Articles Tagged with courthouse

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A man facing charges for his third DUI has been accused of driving himself to the courthouse while under the influence of alcohol to attend his arraignment. 

58-year-old Lawrence Williams hails from Tyrone, Pennsylvania.  

In 2021, Williams had two separate incidents leading to his being charged and convicted for driving under the influence of alcohol. He is currently on probation for those charges. 

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A suspect attending his arraignment hearing for allegedly battering a woman reportedly hit her with a letter from a sign in the courthouse.

26-year-old Jordan Thomas is currently going through a legal situation involving a woman accusing him of battery.

On October 19, Thomas had an arraignment scheduled at the Indian River Courthouse regarding the charges.

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A Chicago judge who has been accused of carrying a loaded gun into the courthouse when the weapon allegedly dropped to the floor in the lobby of the building.

On July 3 during the middle of the afternoon Joseph Claps, a 70-year-old judge at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, was walking through the entrance hall toward a courtroom when a revolver reportedly fell from his person and clattered onto the floor.

Security cameras captured the event on video and Claps, who is permitted to enter the building without passing through the metal detectors, was allegedly seen using the weapon to steady himself while standing up after he bent down to retrieve it and then put it into his pocket.

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A Florida woman arrived at the local courthouse to fulfill her jury duty obligations when she was allegedly found carrying drugs and paraphernalia in her pocket leading to her arrest.

39-year-old Kristine Victoria Mittler was summoned to the West Pasco Judicial Center early in the afternoon on Monday to find out if she would be selected as a juror for an upcoming trial.

An x-ray machine that is viewed by security guards stands at the entrances of the courthouse building requiring that people going inside pass through the device for a safety screening. As Mittler walked through the archway of the metal detector the alarm activated due to two foil packets that were inside of her pocket.

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