1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:04,872 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:11,011 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:15,549 - Hi, everyone, I'm Dan Abrams, and this is "Court Cam." 4 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:17,818 - You should be ashamed of yourself. 5 00:00:17,951 --> 00:00:20,120 - I want dude off my case. [spits] 6 00:00:20,187 --> 00:00:21,154 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:22,189 - Got a runner. 8 00:00:22,256 --> 00:00:24,391 [people yelling] 9 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:25,559 - Get out! 10 00:00:25,626 --> 00:00:29,596 - This is not TV court. This is for real. 11 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:36,069 ♪ ♪ 12 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:37,871 - First up, we're in Syracuse, New York, 13 00:00:38,005 --> 00:00:39,606 for a sentencing hearing. 14 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:46,146 24-year-old Chavez Ocasio has pled guilty to second-degree 15 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,648 attempted murder. 16 00:00:49,816 --> 00:00:52,519 Six months earlier, Ocasio and another man, 17 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:54,254 24-year-old Jesse Outley, 18 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:57,124 fired five shots from their car 19 00:00:57,224 --> 00:00:59,626 into another vehicle. 20 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,296 The driver of the other car and the front-seat passenger 21 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:04,031 were unharmed. 22 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:06,199 But in the back seat, the driver's 23 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:10,070 4- and 8-year-old daughters were both hit, 24 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:12,239 as was the 11-month-old daughter 25 00:01:12,339 --> 00:01:15,008 of the front-seat passenger. 26 00:01:15,108 --> 00:01:18,011 The three children were rushed to a hospital. 27 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:20,547 The two older girls survived the shooting. 28 00:01:20,681 --> 00:01:24,918 The 11-month-old died from her injuries later that night. 29 00:01:27,154 --> 00:01:30,424 Using security footage, police identified Ocasio's car, 30 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:32,526 and he was arrested. 31 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:35,629 Ocasio then IDed Outley as the shooter. 32 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:38,498 He was eventually arrested as well. 33 00:01:38,632 --> 00:01:41,802 Investigators believe Outley fired at the victims 34 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:45,238 after the two men mistook their car for one 35 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:48,075 that had sideswiped them earlier that night. 36 00:01:50,143 --> 00:01:53,747 Ocasio was held without bond, ultimately accepted a plea 37 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,349 deal from the prosecution. 38 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:58,385 In exchange for testimony against Outley, 39 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:00,554 Ocasio would plead guilty 40 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:04,391 to second-degree attempted murder. 41 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:07,861 Today, Ocasio appears before Judge 42 00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:12,232 Gordon Cuffy to enter his plea and hear his sentence. 43 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:21,208 - That's Desiree Seymore, the mother 44 00:02:21,308 --> 00:02:25,078 of Dior Harris, the infant girl who died in the shooting. 45 00:02:28,749 --> 00:02:31,785 - That's Dior's father, Shaquail Harris. 46 00:02:33,787 --> 00:02:34,988 - No, no. Hey. 47 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:36,256 Hey. 48 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:11,525 - Deputies begin removing Harris from the courtroom. 49 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:16,963 - After things settle down, the victim's mother 50 00:03:17,064 --> 00:03:18,965 makes her statement. 51 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:23,170 - I don't expect you to understand how I feel, 52 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:26,039 nor do I expect any sympathy from you. 53 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:29,876 But what I do expect is for you to rot in hell. 54 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:32,212 I want you to understand from the bottom of my heart, 55 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,613 I hate you. 56 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:37,350 You deserve any and everything you get in prison. 57 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:41,588 - When she's finished, Ocasio addresses the court. 58 00:03:41,655 --> 00:03:45,459 - I just wanted to say, uh, I understand how-- 59 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:49,563 I understand why the family feels like-- why they feel. 60 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:51,164 Um-- 61 00:03:51,264 --> 00:03:52,165 y'all right. 62 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:54,034 Y'all didn't deserve this. 63 00:03:54,134 --> 00:03:55,969 I understand that, so I do-- 64 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:59,106 I do apologize. 65 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:01,908 - When he's finished, Judge Cuffy sentences 66 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:04,411 Ocasio to 15 years in prison. 67 00:04:04,511 --> 00:04:07,414 He'll be eligible for parole in 2034 68 00:04:07,514 --> 00:04:10,951 when he'll be 36 years old. 69 00:04:11,017 --> 00:04:12,786 As for the shooter, Jesse Outley, 70 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,388 he was convicted of murder, attempted murder, 71 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:17,791 and criminal possession of a weapon. 72 00:04:17,891 --> 00:04:20,660 He was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. 73 00:04:23,296 --> 00:04:27,033 [dramatic music] 74 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,902 Next, we go to Ann Arbor, Michigan, 75 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:31,838 for a probation violation hearing. 76 00:04:31,905 --> 00:04:33,406 ♪ ♪ 77 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:37,878 84-year-old Dale Newman has pled no contest to assault 78 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:40,680 and reckless driving. 