‘ Will I ever quit seeing you?’

‘ Will I ever quit seeing you?’

Man pleads his case to Judge Thorne in botched shrimp heist

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A man with a felony theft charge was asked by Judge Fred Thorne where he lived.

“I live in Memphis.”

“Are you employed?”

“I was.”

“What does that mean?”

“I was employed up to yesterday. I had to sign some forms.”

“Were you charged with stealing where you work?”

“Yes.”

“See the public defender.”

A man with a felony charge of possession of meth or cocaine was also asked where he lived.

“I have no address.”

“Are you living on the street?”

“I live in my truck.”

“Are you employed?”

“No, sir.”

“Who supports you?”

“I do odds and ends jobs.” “Where do you put your head down at night?”

“At my dad’s.”

“See the public defender.”

Another man charged with delivery of meth told the judge he lived in Marion.

“Do you have a job?”

“No, sir.”

“How are you making it?”

“I cut yards.”

“How do you make it in the winter? See the public defender.”

Judge Thorne called a man up in the jail. “Can you come up and keep your mouth shut?”

The minute the man got in front of the microphone, he started talking.

“I told you to keep quiet!”

“Yes, sir.”

“When you are banned from a property, that means you can’t set foot on it. I do want to tell you I have made a correction in your first time here. I was wrong, but you should not have told me it was bulls–” “I apologize sir for that.”

“I am going to suspend the 10 days I gave you. Pay something on your fine today and you can get out of jail.”

“Thank you, sir, and I apologize.”

A woman’s name was called out in the jail.

“She is in the hospital,” said the jail clerk.

“I sent her for an evaluation?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Bring her back in here on Monday.”

A main in jail was charged with driving on suspended and pled no contest. To his charge of no seatbelt he pled guilty and to the no insurance he also pled no contest.

“Whose car was it?”

“My car.”

“You didn’t have insurance?”

“No, sir. I just bought it the day before.”

“My wife just bought a car and it is sitting in my driveway. She is not going to drive it before she gets the insurance and tags. That is what you are supposed to do when you buy a car.

$295 plus court costs and two days on the driving on suspended. $295 plus court costs on the no insurance and I’ll dismiss the seatbelt.”

A man in jail with loitering charges loudly said, “I plead guilty!”

“Why were you at the Presbyterian church?”

“I am a Friar at the Presbyterian church.”

“Mr. Coleman here in the courtroom is a member of the Presbyterian church and he says he has never seen you there.”

“Not at that church, another one.” “Give me the name of the church.”

“I quit being a Friar.”

“Three days jail.”

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

“They put Gatorade in my bag.”

“Stay out of Big Star and you can get out at noon tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Two men were called up together.

To the first man the judge asked, “How do you plead to loitering?”

Judge Fred Thorne “No contest.”

“You are homeless and have a dog and a cat and you were outside McDonald’s?”

“The manager gave me a coupon earlier that day and I went back later to use it.

They never told me to leave and then a policeman came up and arrested me.”

“You can just get out at noon tomorrow.”

The other man was told to talk to the public defender, with the judge noting, “You have many more charges.”

A man in jail had charges of assault in the 1st degree.

“I gave you 12 months probation and you failed to comply. Talk to the public defender.”

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

“Is the woman here?”

“No.”

“The report says she had a swollen lip and you choked her.”

“I made it home and she had put out my clothes and stuff.”

“I’ll change your plea to not guilty. I want her here and we will have a trial. Be back on September 18th.”

“I have a video,” said the defendant.

“I’ll see it on your trial date.”

A man charged with theft pled no contest.

“Will I ever quit seeing you? You stole 11 bags of shrimp.”

“I didn’t do it, but I was there.”

“Are you saying the other man stole it?”

“Yes.”

“60 days jail.”

A woman in the courtroom was parked in a handicapped spot and pled no contest.

“I dropped my sister off and went and got gas. I was not in the handicapped spot.”

“You were there long enough for the police to give you a ticket.”

“I parked beside the spot, not in it.”

“We’ll change your plea to not guilty and have a trial.” A man in the courtroom using a cane to walk was charged with careless driving and pled guilty.

“Does the doctor say that your are able to drive a car?”

The man did not answer but one of his children said he wasn’t sure.

“I want you go to a doctor and bring back a report that says whether you can drive or not. Come back in two weeks with that information.”

A woman in the courtroom was charged with wrong tags, driving on suspended and no insurance. She pled no contest to all charges.

A man in court said it was his car.

“Why did you let her drive a car with no insurance?”

“I thought there was insurance on it,” he said.

“And the tags?”

“I thought they were good.”

“$295 plus court costs on the insurance. $75 plus court costs on the tags.

$275 plus court costs on the driving on suspended and I’ll dismiss the no child restraint.”

By the Evening Times News Staff