.
• 38:04
  Beyond any physical injuries, the emotional impact has been
• 38:07
  significant. I've struggled with anxiety,
• 38:09
  sadness, and difficulty sleeping.
• 38:12
  I often replay the incident in my mind and feel on edge,
• 38:15
  especially at night or when I'm alone.
• 38:18
  This incident has changed how I feel about relationships and
• 38:20
  trust. Someone I loved and believed
• 38:22
  would protect me instead of instead caused me harm.
• 38:26
  That realization has been deeply painful and has affected my
• 38:28
  sense of safety and self worth. I'm asking the court to consider
• 38:32
  the seriousness of this incident and impact.
• 38:48
  She just muted herself. You know how I feel about judges
• 38:52
  when they do that. Let me see if I can move us
• 38:55
  forward a little bit. Nope.
• 39:10
  OK, we'll move on from Judge Mom, at least for the moment.
• 39:14
  Then let's go. Let's go to Ohio.
• 39:18
  Judge O'Donnell. Indict this case and will be
• 39:23
  pleading guilty by way of information to count one with
• 39:26
  the forfeiture specification in addition to a voluntary
• 39:30
  forfeiture of US currency, and there's no agreement as to
• 39:33
  sentencing. OK, Mr. Watson, thank you.
• 39:41
  I may I please record That's my understanding of this morning's
• 39:43
  hearing. I've had a chance to fully pre
• 39:46
  try this matter with the prosecutor.
• 39:47
  I believe full discovery has been provided.
• 39:49
  I've also had an opportunity to discuss this matter with Mr.
• 39:52
  Hopkins. He has indicated to me that he
• 39:55
  is prepared to enter a change of plea by way of information as
• 39:58
  just outlined by the state. First, excuse me.
• 40:01
  By entering a change of plea by way of information, he
• 40:04
  understands that he'll be waving his right to have this case
• 40:07
  presented to the Lake County Grand Jury.
• 40:10
  Further, by entering a change of plea, he understands that he
• 40:12
  will be waving certain constitutional rights and no
• 40:16
  threats or promises have been made in order.
• 40:18
  For him to do so, Your Honor. All right, Mr. Hopkins, how old
• 40:21
  are you? I'm 33, Your Honor.
• 40:24
  And how far did you go through? School.
• 40:27
  I. Received the GED.
• 40:29
  Are you AUS citizen? Yes your Honor.
• 40:32
  Are you able to read, write and understand the English language?
• 40:34
  Yes, Your Honor. Prior to coming to court, have
• 40:37
  you taken any drugs or alcohol or any prescription medication
• 40:40
  within the last 48 hours? Yes, I take prescription
• 40:44
  medication. What did you take?
• 40:47
  I take gabapentin and Cymbalta. And what do you take that for?
• 40:54
  Multiple sclerosis? When is the last time you took
• 41:05
  any of that medication? 9:00 yesterday, Last night.
• 41:13
  All right. Does it affect your ability to
• 41:14
  understand what's going on here? No.
• 41:21
  Did you get a copy of this information that was filed?
• 41:23
  Do you have any questions about it?
• 41:26
  No, Your Honor. You understand you have a right
• 41:29
  to have your case presented to the grand jury for them to
• 41:32
  decide whether or not to indict you.
• 41:35
  Yes, your Honor. Did you discuss that right with
• 41:37
  your attorney? Yes.
• 41:39
  And are you going to waive that right?
• 41:40
  Yes, just need to sign this. It's just a waiver of indictment
• 41:48
  that we talked about. None.
• 42:23
  Your honor, I've witnessed Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Watson, son No
• 42:26
  Abraham get him and not assenting.
• 42:29
  Myself. All right, I'll accept the
• 42:30
  waiver of indictment. Now, before I accept your guilty
• 42:33
  plea, I need to determine that you know and understand the
• 42:35
  constitutional rights you'll be waving, the consequences of your
• 42:39
  guilty plea and the maximum penalty I could give you.
• 42:42
  And I need to be satisfied that you're guilty pleas being made
• 42:45
  freely, knowingly, involuntarily.
• 42:48
  I'm going to ask you some questions.
• 42:49
  If you don't understand the question, stop me.
• 42:52
  If you want to talk some more to Mr. Watson, let me know and I'll
• 42:55
  give you more time. Do you understand that?
• 42:57
  Yes, Our Honor. You have a constitutional right
• 43:00
  to have a trial either to me or to a jury of 12 Lake County
• 43:03
  citizens. Do you understand that, right?
• 43:06
  Yes, our Honor. Are you waving that right?
• 43:08
  Yes. If you go to a jury trial, all
• 43:11
  12 members must agree to a guilty verdict before you can be
• 43:14
  found guilty. Do you understand that, right?
• 43:16
  Yes. Are you waving that right?
• 43:19
  Yes. If you go to trial, the
• 43:21
  prosecutor will call witnesses to testify against you.
• 43:23
  Do you understand? The prosecutor must.
• 43:25
  Prove you guilty. Beyond a reasonable doubt, any
• 43:27
  trial. Yes.
• 43:30
  After the witnesses are done testifying for the prosecutor,
• 43:32
  you have a constitutional right to have your lawyer cross
• 43:35
  examine the witnesses. Do you understand that right?
• 43:38
  Yes, are. Are you waving that right?
• 43:40
  Yes. If you go to trial, you have the
• 43:43
  right to have witnesses come here and testify for you, Do you
• 43:46
  understand that, right? Yes.
• 43:48
  Are you waving that right? Yes.
• 43:50
  If those witnesses refuse to come to court, I'll issue an
• 43:52
  order that's called a subpoena to make them come and testify.
• 43:55
  Do you understand that, right? Yes.
• 43:57
  Are you waving that right? Yes.
• 43:59
  You have the right to testify at trial if you want to.
• 44:02
  Do you understand that, right? Yes.
• 44:04
  Are you waving that right? Yes.
• 44:07
  You have the constitutional right to not testify at trial if
• 44:10
  you do not want to. Do you understand that?
• 44:12
  Right. Yes.
• 44:13
  Are you waiving that right? Yes.
• 44:15
  If you decide not to testify at trial, nobody is permitted to
• 44:18
  comment on that decision. Do you understand that?
• 44:21
  Yes, Sir. If you go to trial and you're
• 44:24
  found guilty, you have the right to appeal the guilty finding.
• 44:27
  Do you understand that? Right?
• 44:28
  Yes. Are you waiving that right?
• 44:30
  Yes. If you file an appeal, you have
• 44:32
  the constitutional right to have a lawyer represent you in the.
• 44:35
  Appeal, do you? Understand that, right?
• 44:37
  Yes. Are you waiving that right?
• 44:38
  Yes. If you could not afford to hire
• 44:41
  a lawyer, one would be provided at no cost to you.
• 44:44
  Do you understand that? Yes, Sir.
• 44:46
  If you file an appeal, you're entitled to be given a
• 44:48
  transcript of all the hearings in this case, do you understand
• 44:51
  that? Right.
• 44:52
  Yes. Are you waiving that right?
• 44:54
  Yes. If you could not afford a copy
• 44:56
  of those transcripts, they'd be given to you at no cost.
• 44:58
  You understand that, yes? If you plead guilty.
• 45:03
  Today you will not have the right to appeal the guilty
• 45:05
  finding. Do you understand that?
• 45:07
  Yes. Do you have any questions about
• 45:09
  any of these rights? No, Your Honor, You still want
• 45:12
  to plead guilty to this charge. Yes.
• 45:15
  You understand by pleading guilty you're fully admitting
• 45:18
  your guilt to the charge. Yes, I understand by pleading
• 45:21
  guilty to this felony that you're voluntarily giving up
• 45:24
  your freedom for whatever period of time I could sent you to
• 45:27
  prison, to jail or to community control.
• 45:30
  Yes. Possession of cocaine is a
• 45:33
  felony of the 5th degree. It carries a 12 month maximum
• 45:36
  prison sentence and a $2500 maximum fine.
• 45:38
  Do you understand that? Yes, if you plead guilty to the
• 45:42
  forger specification of voluntarily giving up those
• 45:44
  items listed, do you understand that?
• 45:47
  Yes, all. Right.
• 45:52
  Do you understand that your guilty plea may result in a
• 45:55
  driver's license suspension between six months and five
• 45:58
  years? Yes.
• 46:00
  You understand your felony conviction will prevent you from
• 46:03
  owning or possessing A firearm? Yes.
• 46:06
  Do you understand if a prison term is imposed in this case,
• 46:08
  you might have to serve a period of post release control for up
• 46:11
  to two years under the parole authority?
• 46:14
  Yes. If you are.
• 46:15
  Placed on post release control and violate any conditions of
• 46:18
  parole. Authority could send you back to
• 46:19
  prison for up to nine months for each violation.
• 46:21
  Up to 1/2 of my sentence. Do you understand that?
• 46:24
  Yes, if that violation is a new felony, then we could get an
• 46:28
  additional consecutive prison sentence for the violation.
• 46:30
  Do you understand that? Yes, if that were to occur, the
• 46:33
  maximum prison sentence for that violation.
• 46:35
  Will be the. Greater 12 months or the time
• 46:37
  left under post release control. Do you understand that?
• 46:40
  Yes. Do you understand if a prison
• 46:42
  term is imposed, you are eligible for judicial release?
• 46:46
  Yes, I could place you on community control for up to five
• 46:50
  years, but if you violated any conditions, I could send you to
• 46:53
  prison for 12 months. Do you understand that?
• 46:55
  Yes, Sean, has anybody promised you that I would be lenient on
• 46:59
  you just because you're pleading guilty today?
• 47:01
  No, you're on. Has anybody promised you what I
• 47:03
  will sent you to in this case? No, you're on.
• 47:06
  You understand I don't have to follow the sentencing
• 47:08
  recommendation of either the prosecutor or your lawyer?
• 47:12
  Yes, Sean, Have you had enough time to talk to Mr. Watson
• 47:15
  before pleading guilty today? Yes, Sir.
• 47:18
  Has he discussed everything about your case and answered all
• 47:20
  of your questions? Yes, Sir.
• 47:22
  Are you satisfied with the advice he has given you?
• 47:24
  Yes. Have you been threatened or
• 47:26
  coerced in any way to plead guilty today?
• 47:29
  No, you're on. Are you freely, knowingly and
• 47:31
  voluntarily entering your guilty plea?
• 47:33
  Yes. Do you have any questions at
• 47:35
  this point? No, your Honor all.
• 47:37
  Right, this goal in this case went.
• 47:38
  To trial, What would the evidence show?
• 47:40
  Thank you, your honor. The facts would show that on
• 47:42
  January 23rd, 2020, sixth officers searched the
• 47:46
  defendant's car in Wickliffe, Lake County, Ohio after
• 47:49
  believing that he had trafficked cocaine.
• 47:52
  During the search of the vehicle, officers found
• 47:54
  suspected cocaine, which was taken to the Lake County Crime
• 47:57
  Lab and tested positive for less than 5 grams of cocaine as
• 48:01
  scheduled to control substance. Thank you, Mr. Watson.
• 48:05
  Anything to add to those facts? No, Your Honor.
• 48:08
  Mr. Hopkins, did you hear what Miss Gold said, that the facts
• 48:11
  would show if the case went to trial?
• 48:14
  Yes. Are those facts true?
• 48:16
  Yes. And what is your plea to
• 48:18
  possession of cocaine? A felony 5 Guilty.
• 48:21
  Your Honor. What is your plea to the
• 48:22
  forfeiture specification? Guilty.
• 48:26
  Guilty. Your Honor.
• 48:28
  Mr. Watson. It's the same.
• 48:41
  Form we went over you just added that you're taking some that.
• 49:04
  There's cameras, but 3326?
• 49:40
  Somebody gonna watch it? That's up to.
• 49:58
  You, Grand Rev, witnessed the defendant and Mr. Watson's on
• 50:01
  the written fee of guilty, and I signed it myself.
• 50:09
  Doctor Hopkins, is this your signature on the written plea of
• 50:12
  guilty? Yes, Your Honor.
• 50:14
  And did you sign it voluntarily? Yes, Your Honor.
• 50:17
  Do you want me to accept your written plea of guilty?
• 50:19
  Yes, I do. Accept the written plea of
• 50:22
  guilty to penniless present. Mr. Watson advised all of his
• 50:26
  rights and only intelligent Council waiver.
• 50:29
  He understands the nature of the charge.
• 50:30
  A consequence of his guilty plea of the maximum penalty, find it
• 50:34
  to be knowing, intelligent and voluntary.
• 50:36
  Will accept his plea guilty and find him guilty of possession of
• 50:39
  cocaine, a felony 5 and the forfeiture specification.
• 50:45
  I'll refer this for a present report.
• 50:46
  April 8th at 8:30 will be the sentencing.
• 50:50
  The bond is revoked. Anything else Miss Gold?
• 50:53
  Nothing from the state, Your Honor.
• 50:55
  Mr. Watson. Nothing further, Your Honor.
• 50:57
  All right. We're adjourned.
• 50:58
  Thank you. Okie dokie friends, let's go
• 51:05
  down to Florida checking on Wade Mercer.
• 51:09
  Others in the courtroom. You're accused of 1 count of
• 51:12
  little lascivious battery. This is a second degree felony.
• 51:15
  Mr. Thomas, there is probable cause in the complaint.
• 51:19
  The only thing I see on your history was a burglary that was
• 51:23
  dismissed from Bay County two years ago.
• 51:26
  Yes, but that's a lot. Of two years ago.
• 51:29
  Sir. That was from my.
• 51:31
  That was from my juvenile about when I was.
• 51:32
  OK. OK, so you have no base and you
• 51:35
  have no history as far as I'm concerned.
• 51:36
  The problem is you got a very serious charge.
• 51:38
  Where do you live at? I live in Gulfport.
• 51:41
  Mississippi Are you a student? Are you employed or neither?
• 51:45
  I'm employed What? Do you do for a living?
• 51:49
  Landscaping. I'm a part time, I offend to go
• 51:52
  to full time but then I got. Caught.
• 51:54
  Up here, OK. And my understanding, Mr.
• 51:57
  McDaniel, his mother's in the courtroom and she told us,
• 52:01
  right, But she brought him over here to turn himself in to, to
• 52:04
  try to get this case resolved. So that implies he's not a
• 52:07
  flight risk. Mr. McDaniel, Anything on behalf
• 52:09
  of Mr. Thomas? No, Your Honor.
• 52:12
  Mr. Mitchell. No, Your Honor.
• 52:15
  So Mr. Thomas, I can't, I'm not going to give a conditional
• 52:20
  release on the second degree felony, but I'm also going to be
• 52:23
  aware of your criminal history and the nature of the offense.
• 52:28
  It it the allegations are not necessary that it was
• 52:31
  consensual. From his perspective it was, but
• 52:33
  from her perspective it was slightly different.
• 52:36
  But it's the allegations are what they are.
• 52:40
  So Mr. McDaniels, he prefer a cash bond or a surety bond or
• 52:45
  have you had a chance to talk to him about that?
• 53:19
  Cash bond, John, Mr. Mitchell, an objection.
• 53:22
  No objection. OK, So Mr. Thomas, I'm going to
• 53:24
  set you a $500.00 cash bond. That's normally what I would do
• 53:26
  for a third degree felony, but I am taking into account the
• 53:29
  allegations against you as well as your criminal history or lack
• 53:32
  thereof. So it's $500.00 cash, ma'am,
• 53:35
  because it's history is so good and because of the allegations,
• 53:39
  it's a $500.00 cash bond. Now, you do have a condition of
• 53:42
  no contact with the alleged victim, No contact at all.
• 53:45
  No telephone contact, no, no in person contact, no electronic
• 53:49
  communications, text messages, nothing.
• 53:50
  So just no contact at all. And let me see if your mom has
• 53:54
  any questions, ma'am, do you have any questions?
• 53:57
  So as soon as the $500.00 cash is posted, he'll be released.
• 54:00
  It's going to be posted at the jail and that needs to keep away
• 54:03
  from her. We're also going to ask the jail
• 54:05
  to give him his court date. They'll give him that notice
• 54:07
  before he leaves. It'll be April 7th, April 7th at
• 54:10
  8:30. Any questions, ma'am?
• 54:13
  His question is going to be and I appreciate you turning them
• 54:15
  in. That's a, that's another, that's
• 54:16
  a big factor for the Mississippi address.
• 54:19
  You turning them in is a big factor to me.
• 54:22
  I, I, I knew there was some local ties, but I wasn't sure if
• 54:25
  he had never lived here. He lived in Panama City.
• 54:31
  Are you turning himself in so quickly is one of the factors I
• 54:34
  consider for bond purposes because it indicates he's not a
• 54:37
  flight risk. OK, Mr. Thomas, your mom doesn't
• 54:40
  have any questions. Do you have any questions?
• 54:44
  No all. Right.
• 54:46
  Wish you the best, Sir. Thank you for coming, ma'am.
• 54:50
  All right, We have Mr. McDaniel. We have Keisha Dixon's mother
• 54:55
  here. So let me see her next, please.
• 54:59
  Miss Dixon, your mom is in the courtroom.
• 55:01
  Miss Dixon, you're here because you have a trespass case.
• 55:03
  Ma'am, I'm appointing the public.
• 55:04
  There's office to represent you. Please listen to Mr. McDaniel.
• 55:08
  Miss Dixon, we're going to do no contest.
• 55:10
  Charges listed. Your understanding should be
• 55:11
  sentenced 10 days in county jail.
• 55:13
  Credit for 10 days 300 and. $70 fine.
• 55:15
  She has signed a plea waiver form.
• 55:17
  We would write to jury trial and call witnesses this to resolve
• 55:19
  this case this morning. Thank you.
• 55:22
  Mr. Mitchell. Is that agreeable with the
• 55:24
  state? It is your honor.
• 55:26
  And in the courtroom, ma'am, do you have any questions?
• 55:35
  She's got she's got 10 days in jail, but she's already served
• 55:38
  it. OK, so she's still with the jail
• 55:40
  sentence. She gets out of jail.
• 55:41
  There's a court calls and fines set by state and county law.
• 55:44
  It's $370. And she if she doesn't pay it,
• 55:47
  she doesn't go to jail. If she doesn't pay it, the the
• 55:51
  clerk's office has to give her a certain amount of time to pay
• 55:53
  it. And if she doesn't, they suspend
• 55:54
  her driver's license under Florida law.
• 55:57
  So it's $370. It'll go it'll go to a
• 55:59
  collection agency. And then they'll suspend her
• 56:01
  driver's license if she doesn't pay it.
• 56:03
  But she can't go to jail for not paying it.
• 56:06
  OK. They'll put a suspension on
• 56:08
  them. She won't be able to get one.
• 56:10
  OK Any other questions, ma'am? And Miss Dixon, is this the plea
• 56:13
  you would like to enter? Yes, Sir.
• 56:17
  Miss Dixon, I'm going to accept your plea of no contest to the
• 56:20
  charge of trespass. Ma'am, I don't remember the fact
• 56:22
  of this case. It must not have been a must not
• 56:26
  have been much to it if I agreed to 10 days.
• 56:29
  I don't. I don't just doubt that at all.
• 56:30
  I'm just curious what the the allegations were.
• 56:34
  That's not like in a parking lot or.
• 56:37
  The hotel. That's it.
• 56:39
  It was a motel room where I remember now.
• 56:41
  OK. Yeah, I remember the
• 56:42
  allegations. It was a motel room.
• 56:44
  And allegedly she went in the room to get her belongings after
• 56:46
  the officer told her not to. OK, that makes sense.
• 56:49
  So, Miss Dixon, is the 10 days in jail.
• 56:51
  Credit for 10 days, ma'am, 370 court costs and fines.
• 56:54
  That'll be in the civil judgement.
• 56:55
  Miss Dixon, you're going to be released today.
• 56:56
  I need to stay out of trouble. Miss Dixon, any questions?
• 57:00
  No. Sir, ma'am, any questions?
• 57:02
  She can be picked up at the jail.
• 57:04
  Your mom's going to pick you up. Is that right, ma'am?
• 57:06
  Your mom's going to pick you up. OK, Have a good day.
• 57:09
  Yes, ma'am. Mr. McDaniel.
• 57:16
  That's it for friends or family, so we can go back to the top of
• 57:18
  the list, which is Melinda Wagner.
• 57:29
  Miss Wagner, Good morning. Miss Wagner, you're here because
• 57:31
  you've been accused of 1 count of Grand Theft between 750 and
• 57:35
  $5000. Let me clarify.
• 57:39
  Between $750 and $5000. And Miss Wagner, there is
• 57:45
  probable cause in the complaint. Your criminal history is is very
• 57:48
  lengthy, but I still think you're entitled to a bond
• 57:51
  because it looks to me like you're not on probation.
• 57:53
  Is that accurate, ma'am? Yes, Sir, that is accurate.
• 57:56
  And you're also not, You don't have any charges pending as far
• 57:58
  as I can tell. Is that right?
• 58:00
  That's right, Sir. Perfect.
• 58:02
  That means you're entitled to a bond.
• 58:03
  I'm going to listen to the attorneys before I set that
• 58:04
  bond, Mr. McDaniel. Anything.
• 58:06
  Yeah, we just asked for a reasonable bond or cash bond,
• 58:09
  whichever the. Court wants to.
• 58:11
  Mr. Mitchell. If if she wants to pay a cash
• 58:15
  bond, we don't have any objection to that.
• 58:18
  This went Miss Wagner. When there's allegedly
• 58:19
  restitution owed, I'd I'd prefer a cash bond if the parties agree
• 58:24
  to it. So I'm going to set your bond at
• 58:25
  $500.00 cash. As.
• 58:28
  Soon as you post that bond, you'll be released.
• 58:29
  Miss Wagner, you have a condition.
• 58:30
  No contact with alleged victim at all.
• 58:32
  Miss Wagner, do you have any questions?
• 58:34
  No, Sir. Thank you, Sir.
• 58:36
  Yes, ma'am. Have a good day.
• 58:37
  You too, Sir. Yeah.
• 58:38
  The jails will give you a notice for April 7th and Miss Wagner
• 58:41
  830. That'll be your court date for
• 58:43
  before Judge Garcia. April 7th, Sir.
• 58:46
  April 7th at 8:30. Be your court.
• 58:48
  Yes, ma'am. Yes, Sir.
• 58:50
  The $500.00 for the cash. Yes, next is Terrence Farnell.
• 58:57
  Mr. Farnell, Good morning. Mr. Farnell, You're you're in
• 58:59
  jail for a hold out of Polk County.
• 59:03
  You also have a pending charge here that you're not in jail
• 59:05
  for. I'm appointing the public
• 59:07
  finished office to represent you in both those cases at least for
• 59:10
  for first appearance purposes in the Polk County case.
• 59:12
  Listen to Mr. McDaniel and we'll see where we go, Sir.
• 59:15
  Your honor, I spoke to Mr. Farnell, he's going to you going
• 59:17
  to stand up to no contest charges listed locally.
• 59:20
  I understand these will be since four months in the county jail,
• 59:22
  22 days jail credit, $400.00 fine.
• 59:25
  And he was waiving his right to the dream trial and call
• 59:28
  witnesses not to resolve this case today.
• 59:34
  Mr. McDaniel, I think you told us yesterday that he'd already
• 59:37
  been held for this county for some period of time.
• 59:40
  They did not pick him up. Is that right?
• 59:42
  Yes, Sir. No, no, that's not correct.
• 59:46
  I think Jake, Jake had asked for a hold, but they never placed
• 59:50
  one. He had a he had a court date
• 59:52
  that he missed on the 20th. Ironically, he bonded out from
• 59:55
  here on the 20th, but there's still a warrant for him in that
• 59:58
  other county. So that's where we're at.
• 1:00:02
  OK, Thank you. And the warrant, the warrant is
• 1:00:04
  for failing to appear on that day that he bonded out, correct?
• 1:00:08
  Correct. OK.
• 1:00:09
  But I got explained to him there's still chances that they
• 1:00:11
  may still revoke his bond when he gets down there because he's
• 1:00:14
  he got discharged here. And yes, Sir, that makes sense.
• 1:00:18
  All right, Thank you. Thank you for explaining that.
• 1:00:19
  Mister Farnell, did you hear that agreement, Sir?
• 1:00:22
  Yes, Sir. And is that the plea you would
• 1:00:24
  like to enter to go ahead and resolve the local charges?
