Reports – 12/29/2006

Published 12:00 am Friday, December 29, 2006

The Panolian: COUNTY REPORTS – December 22, 2006

 From the 12/29/06 issue of The Panolian       
  

Court Report
City court 2006: judge deals with cussing, thong-doing
By Emily Williams

From a disgruntled defendant who cursed at the judge on his way out of court, to a bank robber couple who allegedly cased the joint by strolling their baby in a buggy, 2006 brought an interesting variety of subjects to Batesville Municipal Court.

Revealing work
A woman was kicked off the city work program for "thong-doing" in February.

She was removed from the City of Batesville Work Release program after city street department head Teddy Austin told the judge that she was distracting the other workers because she was wearing thong underwear and everybody (on the work detail) knew it.

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McTroubles
A dispute that involved a knife-wielding fast-food employee was resolved during Batesville Municipal Court.

Judge Bill McKenzie heard testimonies from five restaurant employees who stated a female defendant chased an employee with a steak knife, saying she was going to "kill her."

Both defendant and associate worked together at the business in Batesville and said they just didn’t like each other.

The defendant said the managers were provoking the fight.

"They wanted us to fight in the playland," she added.

The assistant manager said, "I told them to go home and not to fight on my clock."

The defendant was found guilty of simple assault by threat and fined $265 and told not to have further contact with the associate she chased with the steak knife.

Braid alibi not tight
In a later case with some of the same individuals involved, a witness spoke in defense of her niece, charged with simple assault, telling the judge she couldn’t have committed the crime because the niece was at her house giving her daughter "micro braids."

"It takes hours to do micro braids," the defendant said.

A relative of the alleged assault victim told the judge she believed the defendant was "just jealous of her because she is not bad looking and she has a nice car."

Judge McKenzie found the defendant guilty and told her, "There will be a heavy jail sentence if your behavioral problems don’t change."

No bond reduction
A young Biloxi man who was allegedly involved in a robbery at First Security Bank July 19 was in court asking Judge Bill McKenzie for a bond reduction.

Batesville police had charged him with a felony charge of robbery, saying he fits the description of a white male who burst into the bank that morning and jumped the teller counter, taking $5,060 as he fled.

His mother was in court and asked if his $1 million bond could be reduced.

"I am in the process of selling some land," she said.
The bond remained at $1 million.

Police also charged the defendant’s girlfriend with conspiracy to commit robbery, saying she "scoped" out the bank for her boyfriend while pushing a baby in a buggy after crossing a busy intersection.

The 22 year-old girlfriend was in the Panola County Detention Center on a $750,000 bond.

Courtroom decorum
A city court defendant appeared before the judge with his entire face painted white, to answer charges of simple assault.

The defendant was accused of kicking his grandmother.

When asked for a plea the defendant originally said not guilty and added, "If I had kicked her, she wouldn’t be here. I’m pretty strong."

When McKenzie set a trial date, the defendant asked if he could simply pay his fine of $355.

"You can change your plea and pay your fine if that is what you want to do," the judge said.

He changed his plea saying, "I don’t have time to deal with this. It’s ridiculous."

A man was found guilty of two counts of simple assault against affiants who’d hired him to do home repair work.

"The defendant would come to work late or wouldn’t get the work done, so I let him know that we didn’t need him to work for us anymore," said the female affiant.

She said he came to her home and started cursing and threatened to vandalize her property if he didn’t get the full amount they’d agreed upon for the completed job.

The defendant had his right hand in his pocket, the affiants said, causing them to believe he had a weapon.

The defendant said he was going to Memphis to the substance abuse clinic and went to the affiants’ first to get the money owed him for the work he had done.

The judge found the defendant guilty, but as he was walking out of the courtroom to serve his 30 days in jail he cursed the court.

The judge called him back to the bench and threatened him with a contempt of court charge.

"But, I feel like I am being railroaded," said the defendant.

He also owes a fine of $530.

City court did not convene this week. The next session will be January 3.

 
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