79 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:42,582 A year and a half earlier, police 80 00:04:42,716 --> 00:04:44,384 say Newman ignored warnings and drove 81 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:47,821 through a construction site, cursing at and nearly 82 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,190 hitting some workers. 83 00:04:50,257 --> 00:04:53,426 He was arrested, released on $5,000 bond, 84 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,662 and after a charge of assault with a dangerous 85 00:04:55,796 --> 00:04:58,698 weapon was dismissed, Newman pled no 86 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:00,867 contest to the other charges. 87 00:05:00,934 --> 00:05:04,371 He was sentenced to one day in jail, which was suspended, 88 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:08,074 plus 14 months of probation, a mandatory driving class, 89 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:12,078 and fines of $1,545. 90 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:15,515 Today, after failing to pay any of his fines, 91 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:18,151 he appears before Judge Cedric Simpson 92 00:05:18,251 --> 00:05:20,787 to see if his probation will be revoked. 93 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:48,181 - Newman's represented by public defender Lauren Pereny. 94 00:05:48,315 --> 00:05:50,750 - Mr. Newman is on Social Security. 95 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:53,386 He receives about $600 a month. 96 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:54,654 - OK. 97 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:55,789 - He's not working. 98 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:58,658 He is 84 years old. 99 00:05:58,792 --> 00:05:59,926 - How old? 100 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:01,294 - 84. - 84? 101 00:06:01,428 --> 00:06:02,829 ♪ ♪ 102 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:03,997 [boing] 103 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:06,900 [laughter] 104 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,268 - Not the-- not the-- - No. 105 00:06:08,401 --> 00:06:09,269 I would have guessed-- 106 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:10,804 I would have guessed 17. 107 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:12,572 I just-- I didn't know. 108 00:06:12,672 --> 00:06:13,573 - Well, I try to-- 109 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:15,108 I try to keep busy. 110 00:06:15,242 --> 00:06:16,276 - That's good. 111 00:06:16,343 --> 00:06:17,277 - It's healthy. 112 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:18,612 - That's good. 113 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:20,814 - Your Honor, we'd just be asking the court 114 00:06:20,914 --> 00:06:24,517 to consider reducing his fines and costs. 115 00:06:24,584 --> 00:06:25,518 - Pardon? 116 00:06:25,585 --> 00:06:27,387 - Reduce your costs. 117 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,989 - Anything you want to tell me, sir? 118 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:31,591 - Ah, I mean, I only pled no contest 119 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:33,193 because I wasn't willing-- 120 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:36,296 I mean, the ladies in black, they said 121 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:38,298 you can get 20 years for this. 122 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:39,633 Well, that's a life sentence. 123 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,968 - What? What ladies in black? 124 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:43,603 - The prosecuting attorney. 125 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:44,804 - Oh. 126 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:45,805 - Oh, OK. 127 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:46,840 Oh, the prosecuting attorney. 128 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:48,341 - The lawyer, yeah. 129 00:06:49,309 --> 00:06:51,011 - Yeah, they told me, you know, 130 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:52,078 you could get 20 years for this. 131 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:54,914 You know, geez. 132 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:56,716 - When the defendant is finished, 133 00:06:56,783 --> 00:07:00,487 Judge Simpson is ready to make his ruling. 134 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:01,922 - Here's what we're going to do-- 135 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:06,192 because I'm going to waive all those fines and costs, 136 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,495 except $250. 137 00:07:08,628 --> 00:07:09,829 - I can deal with that. 138 00:07:09,896 --> 00:07:11,431 - OK. Well, good. 139 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:12,632 I'm glad I can make you happy. 140 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:14,801 When can you pay the $250? 141 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:17,370 - Probably within 10 days. 142 00:07:17,470 --> 00:07:21,675 I'll have to make arrangements to find it, but I can do that. 143 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,209 - OK. 144 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:26,346 I'll extend his probation for an additional two months. 145 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:28,682 Figure out in two months how to get that paid, OK? 146 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:30,116 - All right. 147 00:07:30,216 --> 00:07:32,786 - And then you'll pay the $250 within that time frame. 148 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:34,521 - I appreciate your help. 149 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:36,589 - Thank you. - Thank you. 150 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:39,559 ♪ ♪ 151 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:42,495 - Newman paid the $250, 152 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:44,464 and his case is now closed. 153 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:50,570 - Next, we go to Jonesboro, Georgia, 154 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:54,307 for a probation violation hearing. 155 00:07:54,441 --> 00:07:58,144 37-year-old Jabari Perry has been convicted of DUI, 156 00:07:58,278 --> 00:07:59,746 leaving the scene of an accident, 157 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:03,450 driving on the wrong side of the road, and other charges. 