Thursday, November 29, 2007

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.

No comments: