Posted on 02/17/2006 4:25:17 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
A man who claimed to have a cell phone implanted in his head was convicted Friday of jumping a White House fence in a bid to meet Chelsea Clinton.
Shawn A. Cox, 29, of Mammoth Spring, Ark., was sentenced to 150 days in jail, but a District of Columbia Superior Court judge suspended the sentence — with the stipulation that Cox stay at least one block away from the executive mansion. He also was fined $50.
Cox was arrested Dec. 4 after he scaled the spiked wrought iron fence on the north side of the White House. The incident occurred after he had three separate encounters with uniformed Secret Service officers on bicycle patrol. He told them he planned to meet former President Clinton's daughter at a church near the White House.
"He was very upset that we were not taking him seriously," Officer Kimberly Wojcik testified during a non-jury trial. Wojcik said she and other officers repeatedly told Cox that Chelsea Clinton no longer lived in the White House.
"If you do not have an appointment, you cannot get into the White House," said Officer James Livingston, who told the court he first saw a shoeless Cox near the White House on Dec. 2.
In rambling testimony under questioning from his court-appointed lawyer, Cox said, "They put a cell phone in my head."
He went on to tell the court, " George Bush told me to jump the fence, and I jumped the fence." He later said the Secret Service officers told him to jump.
Judge John H. Bayly Jr. rejected a prosecution request for a stay- away order covering the Capitol and Senate office buildings. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Dahl said Cox had tried to contact Chelsea Clinton through Sen. Hillary Clinton's staff.
Cox underwent a psychiatric evaluation before being deemed competent to stand trial.
Has the phone been removed?
Hold My Beer and Watch This !
The DUmmies will miss William Pitt's participation on their pathetic board.
Having my dupe thread deleted,, Thanks for posting!
Does this guy get Sirius or XM on that phone, I wonder?
GWB's fault again.
Bush is amazing!
It's unbelievable that this guy just walks. I don't care if he's "not a danger to himself or others", he's nuts and incapable of helping himself. Get him into the psych ward.
The insanity defense worked.
We'd all be lost if it weren't for Bush's ability at mind control.
LOL
When I read the headline, I thought for a minute it was BJ Clinton, missing the good times of sex with interns, Secret Service escorts to Wendy's for burgers, and lots of foreign contributions.
Was that really neccessary?
It's like positing the Mohammad (PBUH) cartoons. Distasteful, but relevant to the story.
Incidently, does it scare you how much she looks like mom in that picture?
She is looking more and more like her mother-the poor girl.
Did I ever meet you at the Mena airport?
Dude, call me on my head cell. Remember what our handler told us, "Cell-to-cell calls in the network are free".
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