158 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:06,553 Five years earlier, Perry, who's also got convictions 159 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:08,355 for assault and drug possession 160 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:10,824 on his record, pled no contest, 161 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:12,792 was sentenced to a year probation, 162 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:16,262 and ordered to undergo regular drug and alcohol testing. 163 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:18,465 ♪ ♪ 164 00:08:18,598 --> 00:08:21,000 But just 17 days before his probation 165 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,402 was scheduled to end, 166 00:08:22,469 --> 00:08:26,406 Perry tested positive for drugs and alcohol. 167 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:29,609 And when he missed two probation revocation hearings, 168 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:33,646 a warrant was issued, and he was arrested. 169 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:36,383 Today, after serving eight days in jail, 170 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,119 Perry appears before Judge Tammi Hayward 171 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:42,188 to hear if his probation will be revoked. 172 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:44,824 The state prosecutor is Darrius Austin. 173 00:08:44,958 --> 00:08:47,994 Perry is represented by Attorney Chelsie Hohn. 174 00:08:48,094 --> 00:08:49,295 - All right. 175 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:51,398 Ms. Hohn, what are we doing with Mr. Perry? 176 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:53,199 - Your Honor, he's going to stipulate and agree 177 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:55,034 to the technical violations. 178 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:56,436 - All right. 179 00:08:56,503 --> 00:08:58,038 What's the recommendation? 180 00:08:58,138 --> 00:09:01,074 - Your Honor, credit on time served and close this case. 181 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:03,676 He did complete all his conditions as required. 182 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:07,313 He just got messed up towards the end. 183 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:09,716 - Mr. Perry, why did you mess up? 184 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:14,788 - You? 185 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:20,126 - Your Honor, he explained to me that he had 186 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:24,030 gone to a family gathering. 187 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:25,598 - Oh! Yeah, he went to the cookout. 188 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:27,801 And they were like, boy, don't even be worried about that. 189 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:30,236 Uh, you can take some of this cocaine off your nose 190 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:31,838 and drink some of them drinks. 191 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:33,706 That judge ain't gon' do nothing to you. 192 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,442 You are almost finished. 193 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:37,343 Young blood, come on, now. 194 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,749 - Your Honor, he thinks it may have been, like, laced. 195 00:09:42,882 --> 00:09:45,351 - Oh! He may have got a sherm! 196 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:51,791 - Now, come on, Mr. Perry. 197 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,394 People don't give away cocaine. 198 00:09:54,494 --> 00:09:57,630 People don't just give you drugs, and you find out, what? 199 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:58,832 Wait a minute. 200 00:09:58,932 --> 00:09:59,999 You put what? 201 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:03,036 That was laced with what? 202 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:05,004 Come on now, man. 203 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:07,006 ♪ ♪ 204 00:10:07,073 --> 00:10:10,310 I'ma just tell you right now, don't go to no other judge 205 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,512 or person with good common sense 206 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:14,414 and tell them that foolishness. 207 00:10:14,514 --> 00:10:16,683 - Judge Hayward returns to the prosecutor 208 00:10:16,749 --> 00:10:19,152 and the question of jail time. 209 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:20,987 - Mr. Austin. 210 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:21,988 - Yes, ma'am? 211 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:24,023 - You say credit for time. 212 00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:25,425 How long he been in there? 213 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,560 - He's been in there since May 13. 214 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:29,863 - That ain't but a day or two. 215 00:10:29,996 --> 00:10:33,166 - But, Your Honor, he's done all of his other requirements. 216 00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:35,268 - Mr. Perry, how old are you, sir? 217 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:38,404 - Mr. Perry, how long are we going 218 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,039 to play this game where we back-and-forth 219 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:41,040 on the addiction? 220 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:42,308 Are you going to seek some help? 221 00:10:42,442 --> 00:10:44,210 Are you going to start going to some Narcotics 222 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,678 Anonymous meetings? 223 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,115 - Start doing that, Mr. Perry, because you 224 00:10:49,215 --> 00:10:51,150 have an addictive personality. 225 00:10:51,217 --> 00:10:53,920 The addiction is not going anywhere. 226 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:55,955 It is something that you're going to have to fight. 227 00:10:56,022 --> 00:10:57,257 It's lifelong. 228 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:58,992 It's like having diabetes or high blood pressure. 229 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:00,627 You got to fight it to-- 230 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,228 in order to live a good life. 231 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:05,098 But if you don't at least try to fight it, 232 00:11:05,231 --> 00:11:08,601 you're going to end up in and out of an orange jumpsuit. 