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- Hi, everyone, I'm Dan Abrams, and this is "Court Cam."
- You should be ashamed of yourself.
- I want dude off my case. [spits]
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- Got a runner.
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- Get out!
- This is not TV court. This is for real.
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- First up, we go to a sentencing hearing
in Parma, Ohio.
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39-year-old Rosemary Hayne has pled guilty to assault.
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Three months earlier,
Hayne was in a fast food restaurant
and was unhappy with the preparation
of her burrito bowl.
[indistinct arguing]
- [bleep].
- She directed her anger at 26-year-old employee
Emily Russell.
Multiple customers captured the incident on their phones.
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- Before long, Hayne appears to step away.
But then she does this.
- Oh!
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- Hayne throws her hot meal into Russell's face,
and the woman appears stunned.
Before Hayne made it to the exit,
another customer confronted her.
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- After the exchange,
Hayne shoved her way out the door.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughter]
Footage of the incident went viral,
and two weeks later, Hayne was arrested and charged.
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She pled guilty and today appears
before Judge Timothy Gilligan to hear her sentence.
- We're here on 23 CRB 3242,
City of Parma versus Rosemary Hayne,
here for the purposes of sentencing.
- But first, the judge has a few words for the defendant.
- You didn't get your burrito bowl the way you like it,
and this is how you respond?
You went in there looking for a fight.
- I did not, Your Honor.
I did not.
If I show you how my food looked
and how my food looked a week later
from that same restaurant, you would--
it was disgusting looking.
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And all I wanted was to make--
- My daughter was when--
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- Judge Gilligan sentences Hayne to 180 days in jail,
90 of which were suspended.
But before wrapping things up,
the judge offers the defendant an unusual incentive
to cut down her jail time.
If Hayne agrees to work in a fast food restaurant
20 hours a week for two straight months,
Judge Gilligan will knock 60 days off her sentence.
- Do you want to walk in her shoes for two months
and learn how people should treat people,
or do you want to do your jail time?
- I'd like to walk in her shoes.
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- Hayne's jail sentence was reduced to 30 days,
and she was given two years probation.
As for Russell, she quit her job
but told a local news reporter that she was satisfied
with the judge's creative sentence.
- She's gonna get what she deserves.
She's gonna learn how to work in fast food.
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- Next, we head to SeaTac, Washington,
for a protective order violation hearing.
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63-year-old Serafina Anderson
has been charged with stalking.
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A year earlier, Anderson allegedly
violated a protective order when she showed up
at the home of a local county official
and took an object from his car
while it was parked in the driveway.
After Anderson failed to appear in court,
a bench warrant was issued for her arrest.
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Today, she appears remotely from the county jail
before Judge Pauline Freund, hoping to be released on bond.
She's represented by attorney David Iannotti.
The prosecutor is Jason Mercer.
- What is the city's recommendation
regarding release?
- The city is seeking bail in the amount of $2,500.
- Hmm. - This particular...
- I--
- Alleged order is a stalking order.
And the order itself was not enough to prevent
the alleged contact.
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So I just don't have a lot of confidence
that she's going to abide by this court's order,
when the nature of the allegation itself
was not abiding by another court's order.
- May I say something, Your Honor?
- Not about the case, Ms. Anderson.
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- Mr. Iannotti, any objection to that request?
- Your Honor, Ms. Anderson is hoping the court
releases her on her personal recognizance.
It was an allegation from over a year ago,
and there's been no other allegations
that she's violated this order.
So we are hoping the court gives her
a chance to show up to this--
to handle it out of custody.
- Well, my one fear is, if I release Ms. Anderson...
- What?
- There's a warrant for your arrest
in the amount of $5,000 out of Kent.
- The judge takes issue with one of Anderson's comments.
- So I've just heard you say that
we summoned you in, you received the notice,
and opted not to come to court.
- OK, I'm fine--
- At this point, Judge Freund seems to have heard enough
and is ready to rule.
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- I'm going to follow--
- Additional conditions, that you attend all future
court appearances, have no new criminal law
violations of your address.
You have to talk to a bonding company.
- It's $2,500.
$2,500.
- Judge Freund quickly mutes the defendant,
and the hearing comes to an end.
Anderson returned to her cell and was unable to post bond.
She later pled guilty to violating
the protective order.
She was sentenced to 364 days in jail,
with credit for 21 days time served.
The remaining 343 days were suspended.
