Random Dumbasses Part 5

Here is another list of random dumb asses from court:

-The chick who tried to get bond revoked for her ex-husband on a domestic violence charge. The bond stated he have no contact with her. He apparently forwarded a piece of mail to her that was sent to his address. The kicker: She was still HAVING HER MAIL SENT THERE AFTER THE ALLEGED DV INCIDENT AND AFTER SHE STATED SHE WAS "SCARED" FOR HER LIFE. Seriously, you couldn't go to the post office and have it sent elsewhere? Judge pretty much laughed this fool out of court.

-Dynamic duo-A woman who was on a felony domestic violence charge against her ex-boyfriend. They have three kids together. She's bipolar, abuses alcohol, and won't take her medication. This is why she acted violent. Her ex-boyfriend is a druggie who fucked his brain up so much he can't remember anything nor can he speak properly. I think he had a stroke. The defendant ended up pleading out to a misdemeanor, got 12 months in jail, and put on probation. Please take your medication this time...

-Some random juvenile who at the age of 15 has been convicted of 22 felonies. Wow, that'll look great on a college resume! Felonies were related to a string of burglaries and subsequent thefts.

-Another sex offender. Need I say more?

That's all for now, more to come later :)!

Random Dumbasses Part 4

After today's insane misdemeanor docket, I figured I needed to post these cases. True live entertainment!

1) Case one involves a 21 year old male criminal defendant. Apparently the defendant and his underage girlfriend went to visit a department store around closing time (10 pm). The loss prevention officer who was working the store picked up on this pair because it seemed like they were loitering. At some point then sat down in the back of the department store near a camping display. Once seated the young man took his penis out of his pants and the girl began to perform oral sex on him. The security guy was shocked and subsequently called the police. The man was arrested for indecent exposure.

There are dumb asses all around in this case-the defendant and his girlfriend. The parents of the underage girlfriend are also dumb asses for allowing their daughter to CONTINUE SEEING HIM after all of this. Seriously.

His defense lawyer also was a dumb ass because he insinuated that this activity was "making up" after a day of fighting. REALLY? I mean can't you do that in some more DISCRETE location.

Not surprising judge found him guilty.

2) Case two involves a semi-homeless drunk who decided it would be a great idea to take a juvenile pan-handling with him at the local convenience store. Too bad it was like after midnight when he decided to go and do this. Someone noticed the pair in the parking lot and called the police. The homeless guy got arrested for public intoxication and deliquency of a minor. He admitted to the arresting officer he knew it was wrong to take the juvenile. The juvenile also testified in court that he was aware of the juvenile's panhandling (panhandling is illegal anyways.) He knew the juvenile from his living arrangements at the time. Judge found him guilty. The juvenile in the case currently has their own issues in the court system as well.

3) Case three involves some asshole who hit his friend. The asshole hit his friend after the young man refused to give him a ride home due to his aggressive and drunk behavior. The guy hit him so hard that he broke his jaw in three places. The victim's had to have plates put in his jaw to fix it. The defendant's excuse-He has bipolar disorder and wasn't taking his medication. Oh well. I hope he enjoys his jail term. Stupid asshole.

More random dumb asses from the criminal justice system for you to enjoy!

Random Dumbasses Part 3

So anyways, here is another list of random dumbasses from court. I hope you enjoy!

1) A defense lawyer I saw in court gets nominated for this award. His client was found with marajuana on him after he was found fleeing from the scene of a burglary. There apparently was a call to 911 stating that there was a burglary in progress. The police arrived on the scene and saw the defendant fleeing from the house. He was subsequently stopped. Upon stopping him the police officer noticed a marajuana cigarette sticking out of his pocket. He was then arrested and more weed was found in one of his pockets. His defense lawyer actually argued in cour that a)the police shouldn't have stopped him and b)the cigarette was illegally seized.

NO. a)If you are seen running from the scene of a crime, the police have a right to detain you. b)The weed cigarette was in plain view, thus the police had a right at that moment to place the defendant into custody on that charge. After he was arrested he then can be searched.

The judge, of course, overruled this and found the defendant guilty.

2)There was a dispute between a separated couple. Apparently the break up was a result of the boyfriend sleeping with one of the neighbors. The girlfriend (according to her testimony) was that she confronted the boyfriend about it and he "called her names" and "choked her." She then allegedly left the house to stay with a friend.

The boyfriend's story was quite differently. He stated that she told him when he left for work that day that she was "break up" with him. He stated that was fine. When he was arrived home from work that night, he found his girlfriend's "new" boyfriend at the home. He had to call the police to get the guy out of the house.

After he kicked him out the girlfriend then came back to the house and started shouting threats. The police arrived and threatened to take her to jail unless she left. She then left without further incident.

The weird thing about this case was a)girl thought that her family lawyer (not a prosecutor) could present her case for her b)she stated she wanted to "object" to the judge's dismissal of the charges and c)she kept talking about how he "slept with" the neighbor.

