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[dramatic music]

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- Hi, everyone, I'm Dan Abrams,
and this is "Court Cam."

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- You should be ashamed
of yourself.

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- I want dude off my case.
[spits]

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- Got a runner.

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[people yelling]

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- This is not TV court.
This is for real.

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- First up,
we head to Wichita, Kansas,

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for a sentencing.

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19-year-old Te'Bryis Robinson
has pled no contest

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to second-degree murder,

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attempted
second-degree murder,

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and aggravated battery.

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Three years earlier,
Robinson was in a mall when,

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according to police reports,
a fight broke out

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between two groups of teens.

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That's when police
say Robinson,

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who was 16 at the time,

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and not associated
with either group,

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took out a gun
and began shooting,

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hitting 14-year-old
TrenJ'vious Hutton

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in the chest, killing him.

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With help from eyewitnesses,
police identified

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Robinson as the shooter.

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He was soon arrested.

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He was initially charged
with first-degree murder

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and criminal use of a weapon
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was facing a possible
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But Robinson,
who was charged as an adult,

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took a deal from the state
where, in exchange

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for pleading no contest
to the lesser charges,

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he would receive
a sentence of anywhere

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from 10 to 25 years in prison.

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Today, he appears
in a packed courtroom

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before Judge Jeffrey Goering
to hear his sentence.

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But first, the victim's
mother, Jeanette Dees,

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delivers an emotional
victim impact statement.

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- When she finishes
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words are exchanged
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- While a deputy tries
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the judge asks two of
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to leave the courtroom.

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- Just as things appear to be
calming down, this happens.

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- Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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[shouting]

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Stop! Stop!

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- Hey!

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- After this man from the
victim's side of the gallery

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punches a guy from
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the courtroom
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[shouting]

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Another man from the victim's
side throws a few punches...

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- Stop!

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- While several deputies
try to break things up.

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- Stop!

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Come on.

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- Back up.

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- This mother and her baby

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even get mixed up
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- Stop!

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Come on.

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- Back up.

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[shouting]

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- While mother and child
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deputies continue trying
to break up the fight.

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[shouting]

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The victim's mother even
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Before deputies
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After several members
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are removed
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Judge Goering calls
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to 21 years
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He will not be
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As for the people involved
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The county sheriff's office
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five adults and one juvenile
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and their sentences
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Next, we go
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for a pretrial conference.

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60-year-old Gregory Johnson
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with felony failure
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Four years earlier, Johnson,
who was over $10,000 behind

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in payments, was arrested for
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and released on $3,000 bond.

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If found guilty at trial,
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a potential maximum sentence
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But the state is offering
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in exchange for pleading
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version of the charge,
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would be delayed
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During that time,
if he can pay down

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what he owes to $8,000,
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to misdemeanor
disorderly conduct.

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Today, Johnson
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before Judge Michael Olsaver
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He's represented by public
defender Rhonda Underwood.

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The prosecutor
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- We can't--we can't see
you anymore, Mr. Johnson.

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There you are.

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- Mr. Johnson,
is it your intention

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to plead guilty today
to count one,

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failing to pay child support?

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- Yes, I accept the plea.

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- Is it your intention
to plead guilty today?

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- [sighs]
Yes, I accept the plea.

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- If a guilty plea is accepted,
there will be no trial.

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That means you're giving up
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would have had at trial.

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You do have the right
to a spee--

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- Mr. Johnson, if you're
going to interrupt me,

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I'm going to hold
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- I'm sorry.

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- This is not a funny matter.

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How do you wish
to plead to the charge

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that you did commit
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to pay child support?

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- I accept the plea.

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- If you want to plead guilty,
you need to say guilty.

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- Do you want me to say guilty?

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Okay, fine.

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- Mr. Johnson--
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so if that's--if that's
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Mr. Johnson, then I'm going to
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and we'll proceed to trial
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- No, I want the deal.

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- Then you need to admit
what you did.

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- Mr. Johnson.

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- Mr. Johnson, did you pay
that child support or not?