She was also sentenced to two years probation.
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- Next, we're in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
for a child support hearing.
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39-year-old Laquentin Simpson has filed a motion
to reduce his monthly child support payment
for one of his five children.
He's also asking the court
to increase his visitation time.
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Hearing the case today is
court referee Craig Frederick.
- Mr. Simpson, can you hear me?
- Yes, I can.
- Sir, there was just a child support
order entered last month.
And you say, "I just can't afford it" and all that.
That--that's not an objection to get a lowered amount.
You said you make $16 an hour.
It was based on $16 an hour.
- I'm making roughly $16-- I'm making $16 an hour
on a 40-hour paycheck.
I'm getting $1,000 bucks taken out of my account,
$500 for one child for him
and $400 a month for three other children.
So the issue I'm having is I just can't afford--
I can't afford anything.
I got my bills right here in front of me.
I got my b-- - Sir,
I'm not allowed to look at your bills
or make a decision based on that.
The fact--I mean, the fact that
you got five kids, jeez, no--
no wonder you don't have any money.
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- The thing is that I have four kids that I--
that I take care of, that I get--
that comes to my home that I pay my bills
and my kids live with me.
So I take care of my children well.
So that--
- But you aren't given credit for that.
You're given credit for additional children
in this court order.
- I'm--I'm...
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I can't afford my bills
with bringing home $800 a month.
I can't afford my bills.
- I cannot make a change in child support
based on that type of an argument.
I'm prohibited from it.
Therefore, I suggest that you call maybe an attorney
or something, because your request
is not able to be granted...
- OK, all right.
- At this time.
- All right.
- It doesn't come to the level that--
of a change of circumstance that
I would review child support.
I have to follow the law, OK?
You can argue to me till the cows come.
- I'm not even arguing.
OK, you gonna make whatever decision you're gonna
make anyway, so why--
- I'm following the law.
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- Simpson gives up on his child support request
and moves on to his motion for more parenting time.
- So what--where I'm at as far as more parenting time,
'cause just the last time me and you had this conversation,
you was granting me every weekend.
- It was not-- - Then when I got the paper--
- And I'm proposing--
- And when I got the paper--
- Hold on a minute.
- Frederick seems to be losing patience.
- Hold on.
I'm prepared to deal with your parenting time motion.
And what I have found was that
the last time we were in here,
I entered an order that said you were
to get every other weekend.
- Every weekend. Me and the mother--
- Just a minute! Please!
- We agreed to every weekend in front of you.
We agreed to every weekend.
- Damn it, stop!
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- I'm not even--
I'm here on my behalf to try to get more
parenting time with my child!
That's it! - Mute him. Mute him.
Mute him. - That's it!
- Mute him.
All right, I'm not gonna listen,
because I'm here to tell you about
what I am ruling on the parenting time.
We issued an order that gave you every other weekend.
I looked back at my notes, and my notes
looked like you were supposed to get every weekend,
like I may have done wrong in that order.
So I am going to go back and look at the transcript.
And if in fact, it was supposed to be every weekend,
I will change the order, because I made a mistake.
That's the way this works.
Thank you very much.
We're adjourned.
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- Frederick denied the defendant's request
to lower the child support payments.
As for the parenting time, five days later,
Frederick issued a corrected order,
which allows Simpson to see his child every weekend.
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- Next, we're in Stillwater, Oklahoma,
for a plea hearing.
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53-year-old elementary school teacher
Kimberly Coates is pleading guilty to public intoxication.
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Three months earlier, Coates was suspected
of being under the influence on the first day of school.
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School administrators,
including superintendent Douglas Ogle
and school principal Donna Boles,
contacted resource officer Shane Dean,
and with his body camera rolling, questioned Coates.
- Did you drink something while you were here at school?
- Not while I was at school.
- When did you drink something?
- Last night.
- Coates agreed to take a breathalyzer test.
- All right. Ready? Take a big, deep breath.
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Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow,
blow, blow, blow, blow, blow.
All right, stop. Yeah.
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You blew, like, a 0.24.
Legal limit's 0.08.
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- I did?
- Coates was arrested,
charged with public intoxication,
and then released on her own recognizance.
She also resigned from her position at the school.
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Today she appears at the Payne County Courthouse
to enter a guilty plea.
Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom,
but Judge Diane Vaughn sentenced Coates
to one year probation, random alcohol testing,
and outpatient care.
