Short but Sweet

Lady is on probation out of 2 counties, she has only 1 month left on both. I file warrants because she hasn't paid her court costs. The judge gives her an OR bond, no money has to be paid to get released. She leaves the county without permission, gets picked up with another probationer (who's in violation status) shoplifting. They run from the store security, but get pulled over in their car by the police. They find a flashlight stuffed down her pants still in the packaging. They also find two blue pills concealed in a hollowed out key chain and a baggy on the floor filled with needles and straws. She admits to the officer that she uses the needles to shoot up morphine.
This is reported to me late Wednesday before Thanksgiving and I get copies of the arrest affadavits faxed to me. I start the warrants so I can get them done on Monday. She calls later that evening and I tell her to be in between 3 and 5 Monday afternoon. She doesn't show. When I get back from training on Tuesday I finds she was arrested in the city for theft Monday at 4:00 PM. I call the officer and he tells me he picked her up for shoplifting at Walmart. She had 8 digital watches total value of about $140.
Then you have the genius that hasn't reach my probation level yet but is trying. Officers work a wreck two weeks ago on one of the local major strips. This genius was in the wreck but had a suspended license, so a ticket is issued. Later that day different officers are working a different wreck on a different strip with the same genius with the same suspended license. Incidently the genius is 19 and his license was suspended for too many traffic violations as a juvenile. He is taken in, booked and given a court date. He goes to court, pleads guilty to 2 counts driving on suspended, is given 6 months probation, court costs and fines. He leaves the court, gets in his car, and drives off. The court officer was changing shift, spotted the man and alerted police who caught him and brought him straight back to court. The judge was not amused at the man's excuse, "I was just going home." I believe he might be serving at least part of his 6 months.

I've Lost My Faith in Humanity

 

People are basically stupid.

 

I have a client on probation out of 2 different counties, plus she is a misdemeanor case out of a third county.  She decided to give up on the misdemeanor case and just flatten her sentence.  But she had some medical issues so the jail administrator told her to get those taken care of first, and he cleared it with the judge and DA.  I've been watching for 2 months for her to be booked in, and brought her in once to confirm the medical condition.  She got booked in Monday.  Only there were some new charges on the books, so I got copies of the arrest warrants.  Here is some advice:

 

If you decide to go for a drive, don't speed.

If you decide to go for a drive and speed, don't use your incarcerated boyfriend's car.

Especially if the company he rented it from reported it stolen because he never returned it.

If you decide to speed in a stolen car, don't have an open beer bottle in the car with you.

Also, don't have 2 sets of digital scales and $900 in cash.

If you decide to speed in a stolen car with an open container, and paraphernalia, don't give a false name and social security number when caught.

If you decide to speed in a stolen car with an open container, drug paraphernalia, and give a false identity when pulled over, don't be surprised when they find out who you are because you are supposed to report to the jail to be booked in.  Also, don't be surprised they discover your license has been suspended.  

Also, when they ask you if you have any drugs or weapons on you before they search you and take you to jail, you might want to mention the 3 grams of crack cocaine in the baggie stuffed up your cooter, because when they do the very thorough booking search and find it, they won't be happy. 

That's right, she is charged with speeding, driving on a suspended license, violation of the open container law, possession of drug paraphernalia, theft over $15,000, possession of a controlled substance with intent to resale, introduction of contraband to a correctional facility, and criminal impersonation, with two felony probation violations soon to be added. 

 

Story number 2:

Lady is on probation out of 2 counties, she has only 1 month left on both.  I file warrants because she hasn't paid her court costs.  The judge givesa her an OR bond, no money has to be paid to get released.  She leaves the county without permission, gets picked up with another probationer in violation status shoplifting.  The try to run from the store security, but get pulled over in their car.  They find a flashlight stuffed down her pants in the packaging.  The also find two blue pills concealed in a hollowed out key chain and a baggy on the floor filled with needles and straws.  She admits to the officer that she uses the needles to shoot up morphine. 

Then you have the guy on an 8 year sentence out of 3 counties who keeps giving me fake addresses. 

 

I have a lot of warrants to write Monday.

Why Do I Work Here?

 

 

I think it's gone, my faith in people.  I believe they are all nuts.  This stems primarily from work.  November is a horrible month for us.  I had 4 days of court, 3 training days, and 3 holidays.  Why is this bad you ask, well I still have the same amount of work to accomplish, but I lose most of those days.  Only 2 of the court days were full days, the other two I made it back to the office by lunch.  But that was 3 work days lost.  I had a full day of training, plus 2 half days, so I lost 2 more days.  That's a full work week lost.  Toss in the 3 holidays and I have 8 days I can't meet with clients, write warrants, do home visits, or any of the other job requirements.  That means that to get those 3 paid days off, I've had to put in several looooong days. 

The state provides us with a car to use.  One car for 32 people.  So they reimburse us for using our personal vehicle for any work purposes, but we have to file a report that runs from the 16th of one month to the 15th of the other.  We receive a reimbursement check.  They have 30 days to get this check to us.  It usually only takes them about 20 days, it usually arrives on the 10th.  The last one got here on the 29th, and I still haven't received the one from last month.  They have been getting really slow on them.