• 1:00:27
  Yes, Sir, Mr. Mitchell, with the agreeable of the State.
• 1:00:29
  Yes, your Honor. Mr. Farnell, I'm accept your
• 1:00:31
  plea of no contest the charge of driving while license suspended
• 1:00:34
  or revoke knowingly want to judge your guilty of that
• 1:00:36
  offense and sheet of four months in jail give you credit for 22
• 1:00:39
  days you've already served. Excuse me and post court costs
• 1:00:42
  and fines of $400. Mr. Farnell, you'll get a chance
• 1:00:46
  to work that off to the jail. You also very well may get some
• 1:00:49
  extra gain time. I hope you do.
• 1:00:50
  When you get down to a couple of weeks left on your sentence, I'm
• 1:00:54
  going to ask the jail to go ahead and notify Polk County to
• 1:00:56
  pick you up so you may actually finish this sentence in Polk
• 1:00:58
  County. The other thing I'm going to ask
• 1:01:00
  the jail to do is give you documentation of the dates you
• 1:01:03
  were in our jail. Because if they do.
• 1:01:05
  Pick you up and you get down there.
• 1:01:06
  I want you to have that documentation to be able to give
• 1:01:08
  to your lawyer. Like Mr. McDaniel said, if this
• 1:01:11
  charge happened after your own bond, they may revoke the bond
• 1:01:15
  down there. But if it didn't, they they need
• 1:01:17
  to know that you were in jail. That's why you missed court.
• 1:01:20
  So we'll give you that documentation and you may
• 1:01:22
  actually finish this sentence while you're while you're finish
• 1:01:25
  our sentence in their custody. If they want to pick you up, Mr.
• 1:01:30
  We usually hold them 15 days for an for an in state warrant.
• 1:01:34
  So, Corporal, if y'all will send notify Polk County they can pick
• 1:01:36
  him up 15 days before his EOS. Yes, Sir, sure will.
• 1:01:41
  And that way. And, and and if they haven't
• 1:01:42
  picked him up by his EOS, bring him the first appearance because
• 1:01:45
  if they've had the 15 days and haven't picked him up, we'll,
• 1:01:48
  we'll address it then. So I'm going to see you when you
• 1:01:50
  finish your sentence if you're still here.
• 1:01:52
  Any questions, Mr. Farnell? Yes.
• 1:01:54
  Sir. Wish you the best, Sir.
• 1:02:01
  John Brown. John Brown.
• 1:02:12
  Miss Brown, Good morning. Mr. Brown, you have a hold out
• 1:02:13
  of Miami-Dade County. Looking at the paperwork they've
• 1:02:16
  sent, the charges are some type of insurance fraudulent,
• 1:02:21
  fraudulent insurance claim, a Grand Theft and the say no bond.
• 1:02:25
  Now, Mr. Brown, sometimes that means no bond indefinitely.
• 1:02:28
  Sometimes it means no bond until you get to that county.
• 1:02:31
  All I can tell you is right now they're saying no bond.
• 1:02:33
  When you get to Miami-Dade County, you'll go to another
• 1:02:35
  first appearance and the judge there will determine if you're
• 1:02:38
  entitled to a bond or not. Right now you don't have a bond.
• 1:02:41
  Mr. Brown. If you're still here in 15 days,
• 1:02:43
  you'll come back to first appearance.
• 1:02:44
  I'll ask what the status of the transport is.
• 1:02:46
  It's certainly possible you won't be here in 15 days.
• 1:02:48
  It's certainly possible you'll be on your way to Miami-Dade
• 1:02:51
  County. You may be there already by
• 1:02:53
  then. You have any questions, Judge?
• 1:02:56
  I just going to let you know, I advised him so he's looking
• 1:02:58
  confused and I told him he wouldn't come up at first
• 1:03:00
  appearance. But they state filed a motion to
• 1:03:02
  quash that yesterday. They got a hearing this morning
• 1:03:04
  at 8:30 to quash that ribs so that warrant.
• 1:03:06
  So I mean, the odds are he's going to get out today or
• 1:03:08
  tomorrow, I don't think. They're coming to get him, yeah,
• 1:03:11
  but that's. It thank you.
• 1:03:13
  Mr. McDaniel, Mr. Brown, if that happens, I won't see you at all.
• 1:03:16
  If they get or if we get something from Miami-Dade County
• 1:03:18
  in writing saying they don't want you, you'll be released
• 1:03:20
  immediately. Any questions?
• 1:03:22
  No. Sir.
• 1:03:25
  All right, Sir. Wish you the best.
• 1:03:28
  And we have Travis Sangster. Mr. Sangster.
• 1:03:36
  Good morning. Mr. Sangster.
• 1:03:37
  You're here because you've been accused of 1 count of disordered
• 1:03:40
  conduct, breach of the peace. Mr. Sangster, there is probable
• 1:03:42
  cause for that charge. Mr. Sangster, I'm going to
• 1:03:45
  appoint the public service to represent you.
• 1:03:47
  You have a separate charge you had for arraignment scheduled
• 1:03:50
  yesterday and I don't know what that charge.
• 1:03:51
  Was misuse of 911 services so. You have a second charge of
• 1:03:55
  misuse of 911 services right now.
• 1:03:57
  You're not in jail in that case, though.
• 1:03:59
  I want to appoint the public affairs officer represent you in
• 1:04:01
  both cases. And we're going to listen to Mr.
• 1:04:02
  McDaniel first and I'll see where we go.
• 1:04:04
  Mr. McDaniel. Scott, we just asked for
• 1:04:07
  reasonable bond. Mr. Mitchell.
• 1:04:10
  Yesterday the state made the statement that y'all may be
• 1:04:14
  asking to revoke his bond in the nine on one case.
• 1:04:16
  What are Y'all decided to do in that?
• 1:04:18
  That is correct. If he doesn't want to take the
• 1:04:20
  offer today, the state will move to revoke his bond in case
• 1:04:24
  number 2676. MMM. 2676 MMM and that charge is
• 1:04:33
  what? Misuse OF911 services.
• 1:04:37
  OK. Mr. McDaniel, would you like to
• 1:04:44
  be heard on the state's motion to revoke?
• 1:04:45
  Bond now, Your honor, I'm out. So what's happening?
• 1:04:54
  Am I getting set on bond today? Just a second.
• 1:04:57
  I'm I'm looking at it, Mr. Sangster.
• 1:04:58
  I'm trying to decide whether I want to revoke your bond or not.
• 1:05:01
  And I'm, I really want to read the misuse of nine on one call.
• 1:05:04
  So give me a second case, not call.
• 1:05:07
  Give me a second to go back and look at that and let's see what
• 1:05:09
  the allegations were that you were in court for yesterday.
• 1:05:11
  I'm, I'm familiar with the allegations from yesterday.
• 1:05:14
  I'm not familiar with the well, Your Honor, on the prior, give
• 1:05:18
  me just a second. I'll be glad to listen to you.
• 1:05:20
  But let me read the complaint first, Mr. Sangster.
• 1:05:22
  I just want to see what you're accused of, what you were in
• 1:05:25
  court for originally and see what, what bond was said and so
• 1:05:28
  forth. So that's going to take me about
• 1:05:30
  60 seconds probably. Yeah, OK.
• 1:05:56
  I remember it now. Mr. Sangster, I would suggest
• 1:05:59
  you don't talk about what you're accused of.
• 1:06:00
  Is there something you think I need to know for first
• 1:06:02
  appearance purposes? I'm glad to listen, Sir.
• 1:06:04
  You got it. You're doing a great job, Your
• 1:06:07
  Honor. So that, you know, I think the.
• 1:06:10
  911 call. I guess I will make a statement
• 1:06:12
  was. You know, more about mental
• 1:06:15
  health health and I guess, you know, there was, you know, the
• 1:06:19
  Sheriff's Office was assisting him.
• 1:06:20
  I know that, you know, being contacted about it and, you
• 1:06:24
  know, I think he was trying to get some assistance from mental
• 1:06:26
  health and, and that's when they wouldn't help him.
• 1:06:29
  I guess it was kind of an explosion, you know, but the
• 1:06:32
  original 911 call was for some kind of mental health assistance
• 1:06:36
  and, and what I, I'm, I'm a. Yeah, I said.
• 1:06:44
  Because I'm a witness to the behavior in the courtroom
• 1:06:47
  yesterday, I don't know if I should go ahead and recuse
• 1:06:51
  myself now. But then he won't get a bond
• 1:06:53
  set. I'm not going to rule on the
• 1:06:54
  motion to revoke bond because I really think that may be
• 1:06:57
  inappropriate given the fact that I was a witness to the
• 1:07:00
  disorderly conduct. So let me do it this way because
• 1:07:02
  I want to make sure that another judge makes that decision.
• 1:07:04
  I'm not going to revoke your bond.
• 1:07:06
  What I'm going to do is I'm all that you be held until tomorrow
• 1:07:08
  because I want another judge to to make that call, not me.
• 1:07:12
  I am going to follow accusal in both cases today, Mr. Sangster.
• 1:07:17
  So tomorrow you'll come up. You've got a bond that was set
• 1:07:21
  the judge tomorrow, whoever that is, and they may do it today.
• 1:07:24
  I'll file the recusal today, but tomorrow at the latest, either
• 1:07:27
  today or tomorrow, some judges going to 1st appear you and then
• 1:07:30
  they'll decide whether they're going to vote your bond.
• 1:07:31
  So Mr. Mitchell, you may want to file a written motion or not.
• 1:07:34
  That's up to y'all. But I just don't think it's
• 1:07:36
  appropriate for me to be a witness to the new charge and
• 1:07:39
  then be the same judge to make the decision on whether that
• 1:07:42
  your bonds going to be revoked when that's the basis for the
• 1:07:45
  bond revocation. Mr. Sanction, you're going to
• 1:07:47
  see a different judge either later today or tomorrow.
• 1:07:50
  Any questions, Sir? Oh, your honor, Thank you.
• 1:07:53
  Wish you the best, Sir. You too.
• 1:07:55
  So I'll file that Rev. I'll file that recusal today after first
• 1:07:59
  appearance. Mr. McDaniels, everything I had
• 1:08:01
  on my list. Anything else from the public
• 1:08:03
  news office? No, Your Honor.
• 1:08:05
  Mr. Mitchell from the state. Nothing from the state, Your
• 1:08:08
  Honor. Miss Williams, I miss anything.
• 1:08:11
  All right, ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our first.
• 1:08:14
  Appeal. OK.
• 1:08:15
  Austin asked in the chat if what judge was referring to if that
• 1:08:19
  happened on stream yesterday. It didn't.
• 1:08:21
  In what we showed, we showed his first appearances, but then he
• 1:08:25
  had a misdemeanor court after the fact yesterday that we did
• 1:08:30
  not show. So my guess is that happened
• 1:08:32
  during that docket. That's my best guess.
• 1:08:35
  Anyways, let's let's go back up to Michigan, back to Judge
• 1:08:39
  McNally. Go home.
• 1:08:41
  I have a charge here that indicates as follows If you can
• 1:08:46
  give me one. Second, would you fail to
• 1:08:48
  refrain from consuming alcohol or drugs, specifically testing
• 1:08:52
  positive for alcohol at a tested DNA on February 9th at 26?
• 1:08:58
  If you plead guilty or if you were found guilty, you could get
• 1:09:01
  5 days on this. Do you understand that?
• 1:09:04
  Did you sign an advice or rights form here today?
• 1:09:08
  Read it and understand it. If you plead guilty, you'll be
• 1:09:11
  giving up all those rights on the advisory rights and we will
• 1:09:14
  not have a hearing. Do you understand that?
• 1:09:18
  You have the right to a lawyer? If you would like an attorney, I
• 1:09:20
  would like you with public expense.
• 1:09:22
  You understand that? Yes, Sir.
• 1:09:24
  Would you like a lawyer? Yes, Sir.
• 1:09:27
  I'll enter a not guilty plea. I'll set you up with a lawyer
• 1:09:32
  and we will have a revocation hearing that you confer with the
• 1:09:35
  lawyer. OK.
• 1:09:37
  Any questions? All right, go right out in the
• 1:09:40
  hallway and he'll hand it to a lawyer.
• 1:09:48
  Dash 426-B150097 your name. So he he added what he needed to
• 1:09:59
  because I don't take these unless there's no unless the
• 1:10:03
  damage to the other vehicle is not major and there's no
• 1:10:06
  injuries. But he wrote that down, that
• 1:10:09
  there was no injuries, no disabling damage.
• 1:10:12
  So you want to plead to impeding who?
• 1:10:17
  Who's with you? This.
• 1:10:19
  Is my first time here. Well, if you plead to impeding
• 1:10:22
  it's zero points, it's not going to go on your record is when
• 1:10:25
  there's an accident they have to fill out a report and it sent
• 1:10:28
  the Lansing and your insurance carriers likely to find out
• 1:10:30
  about it anyway. I just want you to be.
• 1:10:32
  Aware of it. You understand that?
• 1:10:35
  Do you want to talk to your mom? To the charge of impeding
• 1:10:42
  traffic? Responsible or not responsive.
• 1:10:44
  All right, you got to be careful.
• 1:10:46
  I'll accept the plea. Dismissed The failure to stop
• 1:10:48
  assured blur distance. 195 is your total. 195 is your total.
• 1:10:54
  You go down the hall and take care of that.
• 1:10:56
  Thank you, Andrew Pig Notaro 2526 W 841396.
• 1:11:04
  Good morning, Sir. Your name.
• 1:11:06
  Good morning. You're going to plead to
• 1:11:09
  impeding traffic, right? Same thing.
• 1:11:12
  It's just no injuries, minor damage to that charge.
• 1:11:15
  Responsible or not responsible? Responsible.
• 1:11:18
  Fair to stop. Assured.
• 1:11:19
  Clear distances dismissed. Please accept it to to impeding.
• 1:11:22
  195 is your total. You are all set.
• 1:11:25
  Good luck. Thank you.
• 1:11:27
  Thank you. Barbara, thank you for the $5.
• 1:11:30
  I very much appreciate it. 26 T 647156 your name go frank
• 1:11:45
  beating the second you're going to play the impeding right Yes
• 1:11:48
  Sir responsible or not responsible to that were you
• 1:11:54
  related to any of the swingers in Trenton My.
• 1:11:57
  Dad used the clerk for you, Sir. Yeah, years ago, wisest man.
• 1:12:02
  I didn't know him. He was great.
• 1:12:03
  I loved him. He was one of my volunteers.
• 1:12:06
  He'd take files down there. Wow.
• 1:12:11
  I. Know.
• 1:12:12
  He's been deceased quite a few years now, yeah.
• 1:12:17
  Well, quite a few. I liked him a lot.
• 1:12:22
  He was a good man. To the charge impeding traffic
• 1:12:27
  responsible. Yes Sir, I put momentary left
• 1:12:30
  for region I got. Lost.
• 1:12:31
  I grew up in this. City, you know. 155, you're all
• 1:12:35
  set. Have a great day.
• 1:12:37
  You too, Sir. Thank you.
• 1:12:38
  Thank you very much. Booth Robert Aiken Sunday, Booth
• 1:12:44
  26645762 AB and C. You're taking a long way home,
• 1:12:54
  eh? It looks like he has an
• 1:12:56
  attorney. Did you have an attorney?
• 1:12:57
  I don't worry 1 be. Able to talk a little to us.
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  Do that, Bob. OK, well, I'm going to put I'm
• 1:13:03
  going to put this aside then. I didn't know you had a lawyer.
• 1:13:08
  Kelly K Baney. Baney the first.
• 1:13:11
  Baney the first. Is that what it says?
• 1:13:16
  Kelly K Baney 26647683 Your name.
• 1:13:25
  All right, You're going to plead to impeding traffic, right?
• 1:13:29
  Responsible or not responsible to that.
• 1:13:32
  OK, All right, The charging peasing plead responsible.
• 1:13:45
  Please accept it. 165 and you're all set.
• 1:13:47
  Cash. You're into the hall of your
• 1:13:48
  right. Best of luck.
• 1:13:58
  Who's writing that up to change yours?
• 1:14:00
  Oh. Rafael Valdovinos, 26-F245547.
• 1:14:06
  OK, sorry to keep you waiting. Your name.
• 1:14:10
  Your name? You're going to plead to
• 1:14:13
  impeding, right? Yes.
• 1:14:15
  Responsible or not responsible? To that all.
• 1:14:19
  Right one second here. 165 cashier rounded the hall to your
• 1:14:35
  right, and I'm going to go ahead.
• 1:14:37
  And no insurance was just a warning, by the way, you know
• 1:14:41
  that, right? Yeah.
• 1:14:42
  So you can go down the hall and take care of that and all of
• 1:14:44
  that. All right, friends, let's change
• 1:14:47
  it up. Looks like Judge Stevens is
• 1:14:49
  getting his day going. Let's check in down in Texas.
• 1:14:52
  250138. And it.
• 1:14:57
  Looks like 2 cases on on the same day, October 1st, 2024.
• 1:15:03
  Third degree felony of unlawful possession of the firearm by a
• 1:15:06
  felon. The problem with that one, of
• 1:15:08
  course, is you're an individual felon.
• 1:15:12
  So if you're convicted of this because we've got the burglary
• 1:15:17
  in O1, then after that a burglary of habitation in 2011.
• 1:15:21
  After that assault on a public servant in 2018 and let's see
• 1:15:29
  you've got the 2018 was used to make this case unlawful
• 1:15:37
  possession. But you have two other prior
• 1:15:40
  convictions in O1 and O 11 that bumped this third degree felony
• 1:15:45
  to a minimum 25 years imprisonment to life habitual
• 1:15:49
  felons on that case in the 25 CR 139.
• 1:15:54
  That's a state jail felony of theft because you have two prior
• 1:16:00
  felony 2 prior theft convictions out of the county courts at law,
• 1:16:06
  every time you steal a pack of gum, it's a felony offense
• 1:16:11
  because of the two prior theft convictions.
• 1:16:14
  Any theft afterwards is a felony, a state jail felony.
• 1:16:17
  But then there's that burglary in O one O 11 2011, 2018 and two
• 1:16:24
  of them in 2018. So so this state jail felony
• 1:16:28
  gets enhanced to a second degree felony punishment, I believe.
• 1:16:31
  Yes, that's correct, Judge. So you're looking at 25 to life
• 1:16:34
  in one case and up to 20 years in the other case.
• 1:16:39
  What are we doing? Today, what are we going to do?
• 1:16:43
  Judge considering the gravity. Yeah.
• 1:16:49
  It's grave, extreme gravity, in case What I would ask is I do
• 1:16:55
  have the that's the, that's the downloads they sent me.
• 1:16:59
  I want him look. For the videos.
• 1:17:01
  Can he come in tomorrow before he makes that decision?
• 1:17:06
  Now we're. Going to make it.
• 1:17:08
  We're going to go one way or the other.
• 1:17:10
  Y'all can get ready, but if y'all don't have a, if y'all
• 1:17:13
  don't have an agreement reached, we're going to default to trial
• 1:17:16
  and we're going to just try it. We're going to try the unlawful
• 1:17:19
  possession first. What all I believe was 10 years
• 1:17:23
  independent and I did tell him about the office so he knows
• 1:17:25
  what the office is well and when I talked to him he said he.
• 1:17:29
  Didn't want to. OK.
• 1:17:30
  Then I don't accept the deal, no deal after today.
• 1:17:33
  So we're just going to move on, set it for.
• 1:17:36
  Trial. On this firearm by a felon and
• 1:17:39
  no deals. That's it.
• 1:17:42
  OK, that's most of the quality. I just give you visa the Quan
• 1:17:49
  Pew. Easier to do it.
• 1:17:54
  Move that one fast, please. We're going to pick that
• 1:17:58
  quickly. OK, The Quan Pew, 25 CR 1471,
• 1:18:06
  you're charged with a second degree felony of aggravated
• 1:18:09
  assault. Mr. My understand Mr. Pugh, who
• 1:18:24
  doesn't have any felony history, he has been to my office.
• 1:18:28
  I did convey Mr. Boyd's offer to him, which was 12 years in the
• 1:18:33
  pen and I am aware that the victim wants to spend time what
• 1:18:45
  Ioffer is today. I was hoping he's looking at his
• 1:18:50
  20 years and then there's a deadly weapon.
• 1:18:54
  So you have to serve at least 1/2 of your time.
• 1:18:59
  If you're sentenced to 20, you've got to do 10 five right
• 1:19:02
  just and and to my understood before before you even
• 1:19:05
  considered for parole much. Let's get it right and and to my
• 1:19:09
  understanding to from talking to them and leaving my office.
• 1:19:12
  He has no fire from my history, not from his prior fellow
• 1:19:15
  history, right? He'd never make the big loser
• 1:19:18
  fellow in his daughter office. Sell your pill.
• 1:19:29
  I know your gosh. Go ahead.
• 1:19:32
  Well, and, and like I say, I know that the state's office was
• 1:19:36
  12. He's aggravated assault.
• 1:19:38
  That jury's not that jury isn't eligible to give him probation.
• 1:19:42
  Jury can. Give him you can.
• 1:19:43
  Give him straight. You can give him deferred but
• 1:19:45
  you can't give him straight. Jury can give him give him give
• 1:19:47
  him regular probation or as firearm.
• 1:19:49
  Go ahead. Life is possibly resolved the
• 1:20:01
  case with with some type of probation.
• 1:20:04
  But I understand. The state can't do that so but
• 1:20:09
  he he does not. Have any prior?
• 1:20:11
  Felonies and I'll make it a cap and you played Monica great as
• 1:20:14
  a. Judge with a cap.
• 1:20:17
  And you can you think it's? Probation.
• 1:20:19
  He'll give Probation, maybe. But like I said, he is a winner
• 1:20:28
  of 12 year off that that was made to him.
• 1:20:33
  So what he's saying is here that you'll change that off and not
• 1:20:35
  to 12 year. Cap but long.
• 1:20:39
  Term software. Everybody here this.
• 1:21:32
  And he's muted himself. Vision.
• 1:21:35
  It defaults to trial. Set it for trial.
• 1:21:40
  It's Erica's case now. It's hoping.
• 1:21:41
  To talk her. Into something different.
• 1:21:43
  Can I'll see what I can do with it?
• 1:21:47
  Thank you. Thank you.
• 1:21:48
  Set for trial. Please let the child back it.
• 1:21:50
  Thank you. That's.
• 1:21:56
  Another possibility. All right, next week.
• 1:22:00
  Next week, Wednesday 4 o'clock.
• 1:22:28
  It takes and make sure he understands he's looking at up
• 1:22:33
  to 20 years in prison. If they sentence him to more
• 1:22:36
  than 10 years, they can't probate it.
• 1:22:38
  A jury cannot grant probation if it's a day over 10 all.
• 1:22:57
  Right, friends, let's, let's stay in Texas, but we'll go say
• 1:23:01
  good morning to Judge West. As a condition.
• 1:23:07
  There's two there's an assault to 3rd degree from September
• 1:23:10
  11th of 2019 in the indictment and then a prior when attempted
• 1:23:18
  robbery third degree March 28th, 2013.
• 1:23:21
  Yeah, I was. Looking at the unlawful position
• 1:23:24
  of a firearm indictment, I don't know that it's.
• 1:23:27
  Both of those are. Priors were included in that
• 1:23:32
  particular. No, it's not.
• 1:23:33
  It's not. It's just as one of the net
• 1:23:35
  case. I looked at the, I looked.
• 1:23:38
  At. But if there are, you would file
• 1:23:39
  that notice, so it would be considered habitual, correct?
• 1:23:42
  OK. OK, All right.
• 1:23:45
  So are you Kendrick Oville and Mr. Oville and clause #25 DCCR
• 1:23:56
  1776? Sorry, it's taking.
• 1:24:04
  You are charged with evading arrest or detention with
• 1:24:08
  previous conviction and that's on August 31st of 2025.
• 1:24:13
  That shows that you were previously convicted of evading
• 1:24:18
  arrest or detention July 22nd of 2011.
• 1:24:22
  So that's what makes it a state jail felony.
• 1:24:25
  Then the indictment further alleges you were convicted of
• 1:24:28
  attempted robbery, a third degree felony, March 28th of
• 1:24:31
  2013. And after that was final, you
• 1:24:34
  were convicted of assault, a third degree felony, September
• 1:24:37
  11th of 2019. And So what that means in that
• 1:24:41
  case is that if you go to trial and you're found guilty and
• 1:24:46
  those prior convictions are true, the range of punishment
• 1:24:49
  would be enhanced to a second degree felony, which is between
• 1:24:52
  two years and up to 20 years. Do you understand?
