‘Yeah, I cussed him up real bad’

‘Yeah, I cussed him up real bad’

Man changes plea on disorderly conduct charges

By the Evening Times News Staff

news@theeveningtimes.com On a soggy Monday at West Memphis District Court, Judge Fred Thorne told his first felony defendant to see the public defender.

“You have a felony theft of property time’s two.”

A man in jail with a felony charge of domestic battery was asked, “Where do you work?”

“I don’t anymore.”

“How long have you been out of a job?”

“About a week now. I quit.”

A woman in the courtroom stood up when his name was called. “I want to drop the charges.”

“You can’t drop the charges at this time. Only the prosecutor can drop charges. I take domestic battery serious.”

The next man with a felony charge of ‘firearm by certain person’ was asked, “How long has it been since you were in my court?”

“About a year.”

“How long has it been since you’ve worked?”

“About three years.”

“Do you have money for an attorney?”

“No.”

“See the public defender.”

A man with a felony possession of drug paraphernalia was asked, “When was the last time I saw you?”

“Three weeks.”

“What for?”

“The same thing.”

“See the public defender.”

The next felony charge was a man charged with fleeing and theft by receiving.

“Are you employed?”

“No, sir.”

“When is the last time you worked?”

“About a year ago. I had medical issues.”

“See the public defender.” A man in jail was charged with disorderly conduct and pled no contest.

“You were at the motel and got loud and start cursing.”

“The officer didn’t hear what he said to me.”

“$400 plus court costs and you are banned from the motel.”

A man in jail had not shown up for his trial.

“Do you want to keep your not guilty plea?”

“No change it to no contest on the two original charges.”

“You talked really bad to that guy.”

“Yeah, I cussed him up real bad. It was over a year ago.”

“$250 plus court costs on your failure to appear.

The things you said to the man were very racist! You called him a sand n……..and tore up the TV and everything else up. If someone said words like that to your mother you would be raving mad! Sit down, I'm not too happy about this.”

A man in jail was asked how he pled to public intoxication.

“Guilty.”

“Is there anything you want to say?”

“No.”

“$375 plus court costs.”

A man in jail was charged with driving on suspended and failure to appear.

He pled not guilty to both charges.

“Your trial date will be March 4th.”

“I need to go to Jonesboro for court there too.”

A woman in jail pled guilty to driving on suspended.

“That will be $500 plus court costs and five days jail. You have a very bad record in Memphis.”

A man in jail charged with possession of drug paraphernalia pled no contest.

“How long have you had a drug problem?”

“No, I’m doing good.” I didn’t know it was in my bag.”

“Is it common to forget you had a pipe with a butane torch in your bag?”

“Where are you parents?”“ They are not here.” “I was going to ask for rehab.”

“You said you were doing good? I’ll send you to the mission. Call the mission and see if they will take him. If you go to the mission and run off you will be going to jail for a year.”

After a short while a clerk came back and said the mission would take him.

“I’m giving you one year suspended if you go to the mission and stay there.”

A man with his lawyer present was charged with theft and public intoxication . “Based on an affidavit from Pancho’s, we are asking that his charges be dismissed.”

“I know the lady at Pancho’s that you stiffed. She is working two jobs. She is a poor, hard working girl.

Where do you live?”

“West Memphis.”

“I don’t like dismissing this but I will. You are barred from Pancho’s. Go somewhere else.”