233 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,637 You don't want to live the rest of your life 234 00:11:10,737 --> 00:11:12,438 in and out of an orange jumpsuit. 235 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:14,174 You don't, OK? 236 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:16,676 But please stop playing this game with your life, 237 00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:18,811 because I'm going to tell you right now, just between me 238 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:21,114 and you, not everybody else listening, just between me 239 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:24,150 and you, the Clayton County Jail ain't safe. 240 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:25,351 ♪ ♪ 241 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:28,288 It just ain't where you want to be, bro. 242 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:30,657 - When she's finished, Judge Hayward is 243 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:32,625 prepared to make her ruling. 244 00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:34,160 - All right. 245 00:11:34,227 --> 00:11:40,066 So the defendant shall receive credit for time served. 246 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,202 And what else, Mr. Austin? 247 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:43,636 - This case is closed, Your Honor. 248 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:46,873 He only had 17 days remaining. 249 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:48,241 - All right. 250 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:52,212 Mr. Perry, please don't come back anytime soon. 251 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:54,914 Please try and get your life together, OK? 252 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:57,417 Because you're too young to waste your life on foolishness. 253 00:11:58,451 --> 00:12:00,353 - All right. Thank you, sir. 254 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:01,721 ♪ ♪ 255 00:12:01,788 --> 00:12:03,823 - Perry was released from jail, 256 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:06,392 and his case is now closed. 257 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:14,033 - Next, we head to Conneaut, Ohio, for a pretrial hearing. 258 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:15,335 ♪ ♪ 259 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:17,637 30-year-old Jenna Peters has been 260 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:19,238 charged with driving with a suspended 261 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:21,841 license and expired plates. 262 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:23,876 A year and a half earlier, Peters 263 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:26,279 pled guilty to similar charges and was 264 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:29,082 sentenced to 25 hours of community service 265 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:31,284 plus court costs and fines. 266 00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:33,519 ♪ ♪ 267 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,322 Today, she appears without an attorney 268 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:39,158 before Judge Nicholas Iarocci to discuss 269 00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:40,760 next steps in the case. 270 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:43,196 But first, the judge wants to talk 271 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:46,032 about Peters' previous case. 272 00:12:46,132 --> 00:12:50,069 - Before we go on to the new case, Ms. Peters, 273 00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:53,373 you are aware of the other older 274 00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:55,041 case that's pending, right? 275 00:12:58,311 --> 00:12:59,846 - Yeah. Right. 276 00:12:59,912 --> 00:13:04,917 So I gave you five months to complete 25 hours 277 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,552 of community work service. 278 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,088 I set a sentence compliance hearing. 279 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:11,424 You failed to appear for that hearing. 280 00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:12,792 ♪ ♪ 281 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:14,961 You also failed to provide this court 282 00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:17,296 community work service hours. 283 00:13:17,430 --> 00:13:19,699 I issued a bench warrant for your arrest. 284 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:21,868 I set another sentence compliance hearing, 285 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:23,503 at which time you appeared. 286 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:26,205 And again, you did not have the community 287 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:28,975 work service hours completed. 288 00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:33,446 I again gave you another break to perform community works, 289 00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:35,948 25 hours. 290 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,951 That's not even a work week! 291 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:43,656 25 hours of community work service. 292 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:46,793 There's a ton of agencies and organizations 293 00:13:46,893 --> 00:13:49,595 in this community that need help. 294 00:13:49,696 --> 00:13:53,066 And 25 hours is all I gave you. 295 00:13:53,199 --> 00:13:57,203 I gave you another extension. 296 00:13:57,270 --> 00:13:59,405 You failed to provide proof of work service, 297 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:01,274 failed to appear altogether. 298 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,710 I issued a bench warrant. 299 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,245 I should have you arrested right now. 300 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:09,348 ♪ ♪ 301 00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:13,152 So help me understand, before we move on to this new case, 302 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:16,322 why you have failed even to today 303 00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:18,391 to provide this court with proof 304 00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:21,194 of community work service. 