• 1:24:59
  And then and cause #25 DCCR 1777, you're charged with
• 1:25:06
  unlawful possession of a fire by felon.
• 1:25:09
  And that is from August 31st of 2025.
• 1:25:14
  That indictment alleges one prior felony conviction, the 1
• 1:25:18
  from 2019. But the state can file, and I
• 1:25:23
  anticipate they would file a notice of enhancement because
• 1:25:27
  that 2013 was left off of that indictment.
• 1:25:30
  And So what that means in that case is if you're found guilty
• 1:25:34
  and if those prior convictions are true, you would be
• 1:25:36
  considered a habitual offender with a minimum punishment of 25
• 1:25:40
  years in prison up to 99 years or the rest of your life.
• 1:25:44
  You understand. And then finally in clause #25
• 1:25:48
  DCCR 1778 once. We get all.
• 1:25:57
  These done. You're charged with the third
• 1:26:03
  degree felony offense of deadly conduct discharging a firearm
• 1:26:06
  from that same date of August 31st of 2025.
• 1:26:10
  It does allege those two prior felony convictions.
• 1:26:14
  Again, what that means if you're found guilty and if those prior
• 1:26:17
  convictions are true, you would be considered a habitual
• 1:26:19
  offender in that case also with a minimum punishment of 25 years
• 1:26:23
  up to 99 years or life in prison.
• 1:26:26
  Do you understand in all of those cases I have here on this
• 1:26:29
  tablet a plea bargain rejection in each case that you've signed
• 1:26:33
  with Mr. Parker that shows that the District attorney's office
• 1:26:36
  has made an offer if you wanted to enter a plea of guilty in
• 1:26:39
  your cases to go on probably it looks like counts one and two
• 1:26:46
  for a 15 year term instead of that habitual and a so in the in
• 1:26:58
  two of the cases a 15 year term and then in. 15 are all
• 1:27:04
  concurrent on all of them, Judge.
• 1:27:06
  Yeah, because it's stage 0, is it?
• 1:27:08
  Oh, I opened the wrong one. Sorry.
• 1:27:10
  Hold on. Yeah, I don't want you to do
• 1:27:11
  that. That's a 30.
• 1:27:15
  That's my next week. Sorry.
• 1:27:18
  OK. So 15 years in all three cases
• 1:27:20
  that would run concurrently, which means together at the same
• 1:27:23
  time, do you understand what the state has offered you?
• 1:27:27
  And so you have every right to reject that offer and have all
• 1:27:30
  three of your cases set for trial.
• 1:27:32
  I just want to make sure you understand what the possible
• 1:27:34
  consequences are if you go to trial, what your options are if
• 1:27:37
  you wanted to enter a plead of guilty in your cases.
• 1:27:40
  And do you understand all of that and do you want to reject
• 1:27:42
  those offers and have your cases set for trial?
• 1:27:45
  All right, we'll get that done. I do want to.
• 1:27:47
  Is there any reason to believe that these offers would change?
• 1:27:51
  So, Mr. Oville, I want to make sure you understand that after
• 1:27:53
  today, unless there is new evidence that is discovered by
• 1:27:57
  either your attorney or the state's attorney, I will not
• 1:27:59
  accept these plea agreements. Again, because it's on the trial
• 1:28:01
  docket. It either goes to trial.
• 1:28:04
  You can plea open to the court or to some different amount or
• 1:28:08
  negotiated punishment. Do you?
• 1:28:12
  OK, so I will get your cases set for trial.
• 1:28:15
  Mr. Ovale. Mr. Parker has been appointed to
• 1:28:17
  represent you. He's one of the case attorneys
• 1:28:19
  who handles a lot of cases for me here as a court appointed
• 1:28:21
  attorney. With your permission, I can
• 1:28:23
  release him and I can appoint a new attorney today who could
• 1:28:26
  begin preparation for trial a little quicker.
• 1:28:28
  Is that OK with you? OK, so Mr. Parker, you're
• 1:28:32
  released. Mr. Ovale, we will appoint
• 1:28:35
  someone today. They should be out to see you
• 1:28:36
  very soon to begin preparation for trial.
• 1:28:41
  Thank. You OK, Real quick, Great Granny
• 1:28:44
  was asking in the chat about the different colors of jumpsuits
• 1:28:49
  that the that the prisoners wear.
• 1:28:52
  Now, this varies from jail to jail, but the color coding has
• 1:28:58
  to do with multiple things. It has to do with the person's
• 1:29:02
  security level. So if they're in secure housing
• 1:29:05
  as opposed to John Pop, that can make for different colors in
• 1:29:09
  some areas. Has to do with whether they have
• 1:29:12
  been sentenced or they are unsentenced.
• 1:29:15
  So that can make a difference. There's also like a health
• 1:29:18
  status involved. For example, if you go to San
• 1:29:20
  Antonio, Bear County, and you look in Judge Boyd's court,
• 1:29:25
  you'll sometimes see women in yellow and it's because they're
• 1:29:30
  pregnant. So there's a lot of different
• 1:29:33
  reasons that the coding happens, but basically that's the gist of
• 1:29:36
  it. Mr. Walker, in clause #26 DCCR
• 1:29:40
  0082, you're charged with a first degree felony offense of
• 1:29:45
  injury to a child from December 16th of 2025.
• 1:29:48
  And how do you, and what that means, Sir, is that if you go to
• 1:29:52
  trial and you're found guilty, the minimum punishment is five
• 1:29:55
  years up to 99 years or life in prison.
• 1:29:58
  Do you understand? And I have here on the tablet a
• 1:30:02
  document called the Plea Bargain Rejection that has your
• 1:30:05
  signature on it with Mr. Parker's.
• 1:30:07
  This shows that the district attorney's office has made an
• 1:30:09
  offer if you wanted to enter a plea of guilty in your case for
• 1:30:12
  a 30 year term in prison. You have every right to reject
• 1:30:15
  that, have your case set for trial.
• 1:30:17
  I just want to make sure you understand what the possible
• 1:30:20
  consequences are if you go to trial, what your options are if
• 1:30:23
  you want to enter a plea of guilty.
• 1:30:24
  And do you understand all of that and do you want to reject
• 1:30:27
  that offer and have your case set for trial?
• 1:30:30
  All right, we'll get that done. Mr. Nicholas, is there any
• 1:30:32
  reason to believe that? Are you waiting on any evidence?
• 1:30:36
  There's that offers based on the injuries sustained by the child
• 1:30:39
  and one year old with facial fractures and last rated liver.
• 1:30:43
  I need to get some follow up medical.
• 1:30:45
  Records to see if that condition has has improved or if it's
• 1:30:47
  going to be a permanent injury situation.
• 1:30:49
  That off may get worse depending on what I find.
• 1:30:51
  OK. So I do want to make sure you
• 1:30:53
  understand, Mr. Walker, that after today I will not accept
• 1:30:55
  this plea agreement unless there's some new evidence that
• 1:30:59
  comes to life from your attorney or the state's attorney.
• 1:31:02
  Do you understand? All right.
• 1:31:04
  And so also Mr. Parker's been appointed to represent you and
• 1:31:08
  he's one of the attorneys who handles a lot of cases for me
• 1:31:10
  here as a port of footing attorney.
• 1:31:12
  With your permission, I can release him and I can appoint
• 1:31:15
  another attorney today who could begin preparation for channel a
• 1:31:17
  little quicker. Is that OK with you?
• 1:31:19
  All right, Mr. Parker, you're released.
• 1:31:21
  Mr. Walker, we will appoint someone today and they should be
• 1:31:24
  able to see you very soon to begin preparation for trial.
• 1:31:27
  All right, you can go back with the funny way we.
• 1:31:32
  Have. Dell.
• 1:31:35
  It's such a new there. You go.
• 1:31:42
  Who? Bill, it's just.
• 1:31:54
  OK. And everybody knows we reset
• 1:31:56
  Relicia Mouton for Mr. Rojas. Let's see Mr. Bruce Smith on
• 1:32:09
  Michael Ray Martin. You're right.
• 1:32:36
  That's how you're doing, Chris. I know.
• 1:32:40
  The third day I've had woke up with low grade fever.
• 1:32:43
  Just takes forever to get rid of it.
• 1:32:46
  Good morning. Are you Michael Martin Junior?
• 1:32:48
  Yes, ma'am. This is 25 DCCR 1831 and 1832.
• 1:32:53
  Mr. Martin is charged with evading arrested, attention with
• 1:32:56
  the use of a vehicle and aggravated robbery.
• 1:33:00
  And Mr. Smith, what is the announcement?
• 1:33:01
  Yeah, I'm asking for another. I was, I was out all last week,
• 1:33:04
  but I'm there's like 9 or 10 videos.
• 1:33:09
  I just, I've had the discovery for a couple of weeks and I just
• 1:33:13
  haven't had time to go through it completely.
• 1:33:15
  Sure. So I'll just do a normal reset
• 1:33:17
  and Mr. Martin, that'll give Mr. Smith time to go through
• 1:33:20
  everything, bring it out to the jail, go through it with you,
• 1:33:23
  and then we'll see if we can get an announcement.
• 1:33:25
  All right, you go back with the. Thank you.
• 1:33:27
  Thank you. Yes, Sir.
• 1:33:28
  Thank you. Anyone heard from people and
• 1:33:40
  what about? Brittany or Marvin?
• 1:33:48
  Brittany back there working on stuff.
• 1:33:51
  OK. And what about Marvin?
• 1:33:53
  Is he back there working on stuff too or?
• 1:34:02
  Mr. Lewis OK, All right, Mr. Kelly and Mr. Coleman, let's go
• 1:34:10
  ahead and take care of the Andre Blewett.
• 1:34:29
  Morning. You are DeAndre or Dondre
• 1:34:31
  Blewett. And so we've got 2 cases here.
• 1:34:35
  We've got clause number 2241150 and in that case Mr. Blewett
• 1:34:57
  is on probation and all right, So it's an invading arrest or
• 1:35:07
  detention with the use of a motor vehicle, third degree
• 1:35:09
  felony it looks like placed on probation September 13th of 2023
• 1:35:15
  and that was an 8 year deferred probation.
• 1:35:17
  There is a first amended motion that's been filed.
• 1:35:21
  It alleges looks like a new offensive Aggravated assault
• 1:35:26
  with a deadly weapon from February 1st of 2026 out past
• 1:35:32
  curfew. Committing an offense of
• 1:35:36
  harassment February 1st of 2026. Avoiding injuries or vicious
• 1:35:42
  habits by brandishing a loaded firearm during the assault of
• 1:35:46
  Miss Cantu on February 1st, 2026.
• 1:35:50
  That he brandished the firearm at the residence where a child
• 1:35:54
  was present. Same date associated with a
• 1:35:58
  disreputable person, Mr. Daniel Clark, who was that same
• 1:36:06
  location during that offense. Our alleged offense failed to
• 1:36:11
  immediately report that arrest for the aggravated assault with
• 1:36:14
  a deadly weapon to the probation officer was intoxicated or under
• 1:36:18
  the influence of an intoxicating substance on that day, possessed
• 1:36:22
  A firearm and ammunition in violation of probation on that
• 1:36:26
  day. And Mr. Kelly has filed a motion
• 1:36:30
  asking that I set bond in that case.
• 1:36:33
  And at this time, is there any bond set?
• 1:36:35
  There's no bond set in the MTRP, Your Honor, and the bond in the
• 1:36:41
  new indictment is 800,000. Dollars right so and cause #26
• 1:36:47
  BCCR 0632. If I may judge, hold on one
• 1:37:03
  second. Thank.
• 1:37:04
  You. In that case, Mr. Blewett is
• 1:37:07
  charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, second
• 1:37:10
  degree felony, and that's from that February 1st date in 2026.
• 1:37:14
  And so the $800,000 bond was attached to that case by the
• 1:37:18
  magistrate when he was indicted. And Mr. Kelly has filed a writ
• 1:37:26
  in that case asking for me to reduce that bond.
• 1:37:30
  Right. If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Blewett
• 1:37:33
  had originally posted the bond after that February 1st arrest.
• 1:37:38
  He has not been incarcerated since February.
• 1:37:41
  The. 1st. He was released from Jefferson
• 1:37:44
  County Jail I think on February 3rd or 4th.
• 1:37:48
  After that initial arrest, the. Through accusation or through
• 1:37:53
  making the $800,000 bond, He got out on accusations, so he hasn't
• 1:37:59
  made a bond and. That's the new, the new
• 1:38:04
  allegation, the aggravated assault case was refused by the
• 1:38:08
  DA's office. We then attempted to resolve the
• 1:38:12
  MTRP case. We meeting myself and the
• 1:38:16
  state's attorney, Mr. Coleman, that case.
• 1:38:21
  I won't speak for Mr. Coleman, but procedurally this is what
• 1:38:23
  happened. That case was then presented to
• 1:38:26
  the grand jury last week and indicted.
• 1:38:29
  OK. So.
• 1:38:31
  Procedurally, that's where we're going.
• 1:38:34
  And so do you have a witness or witnesses for your motion?
• 1:38:39
  I'd like to call this Stelly judge if I'm an officer.
• 1:38:41
  Stelly. Sure.
• 1:38:42
  Good morning, ma'am. Would you please raise your
• 1:38:44
  right hand? Do you swear, affirm.
• 1:38:46
  The testimony you're going to give in this hearing will be the
• 1:38:48
  truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
• 1:38:50
  Thank you. And you can step up just a
• 1:38:52
  little bit. All right, go ahead.
• 1:38:54
  Thank you, Judge. Officer Stelling, would you
• 1:38:55
  state your name, Bradley, please?
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  Deshauna Stelling. How are you employed?
• 1:39:00
  Jefferson County adult. Probation, OK.
• 1:39:01
  And how long have you been at probation?
• 1:39:04
  Approximately 1. Year and four months.
• 1:39:06
  How many? Folks, are you currently
• 1:39:08
  supervising? 150.
• 1:39:11
  Is Dondre Blewett one of those people?
• 1:39:12
  Yes. How long have you been working
• 1:39:16
  with Mr. Blewett? For the one year, for the first.
• 1:39:19
  Oh yeah. Since you've been, did you
• 1:39:22
  inherit his case from another officer?
• 1:39:24
  Yes, Sir. Is that a normal thing that
• 1:39:26
  happens? Yes, Sir.
• 1:39:27
  OK. Would you tell the court,
• 1:39:29
  please, you can estimate or if you know the actual number, how
• 1:39:34
  many specific meetings as Mr. Blewitt's officer have you had?
• 1:39:41
  Maybe 10, roughly 10 or 11 we do every other month.
• 1:39:45
  Every other. Is it customary for folks that
• 1:39:48
  are on felony probation? To.
• 1:39:51
  Only be required to meet every other.
• 1:39:53
  Month. And they're in compliance, yes.
• 1:39:56
  Has Mr. Blue been in compliance up until this alleged new
• 1:40:00
  office? Correct.
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  Yes, Sir. When you meet with him in
• 1:40:03
  person, those meetings are in your office.
• 1:40:04
  Is that correct? Is he on time for those
• 1:40:08
  meetings? Yes.
• 1:40:09
  Can you recall any situations where he has been late or kept
• 1:40:13
  you waiting? No, Sir.
• 1:40:14
  OK. Has he been respectful to you
• 1:40:18
  during those meetings? Has he been respectful to other
• 1:40:21
  staff in the probation office? Has he been subjected to drug
• 1:40:27
  testing while he's been on under your supervision?
• 1:40:30
  Can you tell the court how many times he's failed the drug test?
• 1:40:33
  He has never failed any drug test.
• 1:40:34
  Has he been subject to any other kind of chemical testing in
• 1:40:46
  terms of other things that he's required to do or that he's been
• 1:40:51
  required to do while he's been under your supervision?
• 1:40:53
  Because you mentioned that he has otherwise been in
• 1:40:55
  compliance, I'm not addressing the February 1st issue yet.
• 1:41:00
  What other things has he been required to do other than test
• 1:41:05
  positive for drugs and meet with you?
• 1:41:08
  Community service, which she has completed and fulfilled his
• 1:41:11
  monetary requirements, which he's also kind of.
• 1:41:14
  As well which requirements? The monetary.
• 1:41:17
  So he is. Currently.
• 1:41:19
  Up up to date on everything. Except for us.
• 1:41:22
  Do you know where Mr. Blewitt completed his community service?
• 1:41:33
  He did some donations to some other place so he completed 150
• 1:41:39
  hours and the previous officer host other 150 hours in the
• 1:41:42
  game. Because he had completed those
• 1:41:45
  hours. Yeah, but then his first year on
• 1:41:47
  probation. Yes.
• 1:41:50
  And that was within three years of an 8 year term, is that
• 1:41:55
  right? It's first year it was complete
• 1:41:57
  with the impression. Where was Mr. Blewett working at
• 1:42:04
  the time that you started working with him?
• 1:42:06
  Tetla, What kind of job did you have?
• 1:42:10
  I'm not sure exactly, That's just a surprise.
• 1:42:13
  I know that he had a travel permit to travel, you know, in
• 1:42:15
  and out. So I believe he was going to
• 1:42:16
  Austin. I think it's to work.
• 1:42:18
  So you gave him a travel permit and let him to travel.
• 1:42:21
  I had no issues with. You.
• 1:42:23
  He was working diligently as required.
• 1:42:25
  So at the time, his February 1st arrest, were you aware that he
• 1:42:31
  had another job offer pending? Yes, This time locally, Yes.
• 1:42:36
  Do you know what kind of work that was going to be?
• 1:42:40
  That he could forward me over the documents from the person
• 1:42:43
  who offered him the job. He sent it over to me.
• 1:42:45
  The issue was that he was on probation, so I told him that
• 1:42:48
  early termination was a possibility because he was in
• 1:42:51
  compliance. So I believe since he had an 8
• 1:42:53
  year term, that was about two years and eight months I
• 1:42:56
  believe. So he was coming up on that in
• 1:42:58
  March. So we were going to look at
• 1:42:59
  early terminology so we can get that job.
• 1:43:01
  He was otherwise eligible to at least petition.
• 1:43:03
  The court for. When you first discovered, let
• 1:43:11
  me ask that a better way, when did you first learn Mr. Blewett
• 1:43:14
  was arrested on this February 1st allocation.
• 1:43:18
  I received a flash notice on. February the 6th.
• 1:43:24
  The next step, when was your first contact with Mr. Blewett
• 1:43:31
  after the February 1st arrest. So he came to report immediately
• 1:43:35
  upon his release, which was on February the 6th.
• 1:43:38
  Did he tell you he got arrested? Yes.
• 1:43:42
  Can you tell the court what your reaction to what was to his
• 1:43:46
  arrest? I was shocked because he never
• 1:43:50
  gave me any issues during his time on probation that I've been
• 1:43:52
  working with him, so I was very shocked.
• 1:43:58
  Have you had further meetings with him since that initial
• 1:44:02
  contact? No, it was just a meeting
• 1:44:04
  between me and my supervisor and since he was out on the
• 1:44:07
  accusation we were just telling him not to contact the victim
• 1:44:11
  and that we did have to file a motion because of the alleged
• 1:44:14
  offense and that a one would be coming.
• 1:44:15
  Out. Any other things covered in that
• 1:44:20
  meeting between you, Mr. Blewett, and your supervisor?
• 1:44:24
  No. In the time that Mister Blewett
• 1:44:30
  was released on accusation and this new warrant was generated,
• 1:44:35
  was he otherwise in compliance for that short, maybe 8 or 10
• 1:44:38
  day period? Yes, Sir.
• 1:44:41
  Are you aware? One way or the other, if you
• 1:44:43
  don't know, then you don't know as to whether or not he's had
• 1:44:47
  contact with Miss Cantu. Not that I'm aware of, no.
• 1:44:51
  Are you aware one way or the other whether she has attempted
• 1:44:54
  to contact him? No.
• 1:45:00
  If he were Mr. Blue were to make new bonds on each of these cases
• 1:45:06
  or otherwise be released, you would expect him to report to
• 1:45:10
  you immediately correctly. Are there any other
• 1:45:13
  modifications you would make at this point if he's released?
• 1:45:19
  No, Sir. Do you have any concerns that he
• 1:45:23
  would otherwise be compliant under your supervision?
• 1:45:26
  Any. Concerns.
• 1:45:27
  No, I believe that he can be compliant.
• 1:45:30
  And you don't know anything about this new allegations that
• 1:45:35
  have you spoken with the officers involved in the arrest?
• 1:45:38
  Have you spoken with the alleged complaining witness?
• 1:45:42
  Have you spoken with the state's attorney, Mr. Coleman about the
• 1:45:44
  new case? Have you spoken with anybody in
• 1:45:47
  the district attorney's office about the new case?
• 1:45:50
  In fact, you when you first learned about the new arrest
• 1:45:56
  allegation you've I suppose check the Odyssey system, is
• 1:46:02
  that correct? And you learned used, is that
• 1:46:05
  correct? Yes.
• 1:46:07
  Do you know why it was refused? I am not sure I received a
• 1:46:11
  letter from this attorneys. Obviously the case is going to
• 1:46:13
  be refused, so. If I told you that I've learned
• 1:46:17
  that it was at the request of the complaining witness, would
• 1:46:20
  that be You wouldn't have any reason to disagree with that,
• 1:46:22
  right? OK.
• 1:46:25
  When did you learn that the case had been indicted?
• 1:46:31
  This morning. Today.
• 1:46:35
  Password. I have no questions for Miss
• 1:46:37
  Stanley. Thank you, ma'am.
• 1:46:40
  Any other witnesses? All right, Mr. Coleman.
• 1:46:43
  I found a reply I'm sure. The court's taking a look.
• 1:46:45
  At reply, Your Honor, if it's time, I would ask or submit to
• 1:46:49
  the court for your consideration, a compilation of
• 1:46:54
  snippets of a 911 call and two body cams.
• 1:46:58
  Just to kind of set it up for the court that. 911 call was
• 1:47:01
  about 8 minutes long, but I'll cut it down to about four
• 1:47:03
  minutes. I think all those 4 minutes are
• 1:47:05
  kind of kind of relevant for. The judge's.
• 1:47:08
  Consideration this morning and the body cams, which were both
• 1:47:11
  more than an hour each. I've cut it.
• 1:47:13
  Down to about 2 1/2 minutes. Each.
• 1:47:15
  Just so you know the. Entire clip video is about a.
• 1:47:19
  Little less than two. Minutes.
• 1:47:20
  Long, but I try to cut it down just to what the court, I think
• 1:47:24
  the court should consider. Or even consider.
• 1:47:26
  Mr. Kelly it's my understanding that the state's attorney
• 1:47:29
  doesn't intend to call the alleged complaint of witness or
• 1:47:32
  any officers involved, So we would object to the admission of
• 1:47:35
  whatever this is without it being authenticated.
• 1:47:38
  Judge, the rules of evidence are relaxed in these bodies.
• 1:47:42
  They're relaxed, they're not nobles.
• 1:47:44
  Yeah, I think, I don't think there's.
• 1:47:47
  I mean, I don't think I can just help help me find the spot where
• 1:47:52
  I can. For these bond hearings or at a
• 1:47:58
  minimum they are relaxed is my understanding with with the
• 1:48:03
  procedural posture for these these hearings.
• 1:48:07
  I've played these videos. For the court in these bond
• 1:48:09
  hearings before without a sponsoring witness judge.
• 1:48:12
  And if it was without objection, then that's one thing.
• 1:48:15
  But if there's an objection, then my thought would be we need
• 1:48:19
  to now probably 1. I would be willing to say one
• 1:48:24
  officer who could set up and look at both.
• 1:48:31
  I would be willing to not require, I think, the same
• 1:48:38
  amount of information, but I would.
• 1:48:46
  I don't think they're so relaxed that I can just watch whatever.
• 1:48:49
  That's that's fine, Judge. We ask that you recess.
