A Florida septuagenarian accused of driving a golf cart to a local bank while under the influence of alcohol had her driver’s license suspended as a part of her ordered probation. 70-year-old Janis Withrow Kampka lives in the Glenbrook neighborhood in The Villages. In the afternoon on July 23, Kampka…
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White Sox Manager Accepted Deal for Reduced Charges
The manager of the Chicago White Sox was facing charges for DUI, but he agreed to plead guilty to a deal for a lesser charge. Tony La Russa is the current manager of the Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball team. La Russa was also the former manager for the…
Wandering Dementia Patient Jailed for Old DUI Warrant
A Florida woman with dementia spent nearly a week in jail after police found the septuagenarian wandering blocks from her nursing home and reportedly discovered she had a warrant out for her arrest from 10 years ago. 74-year-old Gwen Donahue resides in a Dade County nursing home, and her daughter…
Child Playing Fortnite With Toy Gun Charged With Felony
A 10-year-old boy was prosecuted for a felony after he and his friend pointed unarmed Nerf guns at a passing vehicle and the driver alerted the authorities. Gavin Carpenter lives with his parents at an Army post in Colorado Springs while his father finishes the final two-and-a-half months of his…
Olympic Boxing Champion Accused of Lewd Acts on Teen Student
A man who won a gold medal for boxing in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles has been arrested and charged for allegations that he molested a young girl who was receiving instruction at a boxing club where he worked as a head coach. Light flyweight division boxer Paul Gonzales,…
Singer Chris Brown Fails Drug Test
In 2009, singer Chris Brown pled guilty in California to felony assault charges against Rihanna, a singer who was his girlfriend at that time. As part of his criminal sentencing, he was ordered to serve probation for a term of five years in his home state of Virginia and complete…
But, My Uncle Died…. Why Judges Hate Excuses.
I was in Bellflower Superior Court yesterday when a 30-something year old woman was taken into custody for failure to complete her batterer’s treatment program or anger-management classes. The public defender tried earnestly to appeal to the judge’s sympathies, explaining that the girl had suffered a pulmonary embolism and had…