305 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:22,995 - So-- [clears throat] 306 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:23,996 Sorry, sir. 307 00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:25,698 Um... 308 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,839 - We gave them to you three times! 309 00:14:32,905 --> 00:14:35,908 We gave new papers to you three times. 310 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:38,478 Each and every extension I gave you, 311 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:41,247 we gave you another set of documentation. 312 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,716 And you know what, the court doesn't move. 313 00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:46,119 It's still here. 314 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:50,123 You can come up to the window and get more paperwork. 315 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,525 So don't give me that as an excuse. 316 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,164 [boing] 317 00:14:58,264 --> 00:14:59,165 ♪ ♪ 318 00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:00,400 - Um... 319 00:15:00,466 --> 00:15:01,801 - Well-- 320 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,469 - I got. I got it in my-- 321 00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:04,570 - I don't have any paperwork. 322 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:05,571 - Oh, here. 323 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:06,572 Yeah. 324 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:07,707 Can you pass the paper? 325 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,242 I turned it in. 326 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:12,044 - You gave it to the clerk, and she gave it back to you? 327 00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:14,614 - Um, she gave me copies, yes. 328 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:19,919 ♪ ♪ 329 00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:21,721 - What year was this? In June-- 330 00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:22,755 - Last year. 331 00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:24,824 I got it done when I-- you're-- when 332 00:15:24,957 --> 00:15:26,426 you wanted me to get it done. 333 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:28,995 - Then why are you turning this in today? 334 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:30,396 - I turned it in yesterday. 335 00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:31,597 - Well, wh-- 336 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:35,201 - Because I lost it in between my books. 337 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,536 ♪ ♪ 338 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:38,037 - Look, Jenna. 339 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:43,709 I would not have yelled at you if I had that documentation. 340 00:15:43,843 --> 00:15:46,712 I may be yelling at my clerk staff for telling me-- 341 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:54,086 - OK. 342 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:56,155 Based on that paperwork, I do find you completed 343 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:58,257 community work service. 344 00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:00,526 OK, we're going to move on to the new case. 345 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:04,864 First charge of driving under FRA suspension, an unclassified 346 00:16:04,997 --> 00:16:08,034 misdemeanor, how do you plead? 347 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:09,402 - Guilty. 348 00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:13,172 - Charge of expired plates, minor misdemeanor, 349 00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:14,207 how do you plead? 350 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,641 - Guilty. 351 00:16:15,741 --> 00:16:18,478 - The judge accepts the defendant's guilty plea, 352 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:21,614 moves on to her sentencing. 353 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:25,318 - You're not going to like what I'm going to do to you. 354 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:27,587 On the driving under FRA suspension, 355 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,424 I'm ordering 50 hours of community service this time. 356 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:33,059 You should not have been driving 357 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:35,027 on the date of this offense. 358 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:38,831 And there's consequences for that. 359 00:16:38,898 --> 00:16:39,999 - I understand. 360 00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:42,168 - You do your community work service. 361 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:44,437 When you got them done on the paperwork, 362 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:46,172 don't wait until the hearing date. 363 00:16:46,272 --> 00:16:48,441 Give them to us as soon as possible. 364 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:51,043 ♪ ♪ 365 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:54,013 - And with that, Judge Iarocci comes 366 00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:59,352 out from behind the bench to console the tearful defendant. 367 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:02,154 Since she completed her community service hours, 368 00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:04,991 Peters' original case was dismissed. 369 00:17:05,091 --> 00:17:06,726 ♪ ♪ 370 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:09,629 She has four months to complete the 50 hours 371 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:13,032 of community service for her new case. 372 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:20,506 - Next, we head to Allegan, Michigan, for a hearing. 373 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,441 ♪ ♪ 374 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:26,212 58-year-old Hilario Nunemaker has been charged 375 00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:28,714 with impeding traffic and refusing 376 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:31,117 a preliminary breath test. 377 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:33,352 ♪ ♪ 378 00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:35,721 A month earlier, a county police officer 379 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:38,591 says he spotted Nunemaker sleeping at the wheel 380 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,560 while waiting at a red light. 