• 1:48:52
  Yeah. At least for a little later in
• 1:48:54
  the in the morning endeavor to make my best efforts to get the
• 1:48:59
  officer here sponsored. I will purport to the court that
• 1:49:01
  what you will hear on that 911 video is a 7 year old daughter
• 1:49:06
  of the victim. Well, and 911 if you can get one
• 1:49:09
  officer here, I think they're in my opinion for this type of
• 1:49:13
  hearing, they are well enough informed about how that works
• 1:49:18
  that I don't think I'm not going to require if you can't get a
• 1:49:21
  911 operator here, somebody from that office quickly.
• 1:49:25
  If you can get an officer that can testify that the other
• 1:49:29
  officers body Cam, he was also there potentially I'm I would, I
• 1:49:33
  think relaxed to me for this type of hearing would mean that.
• 1:49:37
  So I'm I'm willing to give you some leeway on all of that if
• 1:49:40
  you can get someone here. So I'll hold it, make some
• 1:49:43
  calls, see if you can get them here this morning.
• 1:49:46
  If not, we are here this afternoon on another hearing.
• 1:49:49
  We can work around that so that we can get to it today.
• 1:49:52
  What is your schedule like you? I have a hearing in another
• 1:49:55
  county but I would this is a priority so.
• 1:49:57
  OK, well, let's just see what we're Mr. Coleman can get with
• 1:50:00
  getting just one of those officers here.
• 1:50:03
  All right, I'll hold it. Okie, dokie, I'll keep an eye,
• 1:50:09
  see if that circles back while we're live this morning.
• 1:50:12
  Let's stay in the building. Go back over to Judge Stevens.
• 1:50:50
  Who appears to have nothing to say.
• 1:50:52
  So be it. Back to Judge W, then.
• 1:50:55
  New contestant. 39 Mr. Lafleur is charged with theft of
• 1:50:59
  property, a first degree felony. September 14th, I'm sorry,
• 1:51:07
  November 14th of 2025. And what is the announcement?
• 1:51:11
  So your honor, if we could get one more reset, the it's
• 1:51:15
  indicted as a first degree of stating that the value is
• 1:51:18
  300,000 or more. It appears in the reports it may
• 1:51:22
  be 30,000. So that's a drastic difference
• 1:51:25
  between what this could potentially be.
• 1:51:28
  So we could get a reset to make sure that that is accurate.
• 1:51:32
  And if so, then obviously, that indictment may need to be
• 1:51:35
  amended and the state would like the opportunity to do a little
• 1:51:40
  investigation. And Miss Holmes is correct.
• 1:51:44
  In the office report, there's a $30,000 claim.
• 1:51:48
  And I don't know if the extra 0 was a typo that just fell down
• 1:51:53
  the line. But I would like an.
• 1:51:55
  Opportunity to investigate the actual amount of damages.
• 1:52:02
  I'm just looking what is the current bond set at and that's a
• 1:52:05
  probably yes. Ma'am, what is your bond?
• 1:52:08
  100,000 a. 100,000. Do you have any other holds on
• 1:52:18
  you from Catholic parish? They have a hold on you.
• 1:52:23
  OK, so let's just do a normal. I'll do a normal reset.
• 1:52:26
  Now, if something happens and you guys figure out that it is
• 1:52:29
  30 and there is an amendment to the indictment, let me know
• 1:52:34
  because I think it would make some sense, depending on other
• 1:52:38
  criminal history, maybe, maybe not to at least look at that
• 1:52:41
  bond. And that's set in this case.
• 1:52:43
  OK. All right.
• 1:52:45
  You can go back with the bailiff, and then you've got
• 1:52:50
  Donnie Smith. If we could call that.
• 1:52:52
  It's going to be a plea. I'll hold that.
• 1:52:54
  We'll hold Donnie Smith. I'm gonna hold that.
• 1:52:58
  Looks like you've got Darren Tamble ready.
• 1:53:13
  Mr. Coleman on Darren Campbell, I've.
• 1:53:15
  Got a good? Do you?
• 1:53:20
  Well, sticker Mr. Coleman to take care of something.
• 1:53:22
  Oh. Yes, All right, Sir, are you
• 1:53:28
  Darren at Tamble and this homes will your client with the formal
• 1:53:31
  reading of the indictment? Horizontal count 1, I don't know
• 1:53:47
  I think is there a multiple counts on the under there are
• 1:53:50
  count one. OK, let me get that.
• 1:54:00
  OK, getting there. Mr. Campbell, in cause #25 DCCR
• 1:54:10
  1802, the State has elected to proceed on Count 1 only.
• 1:54:14
  It alleges you committed the third degree felony offense of
• 1:54:18
  assault on hospital personnel on hospital property October 15th
• 1:54:22
  of 2025. And how do you plead to that
• 1:54:24
  charge? Are you pleading guilty freely
• 1:54:27
  and voluntarily? And are you pleading guilty
• 1:54:30
  because you actually did what they've charged you?
• 1:54:33
  I have here on the tablets and documents that have your
• 1:54:35
  signature on them that the statement has marked as exhibit
• 1:54:38
  #1. Before you sign these, did you
• 1:54:40
  go over them with Miss Holmes? Do you fully understand them?
• 1:54:44
  And do you understand if I follow the agreement that you've
• 1:54:47
  made with the District Attorney that you'll be waving or giving
• 1:54:50
  up any right to appeal? Also, do you understand if
• 1:54:54
  you're not AUS citizen that a plea of guilty or no contest may
• 1:54:57
  result in your deportation, exclusion from admission to the
• 1:55:01
  country, or denial of naturalization under federal
• 1:55:04
  law? State tenders #1 no objection.
• 1:55:07
  It's admitted. Is there any evidence that
• 1:55:08
  Mister Temple is not competent? All right, Sir, I'm going to
• 1:55:11
  find that you entered your plea of guilty freely and
• 1:55:13
  voluntarily. Find that you're mentally
• 1:55:16
  competent and you understand the nature and the consequences of
• 1:55:19
  that plea. Find sufficient evidence to find
• 1:55:21
  you guilty and at this time find you guilty of assault on a
• 1:55:24
  hospital personnel in Count 1, a third degree felony sentence you
• 1:55:28
  in accordance with your agreement to a term of five
• 1:55:31
  years in the Institutional division of the Texas Department
• 1:55:34
  of Corrections. You will receive credit on that
• 1:55:37
  sentence for any time that you've been in custody that the
• 1:55:39
  law gives you the right to receive.
• 1:55:41
  I'm handing you the trial court certification that shows that
• 1:55:44
  this was an agreement that I followed.
• 1:55:47
  So you have waived your right to appeal.
• 1:55:50
  I also handed you a written admonishment regarding your
• 1:55:53
  ineligibility to possess a firearm or ammunition.
• 1:55:56
  Because of the judgment entered against you, you're ineligible
• 1:56:00
  under Texas law to possess a firearm or ammunition.
• 1:56:03
  Possession of a firearm or ammunition could lead to charges
• 1:56:06
  against you. Do you have any questions about
• 1:56:08
  the laws that make you ineligible to possess a firearm
• 1:56:11
  or ammunition or about how long that lasts?
• 1:56:13
  You can talk, right? Well, thank you, Sir.
• 1:56:15
  You can go back with failure taking this one.
• 1:56:17
  OK. Thank you very much.
• 1:56:20
  Yes, Sir. Thank you.
• 1:56:33
  Let's see, Miss Holmes, you have John Dre Willis.
• 1:56:35
  It's a sentencing. Is the one with the Louisiana
• 1:56:57
  case? Yeah.
• 1:56:58
  Junk financing. Let's get him out.
• 1:57:08
  Good morning. You're John Jerry Willis.
• 1:57:10
  And so we were here before for sentencing.
• 1:57:13
  Mr. Willis had pled guilty to burglary of inhabitation.
• 1:57:16
  There was a question about whether or not there was a
• 1:57:19
  murder charge pending or coming over in Calcasieu Parish.
• 1:57:24
  Charles Lafayette. Sorry.
• 1:57:26
  And So what did you guys find? OK.
• 1:57:28
  So I spoke with a detective out there.
• 1:57:30
  He referred to the prosecutor. The prosecutor said that there
• 1:57:33
  was a or there is a Co defendant.
• 1:57:36
  His case was sent to the grand jury.
• 1:57:38
  The grand jury, they don't call it no bill out there.
• 1:57:41
  I don't know what they call it. They no building on the murder,
• 1:57:43
  but they sent in a suggestion for manslaughter.
• 1:57:47
  So on the on the Co defendant. So the prosecutor told me that
• 1:57:51
  it's possible that Mister Willis case may go to the grand jury as
• 1:57:55
  a manslaughter, but he doesn't know yet.
• 1:57:58
  And he said they don't know until Mr. Willis gets to
• 1:58:00
  Louisiana. So there there hasn't been
• 1:58:04
  anything filed on him. OK, Judge, I left a message for
• 1:58:07
  same District Attorney Chris Landry on February 24th, after
• 1:58:12
  we recessed from our last docket, I called back and spoke.
• 1:58:15
  With his assistant she was. Going to give him another
• 1:58:18
  message and I made multiple attempts yesterday to reach him.
• 1:58:23
  Wasn't able to reach anybody at that at that number where I had
• 1:58:26
  previously reached them. So I made every attempt I could
• 1:58:29
  to let. Him know I filled.
• 1:58:30
  In his paralegal about the situation we had and said, hey,
• 1:58:35
  heads up if you guys want to hold or you need a 10 day marker
• 1:58:38
  or something, it'll be from next Tuesday meeting today.
• 1:58:41
  So those are the efforts I made. And I would.
• 1:58:43
  Suggest that out of fairness to the defendant, we we if the
• 1:58:48
  court is declined, we go along with the original we have
• 1:58:51
  deferred. Sure they want to use it later.
• 1:58:53
  I'm happy to share my files. Information.
• 1:58:55
  With them, But I don't think we should punish him with a
• 1:58:58
  conviction for something. Just because that.
• 1:59:00
  May or may not be out there. All right, that's I agree.
• 1:59:04
  And also, Judge, I'm sorry, just so that the court can recall,
• 1:59:08
  this is the one where the complainant went back and forth
• 1:59:11
  on wanting to prosecute. She did not.
• 1:59:13
  She came to. Court.
• 1:59:15
  She got a little jittery. She.
• 1:59:16
  Changed her mind, she she waggled.
• 1:59:18
  Back and forth a few times, which was at least for all, OK.
• 1:59:22
  Thank you, Miss Nolpino, and thank you, Miss Holmes for
• 1:59:25
  making those calls as well. OK, So what I'll do, Mr. Willis
• 1:59:29
  today is go ahead and go forward with sentencing just the way
• 1:59:32
  this was all set up. If something happens when you
• 1:59:35
  get over to Lafayette and you're indicted or convicted, obviously
• 1:59:40
  will know where you are. If you as soon as you're
• 1:59:42
  released, if they had get a hold on you and take you straight
• 1:59:45
  from here, then when you are released, the first thing you
• 1:59:49
  need to do is contact our probation office.
• 1:59:52
  So whenever that is all right and if for some reason there's a
• 1:59:56
  conviction over there or something and get some type of
• 2:00:00
  prison time, then you can write Miss Holmes or get in touch with
• 2:00:04
  her or the court. And there's probably some ways
• 2:00:07
  that we can take care of this at the same time, so.
• 2:00:10
  That you're not doing some time and also for the agent.
• 2:00:12
  OK, but we'll, we'll deal with that one and if it happens.
• 2:00:16
  All right. So then in cause #25 DCCR 1048,
• 2:00:19
  I'm going to find that you and we've all already gone over the
• 2:00:23
  precedence report and everything.
• 2:00:25
  So I'm going to find that you entered your plea of guilty
• 2:00:27
  freely and voluntarily find sufficient evidence to find you
• 2:00:30
  guilty. However, I'm going to follow the
• 2:00:32
  agreement that you made with the District Attorney and defer all
• 2:00:35
  proceedings and place you on probation for two years, be
• 2:00:38
  ordered to pay the $300 fine and to follow all of the rules and
• 2:00:42
  conditions of probation. If you do that, then this is an
• 2:00:45
  excellent opportunity, especially if nothing comes out
• 2:00:47
  of whatever happened over in Lafayette because you do not
• 2:00:50
  have a felony conviction on your record.
• 2:00:52
  And if you successfully complete this probation, at the end, the
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  case is dismissed. You'll never have the felony
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  conviction. The other side of that, however,
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  is if you violate any condition of probation, you can be brought
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  back into court and you could be found guilty.
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  So you would become a convicted felon and you could be sent to
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  prison for anywhere in that range of punishment, which is
• 2:01:11
  between two years and up to 20 years in prison.
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  Do you understand? And I'm assuming there is a no
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  contact, what's the name? Colette Richard.
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  And so you're not to have any contact or communication with
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  Colette Richard. And I understand that she's
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  going back and forth and y'all have gone back and forth.
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  But unless you have my permission, which could happen
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  if you get out and you're on probation and you're doing well
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  and she probably takes an options class or something like
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  that. If y'all are planning some type
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  of relationship, you're not. So we don't have to talk about
• 2:01:43
  that. Then don't contact or
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  communicate her. If she tries to contact or
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  communicate with you, don't reply.
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  OK? Because she won't go to prison.
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  You will. Right.
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  All right, So I'm handing you the trial court certification
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  that shows this was an agreement that I followed.
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  And so you've waived your right to appeal.
• 2:02:00
  All right. Good luck to you, Sir.
• 2:02:01
  I think. Is that all you've got, Mr.
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  Smith? Donnie Smith.
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  OK. Did this come?
• 2:02:14
  All right, let's try one more time with Judge Stevens and see
• 2:02:19
  if we can actually hear something this time.
• 2:02:33
  Oh, my goodness. All right, I'm giving up on him
• 2:02:36
  for today. That's just the way that is.
• 2:02:39
  Let's do this then let's let's try another one.
• 2:02:48
  Who likes to mute this morning. Let's try Judge Mom.
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  Mr. Ford. Mr. Thank you.
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  Good morning, Mr. Ford, Your name for the record, please.
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  William Marshall Ford. So I asked for the arraignment.
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  Yes, Your Honor, at this time we are prepared to waive a formal
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  reading. My client stands mute.
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  The court will waive the formal reading.
• 2:03:12
  You have the right to have an attorney.
• 2:03:13
  If you are unable to afford an attorney, you may have one
• 2:03:16
  appointed to represent you. And in fact, you've had an
• 2:03:19
  opportunity to speak to an attorney today.
• 2:03:21
  Is that correct, Sir? Yes, Sir.
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  I mean, ma'am. The court has also signed the
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  petition order for appointing the attorney for felony matters.
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  Do you have the right to be presumed innocent until proven
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  guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
• 2:03:36
  You have the right to have a trial by a judge or by a jury,
• 2:03:39
  and you also have the right to remain silent.
• 2:03:40
  Anything you say orally or in writing may be used against you
• 2:03:44
  in court. Do you understand those right,
• 2:03:45
  Sir? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:03:48
  The Court has entered a plea of is entering a plea of not guilty
• 2:03:51
  on your behalf, scheduling this matter for probable cause
• 2:03:57
  conference on March 12th, 9:45 AM.
• 2:04:04
  All right. Council as to bond.
• 2:04:07
  Yes, Your Honor, I would like you to know that Mister Ford
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  currently is residing in Wyandotte.
• 2:04:11
  He works locally at Britta's Biddle Avenue florist.
• 2:04:16
  He's been there for roughly 3 years.
• 2:04:18
  He's not currently on probation or parole.
• 2:04:20
  He has no other pending matters out of any other jurisdiction
• 2:04:23
  that we're aware of. And after speaking with Mr. Ford
• 2:04:25
  at length this morning, he did assure me he would be appearing
• 2:04:28
  at all future court dates and understands the importance of
• 2:04:30
  doing so. I would just.
• 2:04:32
  Ask that I'll have to be taking. Into account when assessing a
• 2:04:34
  bond. All right.
• 2:04:37
  And so, Mr. Ford, how how long have you been working at
• 2:04:40
  Brenda's Flowers? I've been working there for
• 2:04:43
  approximately 3 years. And what do you do there, Sir?
• 2:04:48
  A. Little bit of everything.
• 2:04:49
  I move heavy stuff for the girls.
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  I deliver flowers. And do you live above?
• 2:04:58
  Do you live above where you work, Sir?
• 2:05:00
  That's. Not what I do.
• 2:05:02
  OK. Well, I was looking at the
• 2:05:03
  address and that's what it seemed to be.
• 2:05:07
  All right. And you're not out on bond in
• 2:05:08
  any other jurisdiction, Sir. And when were you released from
• 2:05:13
  prison on your matter that you were sentenced 25 to 50 years
• 2:05:16
  on? About a little.
• 2:05:20
  Over 4 years ago. And I'm sorry, do you know Mr.
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  Demick? No, I do not.
• 2:05:35
  Have you ever failed to appear in court for any reason, Sir?
• 2:05:39
  When I was younger, yes ma'am. Have you since resolved those
• 2:05:43
  issues? Yes, I have, ma'am.
• 2:05:49
  And who resides with you, Sir? It's your home.
• 2:05:53
  My employer's daughter. We live together.
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  The two of you in a dating relationship.
• 2:06:00
  Yes, ma'am, we are. OK.
• 2:06:02
  I mean, usually somebody would say my girlfriend, but my
• 2:06:05
  employer's daughter. OK.
• 2:06:09
  And how long have you been dating your employer's daughter?
• 2:06:13
  A little over three years. All right.
• 2:06:24
  And Sir, when you were released from prison, were you placed on
• 2:06:29
  parole or did you finish your sentence?
• 2:06:32
  No, I was placed on the parole and then I finished my parole.
• 2:06:36
  I was OK when. I finished my.
• 2:06:39
  Parole down here? What about Southgate?
• 2:06:44
  I said I was living in Southgate while I was on parole and I
• 2:06:47
  finished my parole down here. I started my parole off over in
• 2:06:51
  South Lyon at my mother's address.
• 2:06:55
  OK. And so when were you discharged
• 2:06:58
  from parole, Sir? Wow.
• 2:07:02
  What was that? I don't know the exact date
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  ma'am. Well, I'm just trying to do the
• 2:07:13
  math. How long were you?
• 2:07:16
  How long were you on parole? A year.
• 2:07:20
  OK, so then you all right? So you've been off parole for
• 2:07:24
  three years then, since you've been living in Wyandotte,
• 2:07:26
  correct? Correct.
• 2:07:29
  OK. All right.
• 2:07:35
  Detective, would you like to address that?
• 2:07:37
  Your Honor, taking into consideration the the nature of
• 2:07:40
  the the dangerous or the severity of this offense and the
• 2:07:44
  defendant's criminal history and not having any knowledge of who
• 2:07:49
  the victim was or not knowing who the victim was or having any
• 2:07:52
  previous altercations with him, I would recommend 100,000 dollar
• 2:07:57
  10%, Your Honor. And in addition to Agps tether,
• 2:08:03
  sure, the defendant's next court of parents, Your Honor, and it's
• 2:08:08
  expansive. Sir, you're facing a habitual
• 2:08:13
  offender 4th offence and you are facing up to life in prison,
• 2:08:18
  Sir, if convicted of the first count, which is a five year
• 2:08:22
  felony. And because that one's five
• 2:08:25
  years or more than you're facing life in prison.
• 2:08:29
  And not only that, Sir, but the court has serious concerns for
• 2:08:34
  the safety of the public because if the allegations are true and
• 2:08:39
  the victim in this matter simply went to check on you to see if
• 2:08:43
  you're OK and he himself end up in the hospital as a result of
• 2:08:48
  your actions, then that's extremely concerning to the
• 2:08:51
  safety of the community. The court will note after review
• 2:09:01
  of Mr. Ford's criminal history, two of which are significant and
• 2:09:14
  of an assault of nature, one of which landed Mr. in prison for
• 2:09:18
  25 years. The court does find that bond
• 2:09:23
  would be appropriate amount of $250,000 ten percent bond.
• 2:09:34
  That's based on the reasons that I just stated on the record for
• 2:09:38
  just a moment ago, specifically to protect the victim in this
• 2:09:43
  matter and the community at large from Mr. Ford's actions
• 2:09:51
  and behavior. In the event bond is posted,
• 2:09:53
  Sir, you're not to return to Captain's or any other bars.
• 2:09:58
  You also, Sir, are not to have any contact with Mr. Demick.
• 2:10:01
  That's whether you post bond or not.
• 2:10:03
  That's phone, contact, text message, e-mail, social media,
• 2:10:06
  third party, anything of the like.
• 2:10:08
  You're not to possess or consume any alcohol or drugs unless
• 2:10:10
  prescribed. You are not to possess or have
• 2:10:14
  access to any firearms or weapons.
• 2:10:15
  Do you have any of those? No, ma'am.
• 2:10:20
  You are not to be released without GPS and alcohol tethered
• 2:10:23
  from the Wayne County Jail. Any questions?
• 2:10:30
  No, thank you, Ron. I'm all set.
• 2:10:31
  Thank you. Thank you.
• 2:10:34
  Have a good day again, Kendall Bryant.
• 2:10:51
  Let's go off the records for a moment.
• 2:10:54
  Do you have to speak to Kendall Bryant?
• 2:10:57
  Please. OK.
• 2:10:59
  All right. So we're going to put you 2 of
• 2:11:01
  you back in this week out room. Thank you.
• 2:11:03
  That one, no, that one will keep.
• 2:11:05
  Up there, that's that's the one on there.
• 2:11:08
  OK. All right.
• 2:11:10
  Mr. Borkin, Are you ready to proceed?
• 2:11:15
  Yes, we are ready. OK.
• 2:11:19
  All right. So do you want me to do these or
• 2:11:21
  do you want do you want to keep going, Felicia?
• 2:11:25
  OK, not going to object to that. OK.
• 2:11:32
  So we are on the record in the matter of Green Trees Apartments
• 2:11:37
  First. Erica Johnson, 260-0101 and
• 2:11:45
  Council, your appearance, please.
• 2:11:48
  Christopher Borkin, PH-265 for the plan.
• 2:11:52
  All right, Miss Johnson, your name for the record, please.
• 2:11:57
  Erica Johnson. All right.
• 2:11:59
  And so, Council, you did have an opportunity to speak to Miss
• 2:12:03
  Johnson in a breakout room, correct?
• 2:12:06
  Yes, I did, Your Honor. We reached an agreement in the
• 2:12:08
  form of a. Consent judgment, OK.
• 2:12:15
  And that consent judgment is what?
• 2:12:18
  Council. We've agreed.
• 2:12:20
  Rent to retain is $4228.00. Court costs are 180, totaling 44
• 2:12:29
  O 8. Miss Johnson does say though, in
• 2:12:32
  further orders, defendant states she paid $1000 on March 2nd.
• 2:12:38
  Yesterday plaintiff shell credit upon receipt and the writ date
• 2:12:41
  in 4A, Your honor, would be March 13th that she's agreed to
• 2:12:45
  pay back the remaining balance. Additionally, she gave me
• 2:12:51
  permission to sign on her behalf and I did explain her rights
• 2:12:53
  under MCR 4.2 O1 J. OK.
• 2:12:57
  And so, ma'am, you heard the terms of that judgment correct?
• 2:13:00
  Correct. And you understand that Mister
• 2:13:05
  Borkin represents the interests of your landlord and not your
• 2:13:09
  interest, correct? Correct.
• 2:13:13
  And you've received your advice of rights and your packet of
• 2:13:15
  information, is that correct? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:13:18
  Ma'am, I need you. I need you to turn on your
• 2:13:20
  camera. OK.
• 2:13:25
  OK. I can only see your forehead,
• 2:13:26
  ma'am. Sorry.
• 2:13:26
  All right. Thank you.
• 2:13:34
  OK. And you got an opportunity to
• 2:13:40
  review those rights, correct? Yes.
• 2:13:46
  And you understand that by entering into this agreement
• 2:13:55
  that you'll be waiving some of those rights.
• 2:13:58
  Yes. Specifically your attorney
• 2:14:03
  rights and rental assistance rights.
• 2:14:04
  Do you understand that? Yes, ma'am, do.
• 2:14:09
  You have any questions regarding those rights?
• 2:14:12
  No. You also understand, ma'am, the
• 2:14:18
  your rights under the court rule is explained to you by Mr.
• 2:14:20
  Borkin, correct? Do.
• 2:14:22
  You. Have any questions regarding
• 2:14:25
  that? No, ma'am.
