Girl, 17, jailed for ringing phone

Newsday ^ | Rick Brand

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

A ringing cell phone landed a 17-year-old Patchogue girl facing drug charges in a jail cell this week after an angry district court judge sentenced her to 21 days for contempt.

Mariela Acevedo of 21 Hammond St. incurred the wrath of District Court Judge Salvatore Alamia on Tuesday. As she awaited her hearing, an electronic device went off in Alamia's Central Islip courtroom and he warned everyone to shut off all cell phones and pagers or face contempt charges.

"If you don't know how to shut it off, go outside and introduce it to the heel of your shoe, he said according to a transcript.

When Acevedo's phone subsequently sounded, Alamia called the teenager forward and asked, "Did you think I was playing with you?"

[beezdotcom]

it was being fiddled with by an obviously jittery and distracted juvenile

I really love you guys. I guess we all read into this story what we want. Somehow, you guys are completely convinced that this is just some "poor widdle victim gurl" and could NEVER be at fault - OBVIOUSLY, the judge must be a tyrant, it could NEVER be that this girl is a familiar face in his courtroom or anything like that.

The problem with disputes on FR is that 90 percent of the disputes wouldn't exist if the same initial conditions were assumed. SURE, nobody wants tyrant judges. SURE, nobody is particularly sympathetic to recalcitrant defendants. There's just enough information in this story, and no more, (provided by a reporter with unknown biases), that people can assume what they want.

I just find it interesting how the assumptions have gone on this thread. "What goes around, comes around" is right - and from my perspective, what's going around this thread WOULDN'T be going around if more information were available. However, the information I posted previously on this thread (MONTHS ago, how strange) digging into this judge's history seemed to show a genuine concern for the youth in his courtroom, even if expressed in unconventional ways. You can ignore it if you wish - but in the absence of more concrete information about this specific case, I'm inclined to consider that something about THIS defendant, in particular, created this outcome.

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

You really have to post a Long Island vanity....just let it all out.

[Clemenza]

I should. Between the incompetant government officials, high property taxes, annoying accents (like mine), Nouveau riche & petite bourgeois pinky-ring wearers and hair teasers, OVERRATED schools. There is alot to complain about.

Then again, you also have good pizza, people rooted in their communities, not transplanted a la Seattle or Florida, and beautiful beaches.