381 00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:43,529 The officer pulled Nunemaker over 382 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:45,364 and asked him to complete a number 383 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:47,800 of field sobriety tests. 384 00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:51,037 When Nunemaker refused to take a preliminary breathalyzer 385 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:54,840 test, he was officially charged. 386 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:58,277 Today, Nunemaker appears without an attorney 387 00:17:58,344 --> 00:18:01,047 before Magistrate Daniel Norbeck 388 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,516 to discuss next steps in the case. 389 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:06,285 - Mr. Nunemaker, you are here on these citations. 390 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:08,554 What were you looking to do? 391 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:11,357 - Well, sir, I don't believe that I 392 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:12,725 should have been charged. 393 00:18:12,825 --> 00:18:16,529 I was waiting for the light, and it did not cycle. 394 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:21,367 So when he passed by me, I had set my head down for a moment 395 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:25,571 because I had to go to the bathroom, and I was praying. 396 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:28,074 - Did you explain to the deputy that you didn't think 397 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:30,843 the light cycled correctly? 398 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:35,848 - Not at all because I didn't think it was going to matter. 399 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:41,354 And I had to piss like a Russian racehorse. 400 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:45,825 So I figured, arrest me, or you're 401 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:49,128 going to give me a ticket because I'm not a trained dog. 402 00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:53,032 - Before making his decision, Magistrate Norbeck needs 403 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,600 a little more information. 404 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:56,335 - Let me ask you a question, Mr. Nunemaker. 405 00:18:56,435 --> 00:19:00,006 Did the deputy explain to you when he asked you for the PBT 406 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:04,176 that if you refused the PBT, there was a fine involved? 407 00:19:04,276 --> 00:19:06,712 - He may have said that. 408 00:19:06,846 --> 00:19:08,881 - He explained that to you, which he testified to, 409 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:10,416 and you're not denying. 410 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:13,419 Then you made that choice that you weren't a trained dog, 411 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:15,755 but that's going to cost you $135. 412 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,757 ♪ ♪ 413 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,992 As far as the impeding traffic-- 414 00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:21,327 - There was no traffic. 415 00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:22,862 We were the only ones in there. 416 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,597 I wasn't impeding anyone. 417 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:27,800 The fact of the matter is that there was no vehicle behind me 418 00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:29,535 until he pulled up. 419 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:31,837 And the light had not changed. 420 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:33,039 ♪ ♪ 421 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:34,907 - Deputy, did you have any indi-- 422 00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:37,810 any indication any time after this, there's something 423 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:38,878 wrong with that light? 424 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:41,047 It wasn't cycling correctly? 425 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:42,848 - No, Your Honor. 426 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:44,050 ♪ ♪ 427 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:45,885 - So for those reasons, I would find 428 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:48,688 you responsible, Mr. Nunemaker, on both of these tickets 429 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:50,756 as they were cited. 430 00:19:50,823 --> 00:19:52,591 - Nunemaker does not seem happy 431 00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:54,193 with the judge's decision. 432 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:55,394 - I'd like to continue. 433 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:56,796 The argument here is that-- 434 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:59,365 - No, sir. The time for argument is done. 435 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:01,000 I've made my finding. 436 00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:02,668 ♪ ♪ 437 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:04,003 All right. 438 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,304 Then we're all set for what we need to do here 439 00:20:05,438 --> 00:20:06,405 today, gentlemen. 440 00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:07,406 I'm going to release the parties. 441 00:20:07,473 --> 00:20:09,208 Thank you. 442 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:11,811 - The magistrate ruled in favor of the state. 443 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:16,115 Nunemaker was ordered to pay $260 in fines, 444 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:17,683 which he did. 445 00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:19,351 ♪ ♪ 446 00:20:19,452 --> 00:20:20,920 That's it for this edition of "Court Cam." 447 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:22,154 I'm Dan Abrams. 448 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:23,956 Thanks for watching. 449 00:20:24,023 --> 00:20:27,026 [static buzzing]