• 2:14:35
  All right. The court does find that the
• 2:14:37
  waiver of rights is valid. The terms of the judgment are
• 2:14:40
  reasonable and fair. The court finds the plaintiff is
• 2:14:48
  entitled to By consent. Plaintiff is entitled to recover
• 2:14:50
  possession of the property. The amount now due and owing for
• 2:14:53
  unpaid run and other costs is $4408.
• 2:15:00
  Defendant will receive a credit of $1000 from the payment she
• 2:15:04
  made on March 2nd upon receipt from your landlord and if the
• 2:15:12
  amount is not paid for the fund. Does that move out on before
• 2:15:15
  March 13th plaintiff and apply for an order of victim
• 2:15:17
  defendant. There's somebody may be out of
• 2:15:19
  damage the property occurs if it continues to accrue partial
• 2:15:22
  payment will not prevent the court from issue in order
• 2:15:24
  between the defendant and no money judgment will enter at
• 2:15:27
  this time any questions regarding those terms.
• 2:15:34
  All right. And ma'am, do you have any
• 2:15:38
  objection in this court indicating via zoom on your
• 2:15:43
  signature line? Yeah, I'm sorry.
• 2:15:47
  What's that? I couldn't hear that.
• 2:15:50
  No. Can you hear me?
• 2:15:55
  Yes. No, I can.
• 2:15:56
  I can hear that time. OK.
• 2:15:59
  All right. The court has signed the
• 2:16:02
  document, this judgment and you will receive a copy of this
• 2:16:07
  shortly. OK.
• 2:16:09
  Thank you. Thank you.
• 2:16:11
  Have a good day. You too.
• 2:16:13
  Thank you all. Right friends, let's go back to
• 2:16:19
  Judge W Looks like she has a new contestant.
• 2:16:25
  Let's see, this is Miss French on William Jones.
• 2:16:33
  Good morning, Sir. Are you William Leroy Jones?
• 2:16:36
  Mr. Jones and cause #25 DCCR 1627, you're charged with the
• 2:16:42
  state jail felony offense of theft with previous theft
• 2:16:45
  convictions from August 3rd of 2025.
• 2:16:50
  The indictment alleges you were previously convicted of theft
• 2:16:53
  June 1st of 2023 and 2 cases after that was final November
• 2:16:58
  16th of 2023, and then after that August 6th of 2024, and
• 2:17:03
  then two cases on August 15th of 2024.
• 2:17:07
  And what that means, Sir, is that if you go to trial and
• 2:17:10
  you're found guilty of the range of punishment is between six
• 2:17:13
  months and up to two years in a state jail prison.
• 2:17:16
  Do you understand, and then in cause #25 DCCR 1628 you're also
• 2:17:22
  charged with theft of property with previous convictions.
• 2:17:25
  Often state in this case is from August 2nd of 2025.
• 2:17:30
  Those same prior convictions are applicable and listed same
• 2:17:35
  punishment range if you're found guilty.
• 2:17:37
  Do you understand and cause #25 DCCR 1629 also charged with
• 2:17:43
  theft of property with previous convictions?
• 2:17:45
  From August 9th of 2025, same prior offenses.
• 2:17:50
  Convictions are listed again, means if you go to trial and
• 2:17:54
  you're found guilty, the range of punishments between six
• 2:17:56
  months and up to two years. Do you understand?
• 2:17:59
  And then finally in clause #25 DCCR 1630, you're also charged
• 2:18:04
  with up to property with previous convictions.
• 2:18:07
  This is from August 15th of 2025.
• 2:18:10
  Again, it lists the same prior convictions who makes it the
• 2:18:13
  same punishment range between six months and up to two years.
• 2:18:17
  Do you understand? Excuse me.
• 2:18:20
  In all of those cases, I have here on the tablet some
• 2:18:24
  documents called plea bargain rejections that you signed with
• 2:18:26
  Mr. Lewis. This shows that the district
• 2:18:29
  attorney's office has made offers if he wanted to enter
• 2:18:31
  pleas if guilty. And it looks like for 20 months
• 2:18:34
  in the state jail. And that would run concurrently
• 2:18:36
  in all the cases, yes. Ma'am.
• 2:18:38
  You have every right to reject that offer and have all four of
• 2:18:41
  your cases tried to a jury. I want to make sure you
• 2:18:44
  understand what the possible consequences are if you go to
• 2:18:46
  trial and what your options are. And do you understand all of
• 2:18:49
  that? And do you want to reject those
• 2:18:51
  offers and have all of your cases set for trial?
• 2:18:54
  All right, we'll get that done. Miss French, is there any reason
• 2:18:57
  to believe that that offer would be reduced?
• 2:19:00
  Mr. Lewis has spoken with me this morning about a possible
• 2:19:05
  issue for me to consider. I don't, I don't know that
• 2:19:12
  that's going to move the needle for me, but it's a possibility.
• 2:19:15
  So what I'll do then I would like, is that how long will it
• 2:19:19
  take you to kind of look at that?
• 2:19:21
  And I don't, I don't want to put it on the trial docket if
• 2:19:25
  there's a potential, if we could do it as soon as that's over.
• 2:19:28
  So let's reset it for two weeks. If there's some change in offer,
• 2:19:32
  then I've already, if you want to, OK, just leave them there.
• 2:19:37
  I've sent them to you and we can always write on it if it changes
• 2:19:41
  to a different offer. Otherwise we'll get it, go
• 2:19:43
  through that process of setting it for trial on that day, right.
• 2:19:46
  So we'll reset it for two weeks. Thank you.
• 2:19:49
  Into the child go speakers. Child.
• 2:19:51
  OK. Thank you.
• 2:19:57
  Okie dokie friends TCF live on a Tuesday.
• 2:19:59
  Good to have you all, here we are.
• 2:20:02
  Two hours and 20 minutes into the show already, I do not
• 2:20:05
  understand how time flies so quickly.
• 2:20:08
  Probably because this is fun. Fun things pass quickly.
• 2:20:13
  Let's go to Louisiana, checking on the board.
• 2:20:18
  Hey, Ladoo and Chuck Tellis, and we're here to talk about Mr.
• 2:20:22
  Jeremy Pollock. Mr. Pollock is in Dixon
• 2:20:25
  Correctional Center with the staff there.
• 2:20:27
  Warden, would y'all introduce yourself, please?
• 2:20:29
  Yes, Sir. Good morning, Jesse Beckham,
• 2:20:31
  Ward, Donald Cavalier classification.
• 2:20:34
  Ashley Bradley Records. Aubrey King.
• 2:20:37
  Reentry. Curtis Thurman.
• 2:20:39
  Mental Health. That's it, Sir.
• 2:20:41
  OK, good. Y'all got a big roll call there.
• 2:20:43
  OK. Mr. Park, how are you doing
• 2:20:46
  today? I'm doing fine, Sir.
• 2:20:48
  How are you? I'm doing.
• 2:20:50
  Doing just good. Doing good.
• 2:20:52
  Your case has been assigned to Miss Sherry Ledoux, who is on my
• 2:20:55
  right. And we've all read your case and
• 2:20:58
  all of that, but she is the lead interrogator investigator.
• 2:21:02
  So she's going to be asking you some questions and and then
• 2:21:05
  we're going to have a chance to ask some questions.
• 2:21:07
  And, and so we'll go ahead and turn it over to her and let her
• 2:21:10
  her talk to you. Yes, Sir.
• 2:21:12
  Thank. You, Mr. Pollock, for the
• 2:21:15
  record, I would state that you're a third class offender.
• 2:21:18
  You were sentenced to a 17 year sentence for theft and legal
• 2:21:21
  possession of stolen items. You had a You have a parole
• 2:21:27
  eligibility date of 9/11, 2026, good time date of 5/29/2027,
• 2:21:33
  full term date of 2039. You do have people here in
• 2:21:40
  support of you, your mother, brother, and the Louisiana
• 2:21:43
  Parole Project. Before I would ask you any
• 2:21:47
  questions, I would like to get the warden, if you will, Mr.
• 2:21:53
  Bickham, whatever you would like to add to this.
• 2:21:58
  You probably know him better than right now.
• 2:22:01
  Yes, ma'am. Thank you and good morning to
• 2:22:03
  y'all. He actually he's a trustee here
• 2:22:07
  which you know one of our top level.
• 2:22:10
  Yeah, he's a level 1 trustee. He works down there actually at
• 2:22:12
  headquarters on Mr. Johnson crew doing.
• 2:22:15
  Some. Work down there.
• 2:22:16
  So we trust him enough to go down.
• 2:22:19
  He's done a tremendous amount of classes.
• 2:22:21
  And then I think he's been over a little four years roughly.
• 2:22:23
  He's been locked up. He has had no write ups at all,
• 2:22:27
  which is impressive. And besides the classes, some of
• 2:22:33
  the classes he's been through Malachi dads and and different
• 2:22:36
  ones like that from the star program.
• 2:22:38
  He is, I will say he he he attends church regularly and he
• 2:22:45
  does represent the faith. Well, around here.
• 2:22:49
  So he does that. So that's.
• 2:22:51
  Pretty much it pretty good. Pretty good job.
• 2:22:54
  Did classification tell me if he's completed pre release?
• 2:22:59
  Have you completed previously? He's currently enrolled.
• 2:23:03
  Currently enrolled. OK, great.
• 2:23:04
  That's, that's one of the questions I had.
• 2:23:09
  So Mr. Pollock, you were on probation when this occurred, is
• 2:23:14
  that correct? And you were revoked.
• 2:23:17
  Yes, ma'am. OK, well, you do have your
• 2:23:23
  mother. I'd like for Miss Cheryl Pollock
• 2:23:26
  to speak first. Miss Pollock, you can just tell
• 2:23:30
  the panel what you would like us to know.
• 2:23:38
  Yes, ma'am. My name is Cheryl Pollock.
• 2:23:41
  I am Jeremy Bryce Pollock's mother.
• 2:23:44
  I'm here today to speak on behalf of a favorable outcome
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  for Jeremy in his parole hearing.
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  Since birth of his oldest son, Waylon Bryce Pollock, Jeremy has
• 2:23:57
  displayed excellent parenting skills during his incarceration.
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  He has spoken to one or both of his sons almost every day on the
• 2:24:08
  phone. Since both sons are under my
• 2:24:12
  guardianship, Jeremy has been able to maintain a close
• 2:24:16
  relationship with them. He's been able to keep up with
• 2:24:20
  their academics and sport events for both boys.
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  During Jeremy's incarceration, I have observed continual personal
• 2:24:29
  growth. He has learned numerous skills
• 2:24:33
  at his assigned jobs. He has earned money with his
• 2:24:37
  hobby crafts and has purchased numerous tools to use in the
• 2:24:42
  hobby shop. These skills and tools will
• 2:24:46
  enable him to do maintenance and remodeling on the three houses
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  that I currently own. I also have seen emotional and
• 2:24:55
  spiritual growth as he has participated in numerous good
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  time classes as well as available church services at his
• 2:25:05
  facility. I truly believe my son has
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  worked hard toward his rehabilitation.
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  He has passed all of the random drug tests that have been given
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  to him as well as maintained A spotless record with no write
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  ups or infractions during his time of incarceration.
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  Jeremy's drug addiction caused him to commit crimes that I
• 2:25:31
  believe he would not have committed had he been sober.
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  I believe that he has sincerely worked on his addiction and will
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  continue to work on personal growth in order to maintain a
• 2:25:43
  profitable and sober lifestyle. Jeremy has convinced me of his
• 2:25:49
  remorse and has apologized numerous times for his guilt in
• 2:25:54
  the charges that were brought against him which led to his
• 2:25:58
  incarceration. I am willing to allow him to
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  reside in my home with his two children upon his release.
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  I am looking forward to reuniting our family and
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  allowing him to help me finish raising his sons to be strong,
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  law abiding young men. Thank you for your time.
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  Thank you. Your support is critical.
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  We also have Ben Pollock, your brother and the victim in the
• 2:26:29
  crime. Mr. Pollock, if you would like
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  to speak. Yes.
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  Good morning, members of the Board and thank you for this
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  opportunity to speak this morning.
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  My name is Benjamin Polak and I'm Jeremy's brother and I was
• 2:26:44
  also the victim in the case that led to his probation and parole
• 2:26:49
  being revoked in August of 2020. My ATV was taken from storage by
• 2:26:55
  Jeremy and I first gave him the opportunity to return it without
• 2:26:59
  formal charges being filed. And when that did not happen, I
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  reported the matter to law enforcement in Vernon Parish.
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  And at that time I made it clear to them as well as the District
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  Attorney's office that I was not acting out of a personal
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  vendetta, that my concern was accountability.
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  And I believe then, and I believe today, that if a person
• 2:27:23
  will take property from family and justify it by saying I
• 2:27:26
  needed it, that they will take property from anyone.
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  And I don't believe that respect begins and ends in the family,
• 2:27:34
  but I believe it begins there, is taught there, and is meant to
• 2:27:38
  be lived outwardly in society. And so that kind of behavior
• 2:27:42
  cannot be excused. It must be corrected.
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  However, when the charge was filed, I asked only for the
• 2:27:50
  minimum necessary to obtain a warrant and recover my property.
• 2:27:54
  And the decision to pursue felony charges was made by the
• 2:27:58
  District Attorney and Sheriff's Office due to post hurricane
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  circumstances at that time. And I respected their judgment
• 2:28:07
  then and I respect the justice system now.
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  During the pretrial discovery Phase, I was asked by the
• 2:28:13
  District Attorney's office for any recommendations that I might
• 2:28:17
  have regarding a potential sentencing, and I said that my
• 2:28:22
  goal was accountability and deterrence and that I trusted
• 2:28:26
  the justice system and when probation was granted, I did not
• 2:28:30
  resist that or resent it. My position has remained
• 2:28:34
  consistent over the years that actions have consequences and
• 2:28:39
  lawful living is not optional. However, accountability and
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  restoration are not opposites. Accountability is the pathway to
• 2:28:52
  restoration. The purpose of consequences is
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  correction, and I pray that the consequences have been felt and
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  understood. And if Jeremy's institutional
• 2:29:05
  record reflects compliance, and if he's completed required
• 2:29:08
  programs and demonstrated lawful behavior, and it sounds to me
• 2:29:12
  like he has, then I have no personal opposition whatsoever
• 2:29:16
  to his release. My brother is nearing 40 years
• 2:29:20
  of age, and at some point a man must either remain defined by
• 2:29:26
  his worst decisions, excuse me, or demonstrate that he has
• 2:29:33
  learned from them. And my hope is that Jeremy has
• 2:29:37
  decided to put his past far behind him and live that
• 2:29:41
  decision out in practical, everyday life if given the
• 2:29:46
  opportunity to do so. I'm not here today to minimize
• 2:29:50
  what happened. I'm here to say that I do
• 2:29:53
  believe accountability has occurred and time has been
• 2:29:56
  served. And as a minister of the gospel,
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  I do believe that by the grace of God, it's possible for a
• 2:30:02
  person to move away from their past and become a productive
• 2:30:05
  member of society. And my hope and prayer is that I
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  will see my brother living in freedom again and living
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  responsibly very soon. And thank you again for your
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  time and thank you. For the work that you do.
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  Thank you. We also have Channing Blake with
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  the Louisiana Parole Project. Good morning to this honorable
• 2:30:28
  board, Channing Blake with Louisiana Parole Project
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  appearing on behalf of Mr. Jeremy Pollock.
• 2:30:34
  Due to his faith-based participation, the classes he's
• 2:30:38
  taken, he's been right up free. Him being a trustee and many
• 2:30:42
  other factors, he's been accepting into our program.
• 2:30:45
  If this board deems it necessary to grant him parole, we're
• 2:30:48
  committed to his reintegration as a society.
• 2:30:51
  He'll participate in our intensive reentry programming
• 2:30:54
  and services. He'll be given transitional
• 2:30:57
  housing. He will also be assigned to
• 2:30:59
  reentry specialist and a mentor that'll guide him through the
• 2:31:02
  reentry process. So today we ask this honorable
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  board to give him a favorable recommendation.
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  Thank you. Thank you.
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  Mr. Pollock. Yes, ma'am. 420 days.
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  Let me tell you what I've noticed is the the four
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  different types of substance abuse treatment programs that
• 2:31:29
  you've taken which you recognize you had a drug problem.
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  Yes, ma'am. What are you going to do?
• 2:31:38
  You are granted parole to maintain your sobriety and and
• 2:31:44
  stay away from illegal drugs and by the way, marijuana is an
• 2:31:49
  illegal drug. OK, so I just want to make.
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  Yes, ma'am, absolutely. Marijuana is an illegal drug.
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  I agree with that wholeheartedly at at my time at DCI in which I
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  believe that the Lord charted my half here because this place,
• 2:32:17
  DCI offers everything that a man needs for his rehabilitation and
• 2:32:25
  recovery process. I'm sorry I'm having such a hard
• 2:32:31
  time right now. But with that being said, my
• 2:32:37
  classes that I've taken here that I've never had an
• 2:32:41
  opportunity to learn the valuable information.
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  Not not to take away from from any faith in God, but the
• 2:32:54
  programs and rehabilitations that I've been to have all been
• 2:32:58
  faith-based and but here through the classes that the Department
• 2:33:06
  of Corrections have instilled in prisons to offer as far as NA
• 2:33:12
  and in in a a meetings and Malachi dads and and substance
• 2:33:19
  abuse and the STAR program. I have learned the proper tools
• 2:33:24
  that I need. And to answer your question, I
• 2:33:29
  have I have learned three different attitudes of awareness
• 2:33:33
  staying surrendered to my my higher power, which is my Lord
• 2:33:38
  and Savior Jesus Christ. And I've learned an attitude of
• 2:33:43
  growth and those will be 3 attitudes that I have to keep
• 2:33:47
  for the remainder of my life. I've also learned that without
• 2:33:54
  drugs, it gives me an opportunity to function as a
• 2:33:59
  useful human being. And I'm given that opportunity
• 2:34:03
  every day as a, as a trustee to come down to Baton Rouge and
• 2:34:07
  work at DOC headquarters and, and do the things that's asked
• 2:34:12
  of me and, and complete the construction projects that's
• 2:34:16
  asked for me to do. And that, and that gives me such
• 2:34:19
  a sense of, of, of belonging in this world.
• 2:34:23
  And, and I believe that a man can only have that sense of
• 2:34:26
  belonging if he stays living a life full of sobriety.
• 2:34:32
  I can also tell you that I've learned through my NA and a A
• 2:34:36
  meetings that any clean addict is a miracle.
• 2:34:41
  And that's as of today. I've been clean for 44 months
• 2:34:50
  and 17 days. And.
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  I can tell you that my commitment just staying clean
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  and living sober will not change.
• 2:35:04
  I'm in the event that I'm granted the role and I'm allowed
• 2:35:07
  to be a productive member of society.
• 2:35:11
  And in this 44 months and 17 days, I've I've learned to know
• 2:35:19
  what true happiness and joy and freedom is.
• 2:35:24
  That's what the classes that I have, I have involved myself
• 2:35:28
  with and, and, and taken voluntarily.
• 2:35:33
  And, and I can just say that all of this is in part to the Lord
• 2:35:38
  because as I attend the faith-based programs that they
• 2:35:43
  have here and I, I don't know if I should say this or not, but
• 2:35:47
  the, but the warden here has allowed the spirit of God to
• 2:35:53
  move at this prison. It it it has helped me
• 2:35:57
  tremendously when I read my Bible.
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  I see in the King James Version it says in John chapter 8 and
• 2:36:05
  36. If the Son therefore shall make
• 2:36:09
  you free, then you shall be free indeed.
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  And I truly believe that through God being the source of, of
• 2:36:21
  giving the DOC department and, and helping them implement
• 2:36:28
  classes and programs and meetings for men to take that
• 2:36:31
  are in prison. I believe that if a man truly
• 2:36:35
  prepares himself and, and, and as far as preparation is
• 2:36:39
  concerned, then he'll be able to deal with different feelings of
• 2:36:45
  things that are of nature. So I say that as a man sitting
• 2:36:50
  here today in front of you, I have truly prepared myself
• 2:36:54
  through my classes and programs and meetings within a in my
• 2:36:58
  religious and faith-based program.
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  So to answer your question, ma'am, I believe that I'm ready
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  and I believe that that that I've I've done the things and
• 2:37:10
  acquired the things that are going to allow me to be a
• 2:37:13
  productive member of society again.
• 2:37:18
  Well spoken I I don't have any other questions do either of my
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  colleagues. Have any questions?
• 2:37:24
  Any. Questions.
• 2:37:24
  No questions. I'm prepared to vote and I and I
• 2:37:33
  will say I, I appreciate your heartfelt remorse and plans for
• 2:37:39
  the future. I I base my decision on
• 2:37:45
  evidence, and the evidence indicates that you pose no
• 2:37:52
  significant public safety risk. You have no opposition, and I've
• 2:38:00
  done your rehabilitative work and you have excellent conduct
• 2:38:04
  and plans for reentry. So based on that evidence, my
• 2:38:08
  vote is to grant parole today. I concur with Miss Ledoux.
• 2:38:14
  OK, and I concur also. So as of 923 this morning, your
• 2:38:19
  parole. Has been granted.
• 2:38:20
  Thank you. And there we go.
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  Approved. Let's go back to Texas, Judge
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  West. 25 And how do you plead to that charge?
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  Guilty. Are you pleading freely and
• 2:38:38
  voluntarily? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:38:39
  And are you pleading guilty because you did what they
• 2:38:41
  charged you with? I have here on the tablet some
• 2:38:44
  documents that have your signature on them that the State
• 2:38:47
  has marked as exhibit #1 before you sign these, did you go over
• 2:38:51
  them with Miss Holtz? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:38:53
  Do you fully understand that? And you understand if I follow
• 2:38:56
  the agreement that you've made with the District Attorney that
• 2:38:59
  you'll be waiving or giving up any type of any rights to
• 2:39:02
  appeal? And so I see it's just marked
• 2:39:06
  off community supervision, but nothing else.
• 2:39:08
  Agreed as to the type, the state is recommending straight
• 2:39:11
  probation were recommending deferred and leaving the type
• 2:39:14
  and the amount of time up to the first.
• 2:39:16
  So I want to make sure you understand that you're the
• 2:39:20
  agreement is that you get probation.
• 2:39:22
  The type of probation, whether it's straight or deferred will
• 2:39:25
  be up to me. It's sentencing and also the
• 2:39:28
  length of time that you're on probation, any conditions and
• 2:39:31
  any fine in addition to that. Do you understand?
• 2:39:34
  And you have an absolute right to have a jury come in and
• 2:39:37
  determine if you're guilty or not, And you could leave your
• 2:39:39
  punishment up to that jury if we go forward this way.
• 2:39:43
  You're waiting that right? And is that what we have to do?
• 2:39:46
  Do you also understand, if you're not AUS citizen, that a
• 2:39:49
  plea of guilty or no contest may result in your deportation,
• 2:39:52
  exclusion from admission to the country, or denial of
• 2:39:55
  naturalization under federal state tenors #1 no objection.
• 2:40:00
  It's admitted. Is there any evidence that Mr.
• 2:40:02
  Smith is not competent? All right, Sir, I'm going to
• 2:40:05
  find that you get into your plea of guilty freely and
• 2:40:07
  voluntarily, find that you're mentally competent and
• 2:40:10
  understand the nature and the consequences of your plea.
• 2:40:13
  Find sufficient evidence to find you guilty.
• 2:40:15
  However, I'm going to reset your case for sentencing so that the
• 2:40:18
  probation department can do a pre sentence report that'll give
• 2:40:21
  me more information about you and your case and then we'll
• 2:40:24
  come back later for sentencing. Miss Malfino, what is the
• 2:40:27
  state's position with regard to a bond reduction based on that
• 2:40:30
  plea judging? Reviewing Mr. Coleman's notes in
• 2:40:34
  this case, it doesn't appear that this young defendant has
• 2:40:36
  any substantial criminal history.
• 2:40:38
  Just so the court is aware of pending UCW and abating also of
• 2:40:42
  those out of this incidents. And so it's obviously concerning
• 2:40:46
  to the state that eleven years involvement.
• 2:40:48
  If you've heard of what you think is unless Mr. Coleman has.
• 2:40:51
  Additional to add. Thank you.
