Posted on 10/07/2005 2:46:08 PM PDT by flixxx
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Friday, October 07, 2005
A Pennsylvania man, scheduled for a hearing on drug charges, decided he couldn't wait — and sparked up in the courthouse bathroom, police say.
Luzerne County (search) Deputy Sheriff Ryan Maye told the Times-Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., that he first heard the rustle of a plastic baggie coming from the next stall at about 10:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday.
Then Maye heard the sound of a lighter being struck. Within seconds, the smell of roasting marijuana filled the men's room of the magnificent neo-classical Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre.
"I banged on the door and ordered him to come out," Maye told the paper.
From the stall emerged a sheepish Nickolai Cinchock, 32, who was due for an 11 a.m. hearing on a recent arrest of theft and drug charges. Cinchock was tucking a pipe back into his pocket, according to Maye.
Maye and another deputy patted Cinchock down and found, in addition to marijuana, two containers with 49 Xanax (search) pills inside.
Since all parties involved were already in the courthouse, the arraignment didn't take long, and Cinchock was sent to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility down the street pending $1,000 bail.
He was given a hearing next Thursday on the new charges. There was no indication whether he planned to smoke pot before that hearing as well
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Don't forget the 49 Xanax he had in his pocket while showing up for his hearing on drug charges.
They have tiny embedded microchips that send out signals which are picked up by police scanners. Makes it real easy to find the perps.
Yeah, if you need Xanax to deal with your pot use, you really need to rethink your life.
Reminds me of the time I was in court, watching the proceedings from the gallery. My mom's no-good brother was facing breaking-and-entering charges, and my mom dragged up boys down there in case we were needed as character witnesses.
(That wouldn't have done any good - I thought my uncle was a scumbag, and wasn't about to perjure myself over his a$$)
Anyway, as the accused perps were standing before The Man, this Ronald McDonald-looking dude facing a possession charge offered this little gem in his defense:
"Your Honor, I'll have you know that I only smoke the purest of pot."
My brothers and I had a hell of a time keeping from busting up laughing at that guy's idiocy.
LOL See my post (#24) on this thread.
I used to know a guy that had to appear in court for a burglary charge and he made sure every stitch he was wearing had been stolen in other burglaries, ring, hat and shoes too. He laughed & laughed about standing in front of the judge like that.
I'll remember that next time I see video of a judge "reading intently".
There was a video circulating around on the internet of a guy who showed up stoned on Judge Judy. This guy was red-eyed, his eyelids were at half mast, and he was making no sense at all. When Judge Judy would ask him a question, he would say a few pertinent words on the subject then just start rambling off on weird tangents. At the end of the 5-minute clip, she just says, "We're going to have to do this another day, you're not coherent enough to be doing anything." Maybe it was an outtake.
Can't imagine why that wouldn't impress a judge. LOL
Fark.com links to this article. The caption is, "Dude, where's my brain?"
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