‘ You can count on your homeboy for zero…’

‘ You can count on your homeboy for zero…’

Friend leaves friend in need in District Court

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“I understand you have a medical condition?” asked Judge Fred Thorne of a woman in the courtroom.

“Uh-huh.”

“What?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Bring proof next Friday that you are pregnant or I will put you on house arrest or you can sit it out in jail.

There is a warrant for you on another no insurance charge.

This is your third charge for no insurance. If you get another one I AM putting you in jail.”

A man in jail on a felony charge was asked by Judge Thorne, “Are you the one from Memphis who took the police car? You were stopping people on the side of the road saying your were a policeman? How old are you?”

“19.”

“Are you in school?”

“No. I work at Nike and I’m going to college.”

“Go see the public defender. You are in big trouble.”

Another man with a felony charge was asked about the knife he had.

“I just had a pocket knife.

He had a long knife.”

“Sir, you are 63 years old.

You aren’t Daniel Boone anymore.”

The next man told the judge how he ‘went flat.’ “That means you got out of prison?”

“Yes. I still had an ankle bracelet.”

“Why was that? Wasn’t it because you didn’t pay child support? How many children do you have?”

“I have eight children.”

“I’m not feeling too sorry for you. You knew when you got out of jail you would have to be taking care of your children. Go talk to the public defender.”

A woman in jail came forward.

“Jail, did they do the mental evaluation on her?”

“I don’t need it. I’m not the person,” answered the woman.

“You know you can’t go back to your grandmother’s house.”

“I don’t want anything to do with her.”

The grandmother was in the courtroom.

“No wonder she pulls her hair out over you.”

“She has put some of my stuff in her storage unit,” said the grandmother. “I just want to go get it.”

“Where is your storage unit?” asked Judge Thorne.

“I don’t have one, that woman is crazy.”

“She can’t go back to your house,” said Judge Thorne to the grandmother. “I will help her if she lets me. If you find out where she has her storage, I will have an officer go with you to look into it and see if you can find your things.”

A man in jail was charged with domestic battery and pled no contest.

“Is the woman in the courtroom?”

“No.”

“How long have you been together?”

“Two years. I found out she had been cheating on me.”

“Is that why you grabbed her by the neck?”

“No. My dog had puppies in my room and I didn’t want the dog to attack her.”

“Do you work?”

“No.”

“Do you draw a check?”

“No. I get a social security check for my son.”

“$350 plus court costs. One year suspended to six months probation. Be back here July 29th. Don’t go back with her. Your warranty has worn out.”

A man in jail was charged with beating another man up. He pled no contest.

“The other man had to have treatment at the Med?”

“I didn’t beat anyone up. I explained that to the pastor.”

“The report says he was outside smoking and you beat him up. I’m changing your pled to not guilty. We will have a trial August 1st. You better hope he doesn’t come in here with his medical bills.” A man and his mother came forward in the courtroom.

The young man was yawning and stretching.

“Would you like for me to give you 10 days in jail so you can rest up and won’t need to be stretching? When you come in here you hope I’ll be nice to you but you are not respectful to me.

How do you plead to no driver’s license?”

“No contest.”

“Illegal window tint?”

“The car came that way.”

“How do you plead?”

“No contest.”

“To no insurance?”

“No contest.”

“Whose car were you driving?”

“My homeboy.”

“Did you do 45 days in jail?”

“I did 20.”

“What grade are you in?”

“9th.”

“Who is your homeboy?”

“Mario.”

“Stand up Mario! Are you here? He didn’t come to court with you? You can count on your ‘homeboy’ for zero.”

“I’ll dismiss the window dint. On the insurance it will be 40 hours community service or $225 and 10 days jail.

$65 plus court costs on the driver’s license. Be back here July 25th. If your community service is not done it will be 10 days jail.”

Judge Fred Thorne

By the Evening Times News Staff