• 2:40:54
  Thank you. All right, Mr. Smith, what I'm
• 2:40:56
  going to do, based on the nature of your plea agreement is reduce
• 2:40:59
  your bond in your case to $2000. If you make that bond, there's a
• 2:41:04
  couple of very important things that are going to go along with
• 2:41:07
  it. One, the very first thing you do
• 2:41:09
  is go straight to the probation department so they can start
• 2:41:12
  that process to get that report done for me.
• 2:41:15
  If you don't do that, then you run the risk of me not accepting
• 2:41:18
  the plea agreement. Things could be much worse, do
• 2:41:20
  you understand? Yes, to me.
• 2:41:22
  Also, if you make that bond and you are arrested for anything
• 2:41:25
  between now and when you come back, you obviously run the risk
• 2:41:28
  of me not accepting the agreement.
• 2:41:29
  You understand that as well? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:41:31
  In addition, I'm going to order as a condition of that bond, you
• 2:41:35
  are to have absolutely no possession of with any firearm,
• 2:41:39
  OK. That means you can't be in a far
• 2:41:41
  with someone else that has a gun.
• 2:41:44
  You cannot be in a home where there are guns.
• 2:41:46
  You cannot be around any guns until further sentencing.
• 2:41:50
  We'll figure that out depending on what's going on with that
• 2:41:52
  misdemeanor case. You understand any other
• 2:41:55
  conditions that. All.
• 2:41:58
  Right then we will see you at sentencing.
• 2:42:00
  You can go back with the bailiff.
• 2:42:05
  All righty, let's head back to the board.
• 2:42:08
  New contestant, Louisiana. To my right, Jerry Ledoux, we're
• 2:42:12
  here to talk to Mr. James Mitchell, who is at Caddo
• 2:42:16
  Correctional Center. Mr. Mitchell, is that you?
• 2:42:20
  I'm looking at on TV. Yes, Sir.
• 2:42:22
  OK. What is your DLC number?
• 2:42:25
  411770. OK.
• 2:42:28
  And you got a form in front of you, I'm sure but.
• 2:42:31
  It. Allows you to choose whether you
• 2:42:33
  have an attorney or not. And I see you do have an
• 2:42:35
  attorney. We have Mr. Eric Johnson who is
• 2:42:38
  here all the way from Caddo Parish or Boja Parish, Webster
• 2:42:42
  Parish, and any way up north and he is here to represent you.
• 2:42:47
  So having said that, before we get into the case, who the case
• 2:42:53
  is, Miss Jeff, the dudes. Well, I'll tell you what, I'll
• 2:42:56
  just turn it straight over to her and let her talk to Mr.
• 2:42:59
  Johnson and say what Where we go from there?
• 2:43:03
  OK Mr. Mitchell, you already settled the issue of having an
• 2:43:08
  attorney so I don't need to go there.
• 2:43:11
  You've been accused of violating 2 conditions of your phone
• 2:43:15
  condition #4 says that on or about 9/19/2023 you committed
• 2:43:21
  the offense of Simple Burglary, 3 counts and was arrested by
• 2:43:25
  Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office. These charges are still pending
• 2:43:30
  and arguments and hearing is set for April 6th, 2020.
• 2:43:33
  Sixth, you are allowed to enter a plea of guilty, guilty with
• 2:43:39
  the statement, or not guilty, and you may defer to your
• 2:43:42
  attorney for assistance in making that plea.
• 2:43:45
  OK. Sue, we would.
• 2:43:49
  Ask. To enter not guilty.
• 2:43:51
  Plea and spoke with Mr. Abbott. We may have a resolution, Mr.
• 2:43:57
  Mitchell's charges in Caddo, which I think is the main basis
• 2:43:59
  of the reputation when he goes back on April 6th.
• 2:44:04
  If I could request to continue some after age 6, he may have an
• 2:44:13
  easier decision, you know? So, Mr. Johnson, are you saying
• 2:44:18
  that you believe these charges will be dismissed?
• 2:44:22
  If but I've spoken with the assistant District Attorney
• 2:44:26
  about as a dispute the charges if some of restitution is paid,
• 2:44:30
  that's correct. OK, because you know, we don't
• 2:44:34
  look at necessarily we look at violation of parole conditions.
• 2:44:41
  So if he was involved in in some illegal.
• 2:44:45
  OK, so you're pleading not guilty?
• 2:44:47
  Yes, ma'am, and we also have violation #10 in that he is in
• 2:44:54
  arrears of $590.00 in supervision fees.
• 2:44:57
  How would you play to that? Given.
• 2:45:09
  The the review of the file for me, it was evident that there
• 2:45:18
  was a crime and that that you did commit.
• 2:45:27
  But I from the evidence of burglary.
• 2:45:32
  Tell me about your conduct on parole.
• 2:45:35
  Other than that incident, do you have any other problems?
• 2:45:40
  No, ma'am. Were you working?
• 2:45:43
  Yes, ma'am. OK, so if you're working, tell
• 2:45:57
  me about the lifestyle that would would put you in a
• 2:46:01
  position to be stealing things even though you're working.
• 2:46:05
  What? What?
• 2:46:05
  What's going on? I I took on too many
• 2:46:09
  responsibilities, got overwhelmed.
• 2:46:16
  So you were actually paroled, You were a parole case, gift of
• 2:46:22
  parole because you have a full term date of 5 to 54.
• 2:46:29
  You're a third class offender. Yes.
• 2:46:34
  Ma'am, the people want a second chance, and I get that you were
• 2:46:38
  given the gift of parole. Yes.
• 2:46:46
  Ma'am. So were you having any kind of
• 2:46:54
  substance abuse issues? Toward the end.
• 2:47:01
  So what precipitated this? What was the trigger that got
• 2:47:04
  you where you are? Be honest I I need to know so I
• 2:47:07
  can determine what to do. I just.
• 2:47:12
  I got overwhelmed with with all the responsibilities I took on.
• 2:47:17
  With my. Responsibilities.
• 2:47:19
  Like I, I had me, I bought me a no, I work on getting me a house
• 2:47:23
  and I had so many bills and so many things that I couldn't, you
• 2:47:26
  know, I have a family to take care of and we're supposed to
• 2:47:30
  lose everything and. Are you married?
• 2:47:34
  No, ma'am. How many children do you have?
• 2:47:38
  I have one. I have a daughter and a
• 2:47:40
  grandchild. I mean, I have pictures and
• 2:47:48
  everything. Prime.
• 2:47:53
  Mr. Johnson, do you have any statements you would like to
• 2:47:56
  make on behalf of your client? I think what?
• 2:48:01
  Mr. Mitchell said. Sums up why the conduct curve
• 2:48:07
  that he overloaded himself with financial obligations and he
• 2:48:13
  could. Take care of through his.
• 2:48:15
  Job and that led to relaxing social abuse, and that's where
• 2:48:23
  those acts occurred. So, Mr. Mitchell, you were on
• 2:48:31
  drugs? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:48:34
  You have a drug problem. Yes, ma'am.
• 2:48:40
  Have you had? How many years did you spend
• 2:48:43
  before you were paroled? How many years were you
• 2:48:45
  incarcerated? 12 years.
• 2:48:48
  Did you have any substance abuse treatment while you were
• 2:48:51
  incarcerated? Yes, ma'am.
• 2:48:55
  And what was that? What kind of treatment?
• 2:48:58
  AANA and Celebrate Recovery. OK.
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  Panel. I would defer to you if you have
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  any other questions. I have no questions.
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  OK, this is A and what offender I was looking for your offender
• 2:49:22
  class what the third class, 3rd class and Mr. Mitchell, you I
• 2:49:29
  know we you got a very capable attorney here.
• 2:49:31
  But sometimes sometimes it sometimes it gets to the point
• 2:49:36
  of of no matter what the representation is and all that.
• 2:49:42
  But you you just a slow learner. I mean, how much more can you
• 2:49:48
  expect us, us seeing the taxpayers and the citizens of of
• 2:49:54
  Louisiana to put up with from you.
• 2:49:58
  That's what bothers me. Whether you make restitution or
• 2:50:02
  not, whether they drop the charges or not, the point
• 2:50:05
  remained is pretty evident that that you're involved in criminal
• 2:50:09
  conduct again. And that's what bothers me.
• 2:50:12
  What why, why are you such a slow learner?
• 2:50:18
  I couldn't even, I couldn't even I only, I don't even have a
• 2:50:21
  answer for that. Be honest.
• 2:50:23
  No, you're right. You're totally, you're
• 2:50:25
  absolutely right. No, I just, it's all about who
• 2:50:32
  you surround yourself with and I just surrounded myself with the
• 2:50:34
  wrong people and. Well, some of them here last
• 2:50:40
  week and they said you were the wrong person.
• 2:50:44
  You know what I mean? That's wrong.
• 2:50:46
  Yeah, OK. Not just about other people.
• 2:50:51
  Yeah, it seemed like, excuse me, seem like from what we what was
• 2:50:56
  in the record here as far as the Facebook posts and things like
• 2:50:59
  that, that y'all were all pretty wrong.
• 2:51:01
  Y'all, y'all like bad chemistry, you know, Y'all bad feature.
• 2:51:06
  I just can't blame it on them. Yes, Sir.
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  OK. I think if that's all or were
• 2:51:14
  you prepared to vote for and and of course we have the choice of
• 2:51:19
  a continuous do not revoke or revoke in lieu of.
• 2:51:24
  I I've asked. To go into executive session.
• 2:51:27
  OK. I'll second.
• 2:51:28
  We've got a motion and a second to go into executive session for
• 2:51:31
  just a minute to talk about some procedural matters.
• 2:51:33
  The time is 9:36 in the morning. We'll be off air for just a few
• 2:51:36
  minutes and we'll be back in just a moment.
• 2:51:41
  I I got to be honest. Why?
• 2:51:43
  Why an executive session here? Forgive me, be preachy for just
• 2:51:48
  a moment. Lord deliver me people who take
• 2:51:54
  accountability for their actions.
• 2:51:59
  Once again, somebody hanging around the wrong crowd.
• 2:52:01
  Bless on you, dude. You know, you choose the people
• 2:52:05
  you hang out with. Nobody forces you to.
• 2:52:07
  Nobody forces you to do anything unless you're unless you're in
• 2:52:11
  prison, in which case you're going to be forced to do some
• 2:52:13
  things. But you know, you have agency
• 2:52:16
  over your life. Everybody does and nobody,
• 2:52:19
  nobody seems to want to accept that.
• 2:52:22
  And yes, it's a responsibility after you're responsible for
• 2:52:24
  yourself rather than offloading it on to somebody else.
• 2:52:28
  But you know, I, I suppose there's a reason why these
• 2:52:32
  people are where they are. It's because they haven't, they
• 2:52:37
  haven't taken agency over their lives.
• 2:52:38
  They haven't worked to fix themselves.
• 2:52:42
  I'm just saying it drives me nuts.
• 2:52:44
  You guys know that. So this is nothing new, but I
• 2:52:50
  like it when people get up and say, you know what?
• 2:52:52
  This one was on me. You know, I did XY and Z wrong.
• 2:52:56
  I regret it For these reasons. And yeah, I needed to do better
• 2:53:01
  and I didn't. I cheer for those people, I
• 2:53:03
  really do. But this the sort of person not
• 2:53:06
  as much. All right, we're in the Way back
• 2:53:08
  machine. Let me push this forward here,
• 2:53:12
  all right? OK.
• 2:53:16
  The time is 9:40 in the morning. We've been in the executive
• 2:53:19
  session. Can I have a motion and a second
• 2:53:21
  to come out of the executive session?
• 2:53:23
  We've got a motion and a second and there is no objection.
• 2:53:29
  So at 9:40, we are out of the executive session in the regular
• 2:53:34
  session and still considering the case on James Mitchell on
• 2:53:38
  revocation here. OK.
• 2:53:40
  This case has been assigned to Miss Ledoux.
• 2:53:43
  I think we've got our questions. Can we discuss some
• 2:53:46
  possibilities back on procedural matters?
• 2:53:48
  But I think we're ready to vote. Now.
• 2:53:53
  Mr. Mitchell, the role of the the Committee on Parole and
• 2:54:00
  Revocation is to determine if there is evidence that you have
• 2:54:06
  violated your conditions of parole and to make decisions
• 2:54:13
  based on that information. And and the evidence clearly
• 2:54:17
  shows me that you have violated your parole and and that you
• 2:54:25
  should be revoked today. So my vote today is for
• 2:54:27
  revocation based on your admittance and the ads.
• 2:54:33
  That I see. My vote also it's to revoke for
• 2:54:38
  room number 4 and 10. OK.
• 2:54:41
  And Mr. Mitchell, I'm, I'm like, like my panel, I feel like
• 2:54:48
  you've been, you've been given so many bites of the apple.
• 2:54:51
  The only thing left is the court.
• 2:54:53
  And my vote also is to revoke you violation of conditions 4
• 2:55:00
  and 10. And therefore, as of this
• 2:55:02
  morning at 932, your parole has been revoked.
• 2:55:05
  Yes, Sir. Well, as he just said, so many
• 2:55:10
  bites at the apple, the only thing left is the core.
• 2:55:12
  I suppose the good news is once you get to the core, you are
• 2:55:15
  left with seeds. So perhaps they can plant those
• 2:55:19
  seeds and regrow this person's life.
• 2:55:23
  All right, Michigan Judge Mom. And Mr. Elliot, your name for
• 2:55:29
  the Buckard, please. Thank you.
• 2:55:31
  Please make sure you keep your hands out of your packets.
• 2:55:34
  And council today, and I don't recall if you're the attorney of
• 2:55:39
  record when we were here last. I don't know.
• 2:55:42
  You're not OK. And so the reason that I
• 2:55:47
  scheduled this hearing Council is because I had some concerns
• 2:55:53
  over the process serving, which is why we requested the process
• 2:55:58
  server to be present because there is a default that was
• 2:56:02
  issued against Mr. Elliott. And in reviewing the proof of
• 2:56:12
  service, let me just get to that.
• 2:56:15
  It is not this defendant. And so that raises some concern
• 2:56:22
  for this court. The proof of service that I have
• 2:56:29
  and I have it pulled up right here, is that the the documents
• 2:56:34
  were personally served brown haired white male, 45 to 55
• 2:56:43
  years of age, 58 to 510, weighing 160 to 180 lbs with
• 2:56:47
  glasses. OK, This is not that defendant.
• 2:56:53
  And when the court inquired of Mr. Elliott Underoath, he does
• 2:57:00
  not. There's not another James
• 2:57:02
  Elliott that resides with the property.
• 2:57:03
  Is that correct? And that the only other male
• 2:57:07
  person in the home is his son, who obviously wouldn't look 45
• 2:57:12
  to 55 years old. And the court also looked at Mr.
• 2:57:19
  Elliott's identification, his driver's license.
• 2:57:23
  The court even went so far as to ask how long has he been called?
• 2:57:26
  Because I thought maybe he he possibly could have shaved
• 2:57:29
  design, right. And he says for at least 20
• 2:57:32
  years. Is that correct also now there's
• 2:57:34
  not going from memory on that because I didn't write that
• 2:57:36
  information down. And he also stated it's been a
• 2:57:41
  while since he's been anywhere between 160 to 180 lbs right?
• 2:57:45
  Would that be accurate? OK, so Council, the court had
• 2:57:49
  your process server come forward because that is not who this
• 2:57:53
  person is. And it's saying that she
• 2:57:55
  personally served the defendant and then the the court had
• 2:57:58
  relied upon that service and that during the default judgment
• 2:58:01
  against the person that was actually never served.
• 2:58:05
  So ma'am, if you can please step forward.
• 2:58:11
  Yes, but have you please raise your right hand?
• 2:58:14
  You saw me swear or from the testimony you're about to give
• 2:58:16
  in this matter be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
• 2:58:18
  truth. Yes.
• 2:58:19
  OK. And if you can, please state and
• 2:58:20
  spell your first and last names for the record.
• 2:58:23
  Alicia Sturgis. ALYS as in Sam IA Sturgis is
• 2:58:27
  STURG as in George ES. OK.
• 2:58:31
  Thank you. And so, ma'am, how long have you
• 2:58:33
  been doing process serving? That's about August or September
• 2:58:38
  of 2025. Yes.
• 2:58:39
  OK, so you just heard what I stated occurred on and that what
• 2:58:46
  occurred on Tuesday, November 4th at 3:17 PM.
• 2:58:52
  So what happened because who you serve is not this individual.
• 2:59:02
  She she only go through my process that that's a start.
• 2:59:04
  Yes. So from what are they trained
• 2:59:10
  on? I go to the door, I verify the
• 2:59:12
  address, I knock on the door. The person came to the door, I
• 2:59:15
  stated the name, they reached out.
• 2:59:17
  I say yes to the paperwork in the second house.
• 2:59:20
  You don't confirm by identification?
• 2:59:22
  How do you confirm that it's the person?
• 2:59:25
  I state their name and they confirm.
• 2:59:28
  OK so somebody work through a gig app.
• 2:59:31
  So a what app? A gig app?
• 2:59:34
  ABC Legal. OK, So they have like pre things
• 2:59:39
  in there that I have to like press and they don't require me
• 2:59:43
  to ask for an identification. Have you reviewed the court
• 2:59:46
  rules, ma'am, that regarding the service of process?
• 2:59:50
  I reviewed the paperwork vaguely.
• 2:59:53
  OK, ma'am, let me just be very clear, all right?
• 2:59:59
  When you are serving legal documents and then you're
• 3:00:02
  signing an affidavit. You are telling this court and
• 3:00:09
  any court that what you're submitting is true.
• 3:00:12
  It's an affidavit. And so if you are not submitting
• 3:00:17
  truthful paperwork to the court, that's very problematic.
• 3:00:23
  It would strongly be worth your while to review the court rules
• 3:00:28
  as to what your legal obligations and responsibilities
• 3:00:31
  are, not just a summary of of a training that you've received
• 3:00:37
  from whomever you received it from.
• 3:00:40
  Because there are court rules and even statutes that govern
• 3:00:47
  the service of legal documents. Because what happened in this
• 3:00:51
  case is that the person you served was not the defendant,
• 3:00:56
  and then a default judgment was entered because this defendant
• 3:00:59
  did not receive the paperwork. OK.
• 3:01:03
  And so unfortunately, this is more common than it should be.
• 3:01:13
  I'm not staying with you specifically, but in general,
• 3:01:15
  this is more common than it should be.
• 3:01:18
  And what happens then is an individual has a default
• 3:01:20
  judgment answered against them and they don't know nothing
• 3:01:22
  about it. They don't know anything about
• 3:01:24
  it until their wages are garnished or their vehicles
• 3:01:27
  repossessed or their tax return is garnished.
• 3:01:32
  And then that's when they find out about it.
• 3:01:35
  That could those could have serious, serious financial
• 3:01:38
  consequences and repercussions. This I signed up with the app.
• 3:01:44
  They sent me the paperwork. That was the training that was
• 3:01:47
  to the extent of what I've had. I, I didn't have like a formal
• 3:01:51
  like processor game trainer person to Take Me Out.
• 3:01:55
  I went by what their rules were. Who's there?
• 3:01:59
  ABC Legal, the app that I look. For.
• 3:02:01
  So it's an app ABC legal. Is an app.
• 3:02:03
  They're across the server company across the country.
• 3:02:08
  It is so. You get the serve, they give you
• 3:02:15
  like the notes and stuff within the serve.
• 3:02:19
  You go and verify, you get a training and that's to the
• 3:02:22
  extent of like my knowledge. I didn't know that there was a
• 3:02:27
  step of like a formal ID that I needed because that's not what
• 3:02:32
  was presented and were stated that was needed.
• 3:02:36
  OK. I can appreciate, ma'am, that
• 3:02:42
  you're, you know, venturing down this path of employment and
• 3:02:47
  profession. I'm trying to learn.
• 3:02:51
  I didn't, I mean. Right.
• 3:02:52
  I signed up, I saw some TikTok videos.
• 3:02:55
  Try to get a better understanding.
• 3:02:57
  You know, I read through all of their training and so OK, now
• 3:03:00
  I'm here. So here's what you should
• 3:03:05
  probably look into. You should probably look into
• 3:03:10
  the State Bar of Michigan, whether or not they will offer
• 3:03:14
  yes, whether they offer training for process serving.
• 3:03:24
  And I don't know what ABC Legal's training repertoire
• 3:03:30
  consists of. I don't know if they go through
• 3:03:36
  how significant a process server role is in a legal proceeding
• 3:03:44
  because all parties, whether it's the plaintiff or the
• 3:03:48
  defendant who's ever doing the serving and the court must rely
• 3:03:53
  on that process server. I understand that is telling the
• 3:03:59
  truth, right? I'm not suggesting, ma'am, that
• 3:04:01
  you deliberately that you falsified anything.
• 3:04:07
  You did anything deliberately, right?
• 3:04:09
  I do believe that you did what you were trained to do.
• 3:04:15
  With limited information, it's always a really good idea to ask
• 3:04:23
  for the individual to show their ID.
• 3:04:26
  OK. For a number of reasons.
• 3:04:28
  Because in some cultures, you have parents or grandparents of
• 3:04:33
  an individual that all have the same name.
• 3:04:37
  Yeah. And you don't know if it's that
• 3:04:40
  person that's not detailed when I get to serves either.
• 3:04:43
  Correct. Correct.
• 3:04:45
  Now, I do commend you on your level of detail in who you
• 3:04:49
  personally served. Right.
• 3:04:51
  I don't know who that person is. You live at 856.
• 3:04:55
  Is that your address? Yes, ma'am, right.
• 3:04:58
  I don't know if you had somebody visiting.
• 3:04:59
  I don't know if you had somebody dog sitting, I don't know.
• 3:05:01
  So. But in any event, I think it's I
• 3:05:03
  think we're all very clear that that is not that the person you
• 3:05:06
  served was not this person. Is that accurate?
• 3:05:11
  I I know that you serve a lot of people so.
• 3:05:14
  Yeah, like we're going to go. Up the description.
• 3:05:16
  Yeah, OK. It was not intended to defraud.
• 3:05:20
  Like I said, I got my process to literally go there.
• 3:05:22
  I identify your name and you know, once I verify your address
• 3:05:26
  and that's no man. I believe you.
• 3:05:28
  I believe that you did not intend to defraud the court or
• 3:05:32
  mislead anybody. I 100% believe you.
• 3:05:34
  I just want you to be clear on that, OK?
• 3:05:36
  I'm just trying to utilize this. That's a teaching moment.
• 3:05:40
  Yeah, correct. Right.
• 3:05:42
  So I would check with State Bar of Michigan if they offer any
• 3:05:47
  training options, State court administrative office, you can
• 3:05:51
  check with that group to see if they offer any training
• 3:05:56
  opportunities for process servers.
• 3:05:59
  And then you should review the Michigan court rules regarding
• 3:06:02
  service of process and process servers as well as any Michigan
• 3:06:07
  statutes that would require that would govern that as well.
• 3:06:13
  Thank you. OK.
• 3:06:19
  And you may even want to check to see if ABC legal process
• 3:06:22
  serving gives you state specific training because if there is,
• 3:06:28
  Mr. Faye indicated they are nationwide.
• 3:06:33
  Every state has different laws and requirements.
• 3:06:37
  So I don't know if their training is state specific.
• 3:06:43
  So you may want to check into that also.
• 3:06:47
  OK. All right, thank you very much
• 3:06:50
  for showing up. Mr. Elliott, is there anything
• 3:06:52
  that you'd like to say? OK, Mr. Faye, anything that
• 3:06:56
  you'd like to say? OK.
• 3:06:58
  All right. As far as Miss Burt, Miss
• 3:07:01
  Sturgis, your presence is complete.
• 3:07:09
  What we're what I need to do here for is complete.
• 3:07:12
  Counselor. You know, Mr. Elliott, has there
• 3:07:14
  been a resolution with anything? I've just.
• 3:07:16
  Spoken to anybody. Oh, OK.
• 3:07:19
  When I do call, they won't. Speak to me.
• 3:07:21
  They. Verify who I am and hang up OK
• 3:07:24
  because they won't allow me to record the call.
• 3:07:30
  Because they what? They will not allow me to.
• 3:07:32
  Record the call from my end. They recorded but I'm not
• 3:07:34
  allowed to tell me that their client doesn't allow me to
• 3:07:37
  record and they hang up. OK.
• 3:07:42
  Well, OK. All right, Mr. Just you're all
• 3:07:44
  set. Thank you.
• 3:07:46
  Thanks. OK, so did you receive a copy of
• 3:07:50
  the mail the summons and complaint emailed to you?