But after a deputy noticed Coates swaying
and smelled alcohol on her breath,
deputies confronted her as she was trying
to leave with her husband.
- Have you had anything to drink today?
- I'm sorry, what?
- I had a glass of wine this morning, yes.
- Yes.
- No. This morning.
- I'm sorry, what?
- I can go home with my husband.
He's gonna take me home.
- I don't understand.
- I--
Well, my husband's--
I can--I go home.
Please, just let me go home.
- Come on.
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- The two deputies bring Coates
to the booking area.
- I don't understand.
I-- - OK.
- I'm sorry, could you just tell me what's going on?
- OK.
You're being under arrest for public intoxication.
You were unsteady on your feet downstairs, OK?
We watched you come up the stairs
as you were coming to court.
We're gonna get you over here.
As I was talking to you downstairs here,
I could also smell the odor of alcohol on your breath.
OK?
And even while you're talking, your speech is very slurred.
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- Coates was arrested and charged
with public intoxication a second time.
This case is pending.
And if found guilty, she could be
sentenced to 30 days in jail.
And because her arrest at the courthouse
violated one of the conditions of her release,
the judge also made Coates withdraw her guilty plea
on the previous public intoxication charge.
Now that case is also pending.
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- Next, we head to Woodhaven, Michigan,
for a sentencing hearing.
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58-year-old Marvin Naylor has pled guilty to retail fraud.
The defendant, who has a long criminal history,
including convictions for trespassing
and domestic violence,
is already on probation in another county
for drug possession and resisting arrest.
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Today, Naylor appears before Judge Michael McNally
to hear his sentence.
But first, the judge checks in
with Naylor's attorney, Kathy Murphy.
- He is doing everything he is supposed to do.
He has a full-time job.
He's been sober for a year.
Probation is asking for 18 months probation.
Judge, since he's already on probation,
my request is that you reduce that period substantially.
He's paying a $100 a month to Wayne County
for his probation,
and he pays $70 weekly in child support.
And so any kind of economic break
that you can give Mr. Naylor, Your Honor,
I'm asking you to give.
- Before she wraps up, Murphy has
an additional request concerning
Naylor's drug testing.
- He's already dropping weekly for Wayne County.
So I would ask Your Honor if the probation department
can coordinate with Wayne County
to get the results of the drops
that he's already doing for Wayne County
so that he doesn't have another drop
that he has to do besides the weekly one
that he's already doing.
- What do you think I'm thinking?
- I think you want me to be quiet.
- No, I think you can go on and on all you want.
I don't have a problem with that.
What I do have a problem with is that Mr. Naylor here
thinks laws don't apply to him,
and I don't care what probation has recommended, frankly.
This man knows he needs to go to jail,
and he's going to jail today.
- Oh, yeah, back off.
And don't start arguing with me Ms. Murphy.
He only has about 25 convictions here.
Let's go through your record, Mr. Naylor.
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1990, retail fraud 2.
1990, retail fraud 1.
Domestic violence and trespass.
Retail fraud 2nd, 2000.
Attempt B&E, '01.
Suspended license, '14.
Controlled substance violation, '17.
Larceny less than $200, '20.
And you say what?
- So, Judge--
- Hang on.
Is there anything you want to say, Mr. Naylor?
- Since these, uh, incidents,
I have completed the Dawn Farm's
Treatment Center inpatient and outpatient.
I'm currently living in a treatment facility,
and I have been sober a year.
- I'm glad to hear that.
- So, Judge, all of these--all--
just about every single one of these prior convictions
would be the result of a drug problem.
I'm sure you'd agree with me on that, right?
- Give me a break.
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- You've got 25 convictions here.
Are you kidding me?
I can't believe the prosecutor didn't enhance this.
That's their call.
This is mine.
Anything else, Mr. Naylor?
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- Good.
$250 fines, $450 costs, $75 victims rights,
$50 justice assessment.
I'd give you a lot more time if I could.
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The total here amounts to $825,
35 days jail, 10 days more
if you don't pay your fines and costs.
You have 21 days to appeal,
14 days to apply for a court-appointed lawyer.
The system's really broken if we're gonna let this go on.
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- Naylor served his 35 days in jail
and is setting up a plan to pay off his court costs.
If he completes his two-year probation in Wayne County
without incident, both cases will be closed.
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That's it for this edition of "Court Cam."
I'm Dan Abrams.
Thanks for watching.
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