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June 2009
Have a good day, Judge
Municipal courts are often filled with sad stories about human conflict both huge and trivial, but most days the court docket will also bring at least one or two chuckles.
Wednesday morning, June 17, while waiting for specific cases in Middletown Municipal Court, I had to fight back a rolling laugh when a man tried to explain his disorderly conduct charge.
According police, they received a call Tuesday about an intoxicated man. They found their suspect in the middle of the street on all fours with two 40-ounce beer bottles in front of him.
When Middletown Municipal Court Judge Mark W. Wall asked the man, calling him by his first name because he is likely a “frequent flyer” in court, if he had anything to say, the man piped up to defend himself.
“The grass was wet your honor. I fell, but it wasn’t because I was drunk,” the man said.
A defense attorney sitting beside me whispered, “these statements are rarely helpful.”
Wall gave the man a $100 fine and sentenced him to one day in jail, which he had already served.
As the man left the courtroom to go back to the hold cell, he shook his hand and said, “Have a good day, Judge
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Too stinky for Jail
By Lauren Pack A Middletown teen was charged with burglary and a curfew violation early Monday morning, June 8, for allegedly breaking into an old supermarket. But 16-year-old was spared at least one night behind bars thanks to a skunk.
The boy and his 18-year-old cousin were spotted up to some mischief shortly after midnight walking in the alley behind Texas Avenue.
An area resident said the boys pried open boards in back of the old McGee’s market and were able to get in.
The 16-year-old went into the building, while his older cousin stood lookout on the railroad tracks, according to a witness and the Middletown police report.
Officers stopped the boys and arrested the 18 year-old for complicity to burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
After he was charged, the 16-year-old was released to his parents because he has been sprayed by a skunk.
Crime doesn’t pay but a skunk will likely keep you out of jail for a while.