• 3:07:53
  Yes, I did. And mailed to you?
• 3:07:54
  Yes. OK, so did you file a response?
• 3:07:57
  No, I did not. Well, Sir, supposed to do?
• 3:07:59
  Nope. Did you read the paperwork?
• 3:08:01
  I read the original paperwork the served the paper that I was
• 3:08:06
  supposed to be served. That's.
• 3:08:06
  All I've read. OK, so did you read on the
• 3:08:09
  complaint that says that you are you have 28 days or 21 days to
• 3:08:13
  file a written answer? No, I did not.
• 3:08:17
  OK, Well Sir, you need to read the paperwork that you're
• 3:08:19
  receiving. It was dated for like December
• 3:08:23
  31st. Well, correct, but then it would
• 3:08:26
  go by the new date that you received the service because you
• 3:08:28
  didn't receive it previously. So when did you receive it?
• 3:08:31
  Sir, earlier in February. OK, so on the summons it shows,
• 3:08:47
  OK, you have 21 days after receiving the summons and a copy
• 3:08:51
  of the complaint to file a right and answer with the court and
• 3:08:53
  serve a copy on the other party or take other lawful action with
• 3:08:56
  the court. 20 days if you're served by mail or you were
• 3:09:00
  served outside of Michigan. If you do not answer or take
• 3:09:03
  other action within the time allowed, judgment may be entered
• 3:09:06
  against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
• 3:09:11
  When were you? When did you receive it, Sir?
• 3:09:13
  I would I would say around 13th. OK, great.
• 3:09:18
  You need to file your written response, Sir.
• 3:09:20
  OK. And it would be very, very
• 3:09:25
  beneficial to read the entirety of the document that you
• 3:09:29
  receive. There was.
• 3:09:32
  I did receive an e-mail that when I opened it, it took me to
• 3:09:35
  a different link and I didn't open it because my browser
• 3:09:38
  wouldn't allow it. That I can show you if you'd
• 3:09:41
  like. I don't know what it's for, it
• 3:09:43
  said US Courts. And that's I went to open it and
• 3:09:46
  it sent me to an outside link. Does that sound familiar,
• 3:09:50
  Council? You sent in an.
• 3:09:53
  Encryption. E-mail.
• 3:09:54
  I don't. Know if it but it opened up that
• 3:09:57
  it asked you to put in a password.
• 3:09:58
  No it did not ask for a password.
• 3:10:00
  What it did do though is it sent me to another link which said
• 3:10:02
  home healthcare or something. I think that's the only other
• 3:10:06
  one I got besides the e-mail with the original screenshot of
• 3:10:10
  the paperwork. OK.
• 3:10:13
  The original The original court of paper.
• 3:10:16
  OK, so Council, your law firm allows recording, but you don't
• 3:10:23
  allow for an individual calling in to record the?
• 3:10:29
  I have I have actual audio. Hold on, Sir.
• 3:10:33
  Then I don't, I don't know how the collectors or what their
• 3:10:36
  requirements are in that aspect. That's the first effort.
• 3:10:39
  So I don't know. OK.
• 3:10:41
  Well, if you can please chat with your client.
• 3:10:43
  But in any event, Sir, you should be communicating with the
• 3:10:46
  attorney, not with the plaintiff because.
• 3:10:50
  No, ma'am, that that's the When I call the, I'm sorry, I don't
• 3:10:53
  know the actual name Steiger and Steiger, whatever it is.
• 3:10:56
  When I called the number that they gave me, they don't allow
• 3:11:00
  me to record. They will not they're.
• 3:11:02
  Calling the attorney's office. Correct.
• 3:11:03
  I am the number that they gave me.
• 3:11:05
  When I call them, they verify my, my date of birth, name, all
• 3:11:09
  that and then they tell me that I'm not allowed to record in the
• 3:11:12
  day I'm paying a. Call.
• 3:11:13
  OK. Well when you're calling an
• 3:11:15
  attorney's office or recording, then you have a whole another
• 3:11:19
  level of issues as to why you are not able to record because
• 3:11:25
  you have a lot of confidentiality issues with
• 3:11:27
  attorneys and whatnot. So.
• 3:11:30
  It's it's a call center. When you call, it's a person
• 3:11:33
  that's verifying who you are. And I don't know exactly how it
• 3:11:38
  works. All I know is when I call, it's
• 3:11:39
  not an attorney I'm speaking to. It's like the same person.
• 3:11:43
  It's like a call center. OK.
• 3:11:46
  But if they're supposed to be transferring you to the
• 3:11:48
  attorney. They don't tell me anything the
• 3:11:50
  1st. Are you calling for them to
• 3:11:52
  transfer you to an attorney? They don't tell me that.
• 3:11:55
  No. What is the purpose when you
• 3:11:56
  call Sir the call center? Please let me finish the
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  question. We can only record one at a
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  time. When you're calling into the
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  call center, what is your purpose for calling into the
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  call center? I was trying to come up with a
• 3:12:09
  resolution. Right to talk to the attorney.
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  OK, so they get all of your information at the call center,
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  They verify who you are, verify you have a case or what have
• 3:12:18
  you, and then you tell them that you're recording.
• 3:12:21
  Are you going to record? No ma'am, I have a an app on my
• 3:12:24
  phone that automatically records my son put it on there that
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  automatically like records the phone calls.
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  OK, it actually tells you that if this phone call is being.
• 3:12:33
  Recorded. OK.
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  And so then at that point they terminate the phone call and
• 3:12:37
  they don't transfer you anywhere, correct?
• 3:12:39
  Correct. OK because they can't transfer
• 3:12:41
  you to an attorney. That's when the call is being
• 3:12:43
  recorded. Do all of your calls get
• 3:12:45
  recorded? As of right now, yes.
• 3:12:48
  Me and my wife are estranged right now so I just have it set
• 3:12:51
  so it records everything. Well, you may want to call from
• 3:12:55
  a different phone then to communicate with the attorney's
• 3:12:59
  office or communicate via e-mail.
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  Right, Sir, You're going to have to file that that that answer if
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  you want this matter to continue.
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  All right, anything else, Council?
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  All. Right, Sir, if you don't get
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  that the answer filed, I mean I'll give you let's see.
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  So you you think that you're served on the 13th?
• 3:13:35
  I believe so. That's when I got the emails.
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  So then that is 123. So 21 days is Friday.
• 3:13:42
  I will extend your time to answer one week to the 13th.
• 3:13:47
  Now if we come up with a resolution, does that counter to
• 3:13:49
  select file? I'm not.
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  I don't know how this works. I know that, so sorry I can't
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  give you legal advice. OK.
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  But if there's a resolution entered before your time passes
• 3:14:01
  for filing your answer, then potentially you wouldn't have to
• 3:14:06
  file an answer. If he's looking to it and
• 3:14:10
  resolved, if we want to give him 21 days from today, that gives
• 3:14:13
  us a little more time. OK.
• 3:14:16
  All right. CBSE class
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  12 BHK. All right, so we're all on the
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  same page. 21 days from today is March 24th.
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  OK, OK.
• 3:15:53
  Anything else? All right, all that typing
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  wasn't just for that. I was just indicating that the
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  process server was present. And I didn't find that she was
• 3:16:01
  intentionally deceiving the court.
• 3:16:04
  She was not asked to look for any identification as that is
• 3:16:07
  not what she was trained to do. And I will say that I've not
• 3:16:10
  heard of it of that process serving or that that's how
• 3:16:15
  individuals are being trained and through TikTok videos.
• 3:16:18
  But OK, interesting. Learn something new every day.
• 3:16:23
  OK, thank you. Have a good day.
• 3:16:25
  All right, let's go off the. OK, before we move to the next
• 3:16:29
  court, we have managed to stumble into 31 flavors of
• 3:16:33
  ridiculousness here. First off, he's saying that that
• 3:16:37
  whatever whoever he was calling the call center or whatever
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  wouldn't allow them to, wouldn't allow him to record.
• 3:16:43
  That's illegal. Michigan is a one party consent
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  state. I have confirmed that.
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  I seem to recall it from when I lived there, but it's been years
• 3:16:51
  since I've lived in Michigan. But it's still a one party
• 3:16:53
  state. If you are a participant in any
• 3:16:57
  conversation, private or otherwise, you are allowed to
• 3:17:01
  record it. You're not allowed to record as
• 3:17:03
  a third party or have a third party record on your behalf.
• 3:17:08
  So if you're involved, which he was, he was allowed to record
• 3:17:13
  that conversation. So whatever they're telling him
• 3:17:16
  lies. Let me try to share my screen
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  here a second. Forgive me.
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  News software. Are you going to work?
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  Yes. Cool.
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  It worked. All right.
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  So this is abclegal.com, the company that she worked for.
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  Service made simple. Trademarked right up here.
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  terms, Get paid daily The easiest way to start serving
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  more than a gig job. How it works Sign up
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  requirements You must be 18 years of age.
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  You must have a valid ID and reliable transportation with
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  auto insurance. You have to have a printer.
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  You've got to have a bank account so they can pay you
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  daily. Then simply find jobs just like
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  your Ubering or something like that.
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  ABC mobile app connects you to service opportunities in your
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  area. Except jobs when it works for
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  you. Whether you want to build a full
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  time router, pick up extra work on the side.
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  Best of all, you get paid. Next business day.
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  Serve documents. Whether it's a court summoned,
• 3:18:31
  subpoena or notice, you're the one making sure people get the
• 3:18:34
  information they need. How nice.
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  Every document you deliver helps move justice forward.
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  Just print, serve and make an impact.
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  Yeah, because everybody wants that impact on their day.
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  We'll provide you with a document to sign, listing out
• 3:18:50
  the details of all your attempts.
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  Get paid daily. Serve, sign and get paid.
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  And then there's testimonials. But here's where it gets
• 3:19:02
  interesting. State requirements.
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  And they list out requirements state by state.
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  Arizona, for example, where the bunker is located, process
• 3:19:12
  servers are required to register as a certified private process
• 3:19:15
  server with the Superior Court of Arizona.
• 3:19:19
  But we Scroll down in What's Mission, What's Missing?
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  Michigan. There are no specific
• 3:19:25
  instructions for Michigan. So basically anybody who wants
• 3:19:30
  to download the app and have proof of ID and insurance and
• 3:19:34
  transportation apparently just gets to serve.
• 3:19:39
  Now, I don't know about you guys, but I have huge heaping
• 3:19:47
  piles of problems with that. We're talking about documents
• 3:19:51
  that can affect a person's life. Not only documents that might
• 3:19:56
  affect like withholdings from their paycheck, garnishments of
• 3:20:00
  bank accounts, stuff like that, but you know, charging
• 3:20:05
  documents, divorce papers, heaven only knows what.
• 3:20:11
  And we're trusting it to the same kind of tech and the same
• 3:20:16
  kind of mentality as as DoorDash.
• 3:20:21
  I'm not knocking on DoorDash, but come on, this is on a
• 3:20:24
  different level. This is insane.
• 3:20:27
  So yeah, I this just might be a sidebar topic at some point or
• 3:20:31
  something anyways, but I'd share.
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  That's what's going on. I had no idea until we stumbled
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  into this mess. Are you excited about it?
• 3:20:39
  I'm not all right and rant, Judge West.
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  Good morning, Sir. Are you Justin Joseph?
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  Yeah, this is 20-35818 and Mr. Joseph is on probation.
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  Looks like it's. Hold on a second.
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  Let me get that pulled up. A straight probation from July
• 3:21:09
  11th of 2022 for the offense of evading arrest or detention with
• 3:21:12
  the use of a vehicle. Looks like that was a 10 year
• 3:21:15
  sentence that was probated for 10 years.
• 3:21:17
  There's been a motion to revoke filed in that case.
• 3:21:20
  So the allegation count 1 it looks like is that there was Mr.
• 3:21:25
  Joseph had failed to submit to either drug or alcohol testing.
• 3:21:30
  November 4th, December, several days.
• 3:21:33
  And then there's an allegation that Mister Joseph failed to
• 3:21:40
  submit a valid urine specimen in that he attempted to provide the
• 3:21:46
  toilet water from the urinal instead of himself.
• 3:21:49
  And then just a little bit behind in face.
• 3:21:51
  And Mr. Lewis has filed a motion asking that I set a bond in Mr.
• 3:21:56
  Joseph's case. At this time, there is no bond
• 3:21:59
  set, Is that correct? Yes.
• 3:22:01
  Ma'am, there's. Also, actually he's on.
• 3:22:03
  He's on probation for two cases. Additionally, there is F235476
• 3:22:11
  which is set on a different day. I don't know if the right.
• 3:22:17
  Let me, we'll see. Sure.
• 3:22:22
  Did you file in that case as well or did we I?
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  Initially did, but. I I.
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  Think we'll under if it was dismissed or something like
• 3:22:30
  that. And I I I know.
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  He's seeking a bond in both cases.
• 3:22:35
  Judge, I'm OK with proceeding on both today.
• 3:22:38
  Well, I got to I. Didn't see what it is.
• 3:22:39
  I just I've seen that it. Was set like on the 31st of
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  March, OK. I'm.
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  Getting a bet? And it.
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  Judge, it's a second degree. Also straight probation, same
• 3:23:43
  term, same allegations. I don't.
• 3:23:45
  I know we all are driving a foul.
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  Well, we have to make sure because for some reason we've
• 3:23:52
  got Miss Holmes on the other one and the other day.
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  So what? Let me get it where I can look
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  at it. Yeah, give me just a second.
• 3:24:02
  Now I'm stuck here on this. And so obviously we'll put Mr.
• 3:24:24
  Lewis on both cases. Mr. Lewis probably didn't know
• 3:24:33
  about it because he didn't have any of that information if Miss
• 3:24:35
  Holmes was appointed. So you weren't given that
• 3:24:37
  information. And I I want to say.
• 3:24:42
  I did put it on, did you? Which is the one that has pretty
• 3:24:53
  on it now. Which one What?
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  That Miss Holmes is on now. 35476 and that's somebody else
• 3:25:06
  in the case we. Filed where I'm.
• 3:25:08
  On in the case just yes. I know.
• 3:25:11
  Yeah, I don't remember that. I thought it was.
• 3:25:14
  I thought it was him. When do I have to put F and then
• 3:25:17
  the dashed all all of it? Dash just yeah.
• 3:25:20
  Yeah, no, it's OK, I forget. 818 this. 818's the one that I have
• 3:25:27
  here today with you that you filed.
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  And I filed in. In 818, no. 35394.
• 3:25:41
  We don't even have that. That's not.
• 3:25:44
  So there's a third, There's a OK, so we obviously will switch
• 3:25:53
  for you. Do you need a second to look at?
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  Let me hold it, Mr. Nichols, if you'll just kind of show Mr.
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  Lewis. I mean, everything's the.
• 3:26:05
  Same, Your Honor, the allegations, the.
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  Yeah, y'all take just a minute and then I'll also get it pulled
• 3:26:10
  up so I'll have everything to look at and then we'll we'll do
• 3:26:14
  it just a minute. Just have a seat and a dream or
• 3:26:15
  wherever they want you. Who knows how bad?
• 3:26:25
  Well, I'm going to print this second motion just so have it in
• 3:26:29
  front of me. Okie Dokie Parole Board
• 3:26:39
  contestant #3. OK.
• 3:26:43
  What is your DLC number order 620 to 14.
• 3:26:48
  OK. Do you have a waiver in front of
• 3:26:51
  you that you signed that about this this particular hearing
• 3:26:55
  that we're in today? Yes, Sir.
• 3:26:56
  I think that's probably it to talk about an attorney and that
• 3:26:59
  you're not eligible for an appointed attorney.
• 3:27:03
  OK. And you're ready to proceed this
• 3:27:05
  morning, correct? OK, thank you.
• 3:27:09
  All right. Well, your case has been
• 3:27:11
  assigned to me. And when you get out of jail,
• 3:27:14
  when you get out of prison, you sign a sheet that says you'll
• 3:27:18
  abide by these number of conditions and the conditions,
• 3:27:22
  if you violate those, then we have to have a hearing to find
• 3:27:25
  out if you. If you truly.
• 3:27:26
  Violate it or not. And so you're accused of of
• 3:27:31
  violating conditions 4 and condition 10.
• 3:27:35
  You've had a preliminary hearing.
• 3:27:37
  They determined there was probably cause of believe that
• 3:27:40
  you did. We're here to make that trial
• 3:27:42
  termination. Let's talk about #4 first, is it
• 3:27:46
  true that you plead guilty on 12/11 of 2025?
• 3:27:54
  You plead guilty to domestic abuse, first offense and
• 3:28:00
  violating A protective order, Is that correct?
• 3:28:03
  Yes, Sir. OK.
• 3:28:05
  And you got six months in jail there to run concurrent and and
• 3:28:12
  see think that's about all there is to it.
• 3:28:17
  You won't tell us about anything else about that other than you
• 3:28:20
  plead guilty to having violated that.
• 3:28:23
  Well, I play together because I was I was because of my my
• 3:28:26
  background. I didn't, I didn't feel safely
• 3:28:29
  going after the trial with the case, even though, but I say I
• 3:28:32
  feel like it's there was a possibility that the jury might
• 3:28:35
  find me guilty because of the way the DA might proceed it.
• 3:28:39
  Well, other than other than that, you know what I'm saying?
• 3:28:43
  The reason why I, I'm not denying, I'm not denying the
• 3:28:46
  fact that by me, my plea of guilt to a misdemeanor, you know
• 3:28:50
  what I'm saying is still a violence is a violent charge.
• 3:28:53
  So I understand there's a possibility that the board still
• 3:28:55
  can find me in violations of my conditions.
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  But at the same time, the reason why I wanted to come and speak
• 3:29:01
  with the board because of my situation upon my release, the,
• 3:29:05
  the, the, the, the, the victim in my case was, was, was was why
• 3:29:09
  I was in a relationship. Though I was, I was located as,
• 3:29:11
  who I was living with. And since I don't plan on being
• 3:29:14
  with the victim upon my releases, I was asking the
• 3:29:16
  board, if possible, I could be asked for some help from them.
• 3:29:20
  Because of the fact that when I get out by me not being with the
• 3:29:23
  person, I'm not going to have as basically have a residence.
• 3:29:25
  I'm, I'm not, I'm from Shreveport.
• 3:29:27
  I live, I come here from Shreveport looking for a better,
• 3:29:30
  a better, a better chances to get off around what I've been
• 3:29:32
  trying to get off around. But I, I knew it was always kept
• 3:29:35
  me in trouble and everything was easy access to me.
• 3:29:38
  So therefore, I mean coming here, you know what I'm saying?
• 3:29:41
  That was I was trying to, that was my process of trying to
• 3:29:42
  better myself. And like I said, upon my
• 3:29:45
  release, if I was to release the date, I'm saying I I won't have
• 3:29:48
  no base of nowhere. I'll be based at home.
• 3:29:51
  I'm not. So I was asking the parole
• 3:29:53
  board, even if, since I'm going to be in violation of my parole,
• 3:29:55
  if they're going to see me invited to my parole.
• 3:29:57
  OK, which is I have like a year and probably a month left on
• 3:30:01
  parole. Upon the calculations, DOC would
• 3:30:03
  probably be like a remainder of five months at the moment.
• 3:30:07
  So I was asking parole if if, if possible, that mean if the board
• 3:30:09
  is possible, they could put place me in a rogue release in
• 3:30:12
  the program for at least six months or the remaining of my my
• 3:30:15
  sins on my parole. Therefore, upon my release, I at
• 3:30:20
  least have opportunities in North Center to obtain the job
• 3:30:24
  that I that I might that possibly be rigging that you
• 3:30:27
  know what I'm saying. The way it it got I I already I
• 3:30:29
  want I want forced me releasing. I always have problems with
• 3:30:33
  trying to get back in, I mean, get comfortable back with
• 3:30:35
  society and for us going like to companies and whatnot, putting
• 3:30:39
  application, even though most of us online now it's like I have a
• 3:30:41
  hard time like coping with society and trying to get myself
• 3:30:44
  back comfortable with society. So I know if I Sir, let's slow
• 3:30:50
  down a minute. Do I understand you right saying
• 3:30:53
  that you are willing to voluntarily provoke yourself?
• 3:30:58
  I mean, it's possible. I feel like the bull is going to
• 3:31:00
  do it anyway. But like I said, I don't, I
• 3:31:02
  don't have no reason to go on to but five months.
• 3:31:04
  I feel if, if they can give me the five months in in the Ruby's
• 3:31:07
  program, that way I can try to culminate something so when I
• 3:31:09
  get out, I won't have to just open up there with nothing.
• 3:31:13
  Yes Sir, I'll be, I'll be willing.
• 3:31:16
  Well, you can't put this in a mind here.
• 3:31:21
  Sorry. OK, did you let me ask you
• 3:31:26
  something? Did you call this woman 117
• 3:31:28
  times? Just probably Moore, But when I
• 3:31:32
  when I when I first got here, we was in the process of her trying
• 3:31:36
  to bum me out because she didn't feel that that she wanted
• 3:31:40
  because she she, she basically stated to the officer herself
• 3:31:43
  that she wasn't pressing charges on me.
• 3:31:44
  But don't say by being the, the, the, I mean whatever for
• 3:31:48
  whatever, for the reason they said the state pick it up.
• 3:31:50
  So they pressed charges on themselves and whatnot.
• 3:31:52
  But you know what I'm saying? She was, we was in the process
• 3:31:54
  when I first got here. I wasn't, I wasn't familiar with
• 3:31:56
  the fact that I was on the protective violation.
• 3:31:59
  So I was contacting the from the from the from the from the
• 3:32:02
  start. And once I did find out about
• 3:32:04
  it, we was in the process of we tried to burn it out and it was,
• 3:32:07
  it was in my mind. Then I'm like, if I, if I, if I,
• 3:32:09
  if she probably is she going to be getting me out on saying I I
• 3:32:12
  didn't mind pretty much violent, even though I knew it was new.
• 3:32:17
  You got a lot of words in your body, don't you?
• 3:32:19
  Yes, Sir. I mean, OK, let's let's, I think
• 3:32:24
  we got that straight on the domestic violence thing.
• 3:32:27
  You plead guilty to it. You plead guilty to violation
• 3:32:30
  protection board. You called her that many times.
• 3:32:33
  And the condition #10 says that you owe $1071.
• 3:32:38
  Is that true or not? Yes, Sir.
• 3:32:41
  Maybe like 300 someone. I first got arrested, but I
• 3:32:43
  guess they added my incarceration time.
• 3:32:48
  OK. And So what you're wanting to do
• 3:32:50
  is revoke yourself. Providing you can go to work
• 3:32:52
  release. Yes, Sir.
• 3:32:55
  OK. And and that I think we, I think
• 3:33:00
  we passed. I think that I think that that
• 3:33:03
  horse is out of the barn. I believe, I think it's going to
• 3:33:07
  be our decision to make. Does the board have any
• 3:33:09
  questions there? I have any.
• 3:33:10
  Questions here when I get the officer, David said.
• 3:33:20
  I'm sorry. What was your name?
• 3:33:23
  Deputy. Exnicious.
• 3:33:25
  OK. Thank you.
• 3:33:26
  You're. Welcome.
• 3:33:29
  OK, Mr. you got any questions? OK, Mr. McKay, it's up to me to
• 3:33:39
  vote now because we don't have any more questions.
• 3:33:42
  And I I think that's great that you want to go to work release,
• 3:33:45
  but you're going to be getting out in a little over a year
• 3:33:52
  anyway and being a 6th class offender, I don't know that to
• 3:33:57
  reward you where the work release would be.
• 3:33:59
  The most we can do is a little revocation, which is 6 month
• 3:34:03
  work release. And I think because of the
• 3:34:05
  violations that you have and because you how many times have
• 3:34:08
  you been on supervision before, I guess it's called I got like
• 3:34:16
  spot of Cisco vision and every time I get every time I come
• 3:34:18
  home, I'm still basically on the supervision.
• 3:34:21
  You get revoked every time you get on.
• 3:34:23
  Yes, Sir. OK.
• 3:34:26
  All right. My vote is to revoke your parole
• 3:34:29
  today and and make you spend some time and and be accountable
• 3:34:33
  for what you do. That's my vote.
• 3:34:37
  My vote is to revoke based on violence against another person
• 3:34:41
  during your period of supervision.