The judge wisely dismissed the charges and told both of them to stay away from each other. I think this case was more over the guy's alleged cheating then any threats his made against his ex-girlfriend. What a waste of the court's time.

Dumbass Rednecks

So today I got caught up in a racial dispute. Not really a racial dispute, but two redneck assholes who have issues with minorities (and women) in authority. It kind of goes like this-these two assholes didn't like the fact that a black female had authority over them. So it became an issue and now a group of people are divided because these racist asses decide to act like fools.

I mean let's exam the background of these two white males-Both are ex-military (just enlisted, but not officers) who got out after a few years. One of them maybe does outdoor work for a living (landscaping, roofing, something blue collar). The other one I think drives a taxi (yep, prestigious!). I know the dream job of one of them is to work for NASCAR (yet another indicator of redneck tendencies). I had to listen to this fucker once when he trapped me and attempted to discuss with me the Datona 500. WTF do I care about this....

Even on a good day I would not give these two the time of day. So anyways this issue arose (potential administrative and legal issue, cannot discuss) but at least I came out looking good. I'm a white person who doesn't use color to judge ANYONE and at least I'm approachable on an issue like this to people of other races and colors. I'm siding with the black female on this one. Nothing was wrong and these two rednecks (I labeled them as that really quick) decided to cause problems.

I mean look at the backgrounds of theses two-blue collar, maybe high school educated, combined with NASCAR. They are uneducated rednecks. Ignorance meets stupidity at its best.

I mean there are a few blacks in the criminal justice system I admire greatly. Here is a brief list:

a) Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Eric Holder is a person I admire greatly. He worked his way up through the criminal justice system under both Republican and Democratic administrations. He has worked for the DOJ since he got out of law school thirty years ago (minus a few years) and he has a good sense of justice. He operates independently from the political machine.

b) The head of the police department in my local city is a black man. I have a lot of respect for him too. He started out as a patrol man in the department and worked his way up. He earned various degrees and is now working on his doctorate. I won't name him due to confidentiality issues but I will say he has dealt with administrative issues in the police department and we have a LOW crime rate in this city.

c) One of the wardens of Angola prison in Louisiana is a black man. I saw him on a program once. He inherited a prison full of violent prisoners. His solution-Put them to work. They grow enough food in Angola to feed most of the prison system in Louisiana. They also don't put up with bull crap. He stated that he's authorized the guards to shoot them if they try to run away. They virtually have no violence in that prison and it's maximum security. You have to respect that.

So either way race should not play a factor in JUDGING SOMEONES CHARACTER. We have moved beyond that as a society. As for fools that subscribe to that, you make yourself look like idiots and you get lampooned by the rest of the public. Grow the fuck up.

So Long and Farewell

If you have read my blog in the past, you would know my background. I come from a dysfunctional and abusive family. Rampant verbal, physical, and emotional abuse.

After the blow up earlier this year, I decided to cut back on some of the communication with my family. Things had kind of stabilized since then-my parents had been behaving themselves and were kind of on the page on how to deal with my fucked up brother. That all, however, has changed in the past week...

It all started really a few weeks ago. My father had to call the police on my brother because he threatened to hurt my father and myself. The police showed up at my parents' home and told him to call again if my brother showed back up. Less than a week later, however, shithead was give a key to the house again and all was well.

At least it was concerning my parents. At that point I vowed not to even go over there. It, however, got worse. Shithead began drinking and driving. So drunk in fact that my youngest brother (home from New York) had to call for a ride because of my brother's level of intoxication.

This was on July 4th. On July 5th shithead was once again driving drunk. He ended up wrecking his car, getting sent to the hospital, and then promptly arrested for DUI and reckless driving. He was then at jail. It was kind of a process of elimination-we called around till we found out where he was. By the grace of GOD no one else was injured.

Well my parents, supposedly, were going to leave him there. I guess that didn't happen because within a day he was back at their house. From there it got worse. I find out from my mother that she has him there because "if he's just here for a few days, he'll get sober" along with "He has a problem with alcohol." No fucking shit, he has a problem with ANY KIND OF DRUG. WOW.

After that I just stopped talking to my parents. I mean I can't stand the enabling behavior, but when it becomes a public safety issue then it's totally intolerable.

It gets better though-a day later my father allows my brother to begin driving HIS CAR, that's on HIS insurance, and titled in HIS name. That's real smart...considering you know his history, if he drives drunk and hits someone, then your ass is a)criminally liable and b)be prepared to get your ass sued off because insurance isn't going to cover it.

And my brother, who by the way is an Ivy League graduate, starts hanging around him again. I guess intelligence doesn't equal common sense.


I at this point decided that I needed to cut all ties. Their behavior is not only moronic, its criminally and morally wrong.

So after finally breaking free, I get a phone call from my father this morning. I guess he didn't like being rejected because I was called a "pig" and told that he "prayed I didn't have children" because "they would want for everything." Yeah, if I was like you, I sure as fuck wouldn't have kids. Good thing is I'm not. I hung up and blocked the number.

So that's it. I'm the eternal optimist-if one day they change, somewhere out there, maybe we can meet again. I'm also a realist-I know that that hell will more than likely freeze over before that happens.

Either way I'm free now. I wonder what life has for me now :)

Box Wine

I decided to post this blog because each year, during holiday weekends, drunk driving becomes an issue. Drunk drivers can kill themselves, kill their passengers, kill others on the road and on the street, and cause various amounts of property. Overall it's a pretty big public safety issue.

When I was a police intern I saw a pretty bad DUI accident. I was with my police officer that eveing. There was a call for a collision at an intersection of two of the main roads in the city. Upon pulling it appeared that a car had run into the back of another car that was waiting to turn left at the stoplight.

I got out and saw the EMTs removing a female from the car that was rear ended. At the same time I noticed that there were two juveniles in the car as well. The youngest juvenile was maybe six or seven. The oldest was probably about ten. By the grace of God, neither juvenile was on the driver's side of the car. This side took the bulk of the impact (the driver of the other car must have hit this car at an angle).

After ensuring tha the two children in the car were okay, my police officer told me to go take a look at the car which had caused the accident. Upon moving down there I got hit with the smell of alcohol. Strong, cheap alcohol. As I moved down the car it looked like there was blood all inside the car. Red liquid was spilled all over the interior of the car. I wasn't sure at this point if the driver of this car had been severly injured or not.

My police officer came up behind me, grabbed my shoulder, and kind of whispered "Ever seen someone get arrested for drunk driving?" I said "no" and he told me to turn around. There was the driver of the car, failing miseribly at the field sobriety tests that she was being given. Then it suddenly dawned on me-the red liquid in the car wasn't blood-it was wine. That is why I smelled that cheap alcohol smell.

As I listened and watched the driver who caused the accident, the entire story was revealed. The driver apparently had a bad day so she stopped to buy her drink of choice-box wine. She poured herself a few glasses while she was driving. It was while she was pouring her fourth or fifth glass she suddenly came up to the intersection and rear ended the car in front of her. The wine then was spilled over the entire interior of the car.

The woman in car who was rear ended had just picked her kids up for a family member's house. She was on her way home from work. Her husband was there already, cooking dinner for her and their children.

I was LIVID. That accident has stuck with me for a long time. I think mandatory jail term needs to be given with EVERY DUI arrest. Ten consecutive days, followed by more each time you get arrested for this. I have ZERO tolerance for this.

This woman could have killed either the driver or her children. I'm sorry she had a "bad day" but that is no FREAKING EXCUSE for endangering others with your RECKLESS behavior.

Just wanted to share this tale...

Criminal Justice Trainings

I went to a few criminal justice trainings within the past two weeks. I'll give a brief overview of each.

The first one I went to was about Crime Victims and Court Appointed Special Advocates. This training was good because it gave an overview of what services the state offers to victims of crimes. They have a crime victim's restitution fund and will notify victims about the incarceration status of the offenders in their cases (when they get released, when parole hearings are, when they get transferred to different facilities, etc.).

The CASA (court appointed special advocate) part of the training was informative because I plan on doing this while in law school. I would do it now but with everything else going on it is almost impossible. A CASA is just a volunteer that manages court cases that involve child neglect and abuse.

The next training I went to was about two hours away, outside the state capital. This training involved the transfer of juveniles to the adult criminal justice system. First speaker for this training was a psychiatrist from the place where I want to go to law school. He was VERY informative and intelligent. He also was a great public speaker.

The information he presented was interesting. Some main points:

-The Brain matures until the age of 25.

-Juveniles who offend do not always become adult offenders.

-Juveniles who get transferred to adult court have higher incidents of recidivism (you can take this two ways: a)They get socialized to offend or b)They are the juveniles who are going to be career criminals in the first place.

The second part of the training was someone with the FBI. He was there to talk about the DC Sniper cases. This case involved John Malvo and John Muhammad. John Mohammad is currently on death row and the juvenile is serving multiple life sentences (never to get out of prison).

Interesting facts that came out in this training:

-FBI estimates that the duo killed about 20 people altogether.

-First killing was in Washington-young African female who was the niece of John Muhammad's bookkeeper

-John Muhammad had Malvo touch and write everything so that he could eventually put the blame on Malvo solely.

-The two had multiple contact with law enforcement agencies during the period of the crimes (no warrants-they were let go).

-John Muhammad's sole motive was to terrorize the area. He at first said it was about his ex-wife (who lived in Maryland, outside of DC) but later his true motives came out.

Muhammad is supposed to be executed soon. That seemed to be the main question from everyone-When is he going to die? The group at the training was multi-racial. It seemed like everyone agreed that he needed to die.

So those where my trainings in a nutshell. Going out of town was also beneficial because the facility was right down the street from where my serial offender committed his first crimes (I suspect to be his first crimes, long story on that one). I drove there during lunch. It kind of just solidified what I already thought-it was committed by someone local.

Either way beneficial trip. I'll be back in court starting next week so I should have more stories for my blog :). Hope everyone has a great fourth!