• 3:34:44
  My vote is to revoke for rule #4 OK.
• 3:34:48
  As of today at 9:59, your parole has been revoked because of
• 3:34:53
  violation conditions 4 and 10. OK.
• 3:34:56
  Thank you, Sir. Yes.
• 3:35:00
  Sir. All right, we'll continue
• 3:35:01
  running in the South. Let's go back to Judge West. 8
• 3:35:06
  And then there's an additional probation in clause number
• 3:35:08
  235476, Mr. Joseph, there's no probation in that case for
• 3:35:14
  possession of a controlled substance, a second degree
• 3:35:16
  felony. That was a 10 year term that was
• 3:35:19
  probated for 10 years and also has those same allegations.
• 3:35:23
  And So what I'll do if just for purposes of this hearing,
• 3:35:25
  there's no bonds on either of the cases, correct?
• 3:35:29
  And we'll, I'll let you kind of file after court the
• 3:35:32
  representation and that request for a bond.
• 3:35:35
  But let's go ahead and hear it all at this time.
• 3:35:37
  And so, Mr. Lewis, do you have a witness of the bond?
• 3:35:42
  Mr. Mr. Joseph Best you can raise your right hand, Sir.
• 3:35:45
  Do you swear? Affirm.
• 3:35:46
  The testimony you're going to give in this hearing will be the
• 3:35:48
  truth, the whole truth, the nothing but the truth.
• 3:35:50
  Yes, ma'am. All right.
• 3:35:53
  Miss Joseph, you stated the full name for the record.
• 3:35:55
  Justin Joseph. OK, Mr. Joseph, you do
• 3:35:58
  understand what he is to address your bond issues in regards to
• 3:36:02
  these cases. Yes, Sir.
• 3:36:04
  OK. Now as far as your working
• 3:36:08
  situation, do you currently have a job or Actually I was back
• 3:36:13
  going back and forth to the Port of Oman but before all they said
• 3:36:16
  heck night without application for AMPRO.
• 3:36:20
  Speak out, please. I said I was working back and
• 3:36:22
  forth with before the Beaumont but before all this has
• 3:36:25
  happened, I had just filified the application for AMFO off of
• 3:36:28
  what it's called the doing vacuuming and hydro blasting.
• 3:36:31
  Not supposed to start that way. Turn myself in to take care of
• 3:36:37
  all this. And as far as any additional
• 3:36:42
  responsibilities, especially in regards to your family, what
• 3:36:44
  type of what, what, what kind of responsibilities is?
• 3:36:51
  And I'll take care of my uncle that just recently fell from out
• 3:36:54
  of the ceiling without the attic or whatever he broke his head
• 3:36:57
  along. So I'll be having to help him
• 3:37:01
  take care and take him in and out the RIP.
• 3:37:03
  I mean, not the battlefield. You have to take him to the
• 3:37:06
  original because he can't walk and he don't have a walk or
• 3:37:09
  anything like that. So you basically use his primary
• 3:37:12
  caregiver? When you're not working.
• 3:37:13
  Yes, Sir. Now as far as expenses, do you
• 3:37:19
  have any property or any money safe saved to put up that you
• 3:37:24
  can put forward forward to bond? Yes.
• 3:37:27
  OK. Approximately how much of A bond
• 3:37:29
  would you be able to make probably like 10,000 a piece or
• 3:37:35
  no more than 200,000 a piece, probably.
• 3:37:37
  OK. And as far as any conditions of
• 3:37:41
  a bond, a lot of these allegations of course, deal with
• 3:37:45
  drug use. Do you have any concerns or
• 3:37:48
  objections to wearing a drug patch or plan with any any
• 3:37:51
  trapping this is judged without for.
• 3:37:53
  You so I can wear a. Drug patch I can monitor or.
• 3:37:56
  Whatever you need me to do. I pass the winds, Jill, I have
• 3:38:01
  no questions. For.
• 3:38:03
  This witness all. Right.
• 3:38:04
  Any other witnesses? No, Jill.
• 3:38:05
  Any witnesses? Mr. Nichols.
• 3:38:06
  I have Miss Cole here, Your honor.
• 3:38:08
  I'd like to ask her briefly. Yes, of course.
• 3:38:10
  Good morning, ma'am. Would you please raise your
• 3:38:11
  right hand? You swear from the testimony
• 3:38:13
  you're going to give in this hearing will be the truth, the
• 3:38:15
  whole truth and nothing but the truth?
• 3:38:16
  Yes. Thank you.
• 3:38:17
  Go ahead. Miss Cole, are you the officer
• 3:38:20
  that's been supervising Mr. Chose?
• 3:38:22
  Yes, I can. And how long have you done that
• 3:38:24
  for? Since he got out of safety
• 3:38:26
  placement and started outpatient, So what that would
• 3:38:30
  have started in November. When was he ordered to go to
• 3:38:33
  safe P? He was ordered to go to safe P
• 3:38:38
  January 9th, 2025. And so after he completed that,
• 3:38:42
  he was well. Was he successful at Safe P?
• 3:38:46
  He was successful in the unit placement and the residential
• 3:38:49
  aftercare but not the safe P outpatient aftercare.
• 3:38:53
  When did he complete that residential aftercare?
• 3:38:57
  The residential aftercare was completed August.
• 3:39:00
  I mean, yeah, October 24th, 2025.
• 3:39:04
  And then after that he transitions to the the
• 3:39:07
  outpatient aftercare, correct? What, what?
• 3:39:10
  When did? When did he transition up there?
• 3:39:12
  He started that November 18th, 2025 when he returned to Jackson
• 3:39:16
  County. And is that when the violations
• 3:39:18
  began? Yes, Sir.
• 3:39:19
  And what were the nature of those violations?
• 3:39:21
  He has not submitted for one UA since being out of St.
• 3:39:25
  P He's came to the office and he has failed to submit every
• 3:39:30
  single time that he has showed up.
• 3:39:32
  What can you tell the court? What happens when he fails to
• 3:39:34
  submit? He's in the office, he's or he's
• 3:39:36
  told he needs to do your analysis.
• 3:39:37
  What happens? The last time that he failed to
• 3:39:39
  submit, he said that his sister had emergency surgery and we
• 3:39:42
  were in the UA lab and I said if you walk out that door this is a
• 3:39:47
  failure to submit. And we went back and forth for
• 3:39:50
  about 5 minutes and eventually he got it, walked out and left.
• 3:39:54
  Took longer arguing about it than it would have just to do.
• 3:39:56
  Absolutely. What?
• 3:39:58
  What happened on January 14th of 2026?
• 3:40:04
  He actually had an I was out sick but my supervisor called me
• 3:40:07
  at home. He had an admin hearing and
• 3:40:11
  after during that, the other safety officer, Officer Robert
• 3:40:15
  Menard, tested him and as he was testing him, Mr. Menard observed
• 3:40:19
  him scooping the water out the urine urinal and handing it to
• 3:40:23
  him. For AUA, it was.
• 3:40:25
  Cold. And it was.
• 3:40:25
  Clear and there was no way it was his urine.
• 3:40:29
  Don't. Talk unless somebody's asking.
• 3:40:31
  Don't talk unless someone ask you to.
• 3:40:32
  Talk. Are you familiar with the
• 3:40:33
  circumstances of his apprehension?
• 3:40:36
  He was supposed to report to my office but he failed to report
• 3:40:40
  and all I saw was that he got arrested.
• 3:40:42
  But in the midst of that, I was getting phone calls saying that
• 3:40:45
  he was in in Houston at the hospital with his child and the
• 3:40:50
  mother of the child was calling stating that he was under the
• 3:40:53
  influence and scaring her. I.
• 3:40:55
  Got two different. Calls and another officer got a
• 3:40:57
  call as well. Was he arrested in Houston?
• 3:40:59
  No, Sir. He was arrested in Jefferson
• 3:41:01
  County. Two recalled that he was causing
• 3:41:03
  an outburst or some sort of disturbance at in Houston.
• 3:41:06
  Yes, Sir, I'll pass any. Questions of this witness.
• 3:41:11
  Just just briefly to the safety aftercare, what does that kind
• 3:41:18
  of what does that entail? Which one?
• 3:41:20
  There's two different ones. Which one?
• 3:41:21
  Which one was Mr. Joseph assigned to though?
• 3:41:23
  He was assigned to, but there's three phases of safety, OK, the
• 3:41:27
  unit placement, which is in the prison, the residential
• 3:41:30
  aftercare which is at the halfway house, and then that
• 3:41:33
  outpatient aftercare is a nine month program where he has to
• 3:41:37
  attend two groups a week, do individual counseling sessions
• 3:41:42
  with the counselor permit submit to random UA's, attend NAAA
• 3:41:47
  meetings twice a week, and obtain A sponsor within 90 days.
• 3:41:51
  OK. So basically the urinalysis is
• 3:41:55
  all part of that, that third section or what you talked about
• 3:41:59
  for? Status, all that is part of that
• 3:42:01
  and that's the main component of it.
• 3:42:03
  Because if he's in the safety program, that means he has a
• 3:42:07
  substance abuse issue. And if you're not willing to
• 3:42:10
  submit to that, to probation, that is a presented positive.
• 3:42:14
  I have nothing else. No, no.
• 3:42:18
  When it says Your Honor. OK.
• 3:42:20
  And so, Mr. Nichols, what's the state's position?
• 3:42:23
  Judge, he's got three prior felony convictions.
• 3:42:25
  He's on straight probation on these two cases.
• 3:42:28
  At the time he was placed on probation, a felon, possession
• 3:42:31
  of a firearm case and a possession of fin cyclodine PCP
• 3:42:34
  case were also dismissed. He was put on high medium
• 3:42:40
  caseload. He's failed to follow.
• 3:42:42
  Through with what he's been ordered to do with safety, he
• 3:42:47
  had a he was ordered a little over a year ago to to do the
• 3:42:53
  safety program and has chosen not to comply with.
• 3:42:55
  The. Requirements of it afterwards
• 3:42:57
  and he's trying to falsify the the the testing that's he's not
• 3:43:03
  he while he may be entitled to Avon.
• 3:43:05
  I would ask that. The court make it sufficiently
• 3:43:06
  high to to keep it here in Jefferson.
• 3:43:09
  They're both adjudicated so. He's not.
• 3:43:11
  I'm asking for an Avon judge. Because I frankly, I don't.
• 3:43:13
  I don't. Think that he's done anything to
• 3:43:15
  show the. Court that he's going to follow
• 3:43:16
  the court's rules. While I don't bond all.
• 3:43:19
  Right, Mr. Lewis, argument. Judge understandably yes, he is
• 3:43:23
  not entitled to a bond. We are asking for one given the
• 3:43:26
  the issue of of him trying to maintain employment and also
• 3:43:31
  care for example while while we're out going to just trying
• 3:43:34
  to resolve this issue. I believe any concerns of the
• 3:43:37
  court can be cured by the drug patch or some sort of pre trial
• 3:43:42
  condition that can monitor monitor any drug use or anything
• 3:43:46
  while he is out on bond. I believe a bond of 15,000 for
• 3:43:52
  each case will be sufficient of that he's definitely while the
• 3:43:59
  once the violation came up and everything I can only speak to.
• 3:44:03
  You know my. Involvement before it's him
• 3:44:05
  doing what he trying to do what he needs to do to get things,
• 3:44:08
  you know taken care of some of these allegations of first my
• 3:44:12
  first time hearing about him but and I'll address them with Mr.
• 3:44:16
  Joseph. But as far as bond, I believe, I
• 3:44:19
  do believe a bond of 15,000 will be sufficient to maintaining
• 3:44:24
  port, maintaining his return to port and also a bond condition
• 3:44:28
  of a drug pass or a spam flash or something that matters.
• 3:44:31
  Could could definitely keep the port in the loop if you will,
• 3:44:36
  before the if he does relapse, there's any other drug use.
• 3:44:40
  Well, here's the problem, Mr. Joseph.
• 3:44:45
  There, There's nothing more strict really then going through
• 3:44:51
  that safety program and aftercare and that's like Mr.
• 3:44:55
  Lewis said for me to keep an eye on you is for probation and
• 3:44:59
  those programs to keep an eye on you.
• 3:45:01
  And what I'm seeing and what gives me concern is that back
• 3:45:05
  last year we had, I'm looking at the administrative hearing that
• 3:45:09
  led you going to safe P. And at that point, you had
• 3:45:13
  tested positive for PCP numerous times and you would also fail to
• 3:45:17
  submit numerous times to testing.
• 3:45:20
  And then you would say P. And then it just looks like it's
• 3:45:23
  the same problem that we don't know.
• 3:45:27
  But I would tend to, I think it would be a fairly good
• 3:45:31
  assumption that you were using Safe PCP again and that's why
• 3:45:35
  you didn't want to submit on the numerous states that you have
• 3:45:39
  here. It makes no sense for me to say,
• 3:45:41
  OK, well we sent you to SAFE because you had a problem with
• 3:45:44
  PCP. You got out and then you did
• 3:45:47
  aftercare and you couldn't get through it because you were
• 3:45:49
  trying to either falsify or not show up.
• 3:45:51
  So it doesn't make any sense to me that it would be safe to put
• 3:45:55
  you back out in the community at this point because you're not
• 3:45:58
  going to just remain on probation either not at all or
• 3:46:02
  without some further inpatient treatment, which we've already
• 3:46:05
  done. So I'm not sure where we'll get
• 3:46:07
  on the motions, but as far as the bonds go, I'm going to deny
• 3:46:11
  those motions in each case for a bond and leave these both at a
• 3:46:16
  no bond because I feel like that is in the best interest of our
• 3:46:19
  community to keep everything safe and to keep you from using
• 3:46:25
  something as serious as PCP. All right, what?
• 3:46:30
  Well. Then why didn't you take the
• 3:46:33
  test? The only time, all the time I
• 3:46:35
  gave it to my attorney, Mr. Lewis, when I had, you know, I'm
• 3:46:39
  on cutters over there. So never my color had came up.
• 3:46:42
  I was the emergency room, I said.
• 3:46:45
  I gave him my doctor's excuse and I also brought it to Miss
• 3:46:48
  Cole. That was cool.
• 3:46:50
  There's 1234555 allegations that you didn't submit your hold on
• 3:47:00
  that you didn't submit, and then there's the one where you did
• 3:47:02
  and you the allegations that you attempted to get it out of the
• 3:47:05
  toilet you. Know when you.
• 3:47:10
  I'm denying the bond. You can go back with the
• 3:47:12
  bailiff. Well, Okie Dokie just cut him
• 3:47:21
  right off, but that's her style. Sometimes she just hears enough.
• 3:47:24
  She's not going to mess around anymore.
• 3:47:26
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• 3:47:47
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  All right, let's finish our day back at the board.
• 3:48:46
  Let's go try them one more time. The.
• 3:48:49
  Committee on Parole and we're going to be here in the case,
• 3:48:54
  Mr. Toby James, and my name is Steve Brader.
• 3:48:58
  To my left is Mr. Tillis, to my right is Miss Leduc, and we're
• 3:49:01
  going to be talking to you about your replication hearing.
• 3:49:05
  Mr. Toby James, is that you? Sorry, pause real quick, because
• 3:49:10
  I did forget one thing. Helen, thank you for becoming a
• 3:49:13
  Channel member. Welcome to the family.
• 3:49:15
  It's good to have you here. All right, As we were.
• 3:49:20
  And what is your DLC number 424? 991.
• 3:49:25
  OK. Do you have a form in front of
• 3:49:26
  you that you signed that? OK, it says and you signed that
• 3:49:32
  you understood that form attorney and appointed attorney
• 3:49:35
  and and all that sort of thing and that you weren't eligible,
• 3:49:39
  but you could hire an attorney if you want.
• 3:49:40
  You understood that? OK.
• 3:49:43
  This has been assigned to Mr. Tillis.
• 3:49:46
  But before we go there, is there anybody from Vernon Parish Jail
• 3:49:49
  that is in? Would you introduce yourself,
• 3:49:51
  please? Yes, Sir.
• 3:49:52
  I'll pass it with you. OK.
• 3:49:55
  Thank you for hosting us today. Mr. Tillis, I think I'll turn it
• 3:49:59
  over to you and. OK.
• 3:50:01
  Good morning, Miss James. How are you doing?
• 3:50:03
  I'm. Doing.
• 3:50:06
  Good, we have you in violation of rule #4 You committed the
• 3:50:10
  offense of aggravated assault and was arrested by the Lee's
• 3:50:15
  Police Department on 11/25. These charges were dismissed by
• 3:50:22
  the 30th Judicial District Court District Attorney's Office on
• 3:50:29
  12/18/25. How do you?
• 3:50:31
  Plead to that George, with a statement.
• 3:50:36
  Yes, Sir. It was a thought.
• 3:50:39
  He put a false statement on it. He was talking to my
• 3:50:42
  stepdaughter and I just was talking to him and he said I
• 3:50:46
  poured a knife on him and I never did.
• 3:50:48
  And I couldn't see my brother. I'll share him.
• 3:50:51
  And that's where the city. Come up here.
• 3:50:53
  But I never pulled a knife on him.
• 3:50:55
  From nothing back there, it was said you had two knives.
• 3:50:59
  Did you have two knives with you?
• 3:51:01
  No, Sir, You didn't have any knives with you.
• 3:51:05
  I didn't come in from work to go see my probation officer the
• 3:51:07
  same day. I had.
• 3:51:09
  No knives on me or nothing. OK, then there's cameras.
• 3:51:19
  There's cameras all around my apartments.
• 3:51:21
  And so when I went to court and ran the cameras back and seen I
• 3:51:24
  had no weapons or nothing on me. And so did you dismissed
• 3:51:27
  everything off of them. It's did you?
• 3:51:36
  What was he? Angry with you about because he
• 3:51:39
  was he was trying to talk to my step to my 15 year old
• 3:51:41
  stepdaughter and I come in from. Work and told him that.
• 3:51:44
  She was too long and we was just sitting there talking and then
• 3:51:48
  he got mad. He was trying to put me out.
• 3:51:49
  He knew I was on parole. So he called a.
• 3:51:51
  Law. I don't even put me in jail.
• 3:51:54
  So that's what he did just to Get Me Out of the way.
• 3:51:58
  But. But I never pulled no knock on
• 3:52:00
  him or nothing like that. I mean, you know, that's I went
• 3:52:03
  to court and just seen it out on camera and stuff.
• 3:52:06
  I never fought it out and dismissed the text.
• 3:52:08
  And now I went to arraignment and that was it, Sir.
• 3:52:11
  And there was the problem. Nothing like that.
• 3:52:14
  Your 4th offender? Yeah.
• 3:52:17
  Yes, Sir. I have more questions.
• 3:52:25
  Mr. James, how was your conduct while you were on supervision?
• 3:52:31
  Good, now I reported every month I've passed all my drug cases.
• 3:52:35
  I caught up on my. Payments and I was working on
• 3:52:37
  working moving players. I I didn't note any any
• 3:52:46
  violations while you were on supervision buddy, so you must
• 3:52:57
  not have. This is because it's a crime
• 3:53:00
  against a person that they they held you and didn't do a
• 3:53:03
  technical violation that's. Right.
• 3:53:07
  You've been detained since December 25.
• 3:53:16
  Yes ma'am, I got arrested November 3rd for the charge but
• 3:53:20
  I bonded out and went home for a whole month then they come back
• 3:53:24
  and rearrested in December. I bought it out on the charge.
• 3:53:31
  They rearrested you because you were on parole and it was a
• 3:53:35
  crime against a person. Yes, ma'am, but I got to go with
• 3:53:39
  that. My probation officer, the same
• 3:53:40
  thing. That he said I.
• 3:53:41
  Would and I and they knew I was, you know, on probation.
• 3:53:45
  They, the woman, walked me. Over here to the Sheriff's
• 3:53:47
  Office and never put a hole on it.
• 3:53:49
  So they let me find out in December.
• 3:53:52
  They come back and say, well, we made a mistake, we're supposed
• 3:53:54
  to. Put a hole on.
• 3:53:55
  So I was over there. I was out.
• 3:53:59
  OK. So have you been cleaned?
• 3:54:02
  No, no substance abuse while you've been out.
• 3:54:05
  No, ma'am. I've been cleaning.
• 3:54:07
  I've had all my drug tests and all my offices and everything.
• 3:54:10
  I've been working and trying to get my lap back straight.
• 3:54:17
  You're working for me too, and I work for.
• 3:54:21
  For Mr. Williams there. At Vernon Berry Jail, I'm sure
• 3:54:26
  everything was there. So what do you do while when you
• 3:54:29
  were out, what kind of you? You were moving trailers, right?
• 3:54:33
  Yes ma'am, the mobile homes and stuff.
• 3:54:37
  And I was following. Up with my disability because I
• 3:54:39
  hurt my knee. So.
• 3:54:41
  But I was working on the side. Well, any injury like that can
• 3:54:47
  lead to drug abuse. You got to be careful.
• 3:54:50
  Yes, ma'am. I don't have any question.
• 3:54:53
  You said you didn't have two pocket knives.
• 3:54:57
  No Sir. I went in my probation officer,
• 3:54:59
  they certainly pulled everything out of my pocket and I never had
• 3:55:02
  no knife. But did the patient officer go
• 3:55:04
  out in your car and get or your truck and get 2 guys out of the
• 3:55:07
  glove box? I don't.
• 3:55:09
  Go, Sir. I mean I.
• 3:55:12
  Says #40 got the two pocket knives out of your glove box and
• 3:55:15
  put them. I ain't got a report on none of
• 3:55:20
  that and it's good. You would know if it happened,
• 3:55:24
  wouldn't you? Yes, Sir.
• 3:55:27
  Did it happen? But they went to turn my
• 3:55:30
  vehicle. My judge come in to found a
• 3:55:32
  knife because the city was there.
• 3:55:36
  Did you know they got 2 knives out of your vehicle?
• 3:55:39
  No, Sir. OK, well, they were.
• 3:55:49
  They did. Yeah.
• 3:55:52
  That's from the two knives. See, I don't.
• 3:56:02
  I'm kind of bothered by the fact that I had to drag that.
• 3:56:06
  Out of you. That's right.
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  I mean, I don't, I ain't got no knife.
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  I don't know if they pulled a knife out, but the city was
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  there. The city and arrested.
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  Me and nothing. All that charged me was that.
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  There's none of my. Paperwork saying I had a knife.
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  I mean all my all, even my motion of scrubbage they gave
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  me. It showed that I ain't got no
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  knives. I mean, you didn't tell me no of
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  that. Well, they shouldn't have to
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  tell you. Did you have two knives in your
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  glove box? No, Sir.
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  You didn't. No, Sir, I didn't have no
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  knives, no weapons or nothing. There's a search of the vehicle.
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  You 2 pocket knives found in the glove box of the vehicle.
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  Both pocket knives were confiscated, placed in an
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  evidence bag. And this is parole officer
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  that's saying that. Oh, no, Sir, I.
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  I ain't seen no knives. That's honest about treatment.
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  It's no words in my emotional scrubber or nothing if they had.
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  Found a knife in there. I wouldn't lie about it.
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  I just told you. Yes, Sir.
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  But they there's no picture, there's nothing of a knife they
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  they found, and it ain't none of my paperwork.
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  That they found a knife. So.
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  I mean, I don't. Know I ain't, I ain't calling
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  them a liar or nothing like that, but.
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  I I ain't. Got the paperwork saying there
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  was a knife I don't have. You're going to move.
• 3:57:27
  OK, Mr. James, my vote today is going to be to revoke for rule
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  #4 yeah, OK. My vote is in lieu of revocation
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  to send you to a transitional work program for period of six
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  months. I don't think that you've been
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  totally honest but about the knives, but I think that's that
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  would be in the best interest. So that's my vote.
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  OK, Thank you. In my vote, I concur with Mr.
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  Tillis. I think because the violations
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  of four and 10 that your parole should be revoked today and as
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  of 10:12 this morning. Bro, thank you Sir.
• 3:58:26
  And there we go friends, that brings it to a close for today.
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  Yeah. We'll see you tonight on
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  hour early for channel members. Ellie, do you want to come say
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  goodbye to everybody? Come here.
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  Come here. Well, don't show me rear end.
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  That's not a good way to say goodbye.
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  Come here. All right?
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  Look at them. Tell them bye.
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  All right. We'll see all you guys tomorrow.
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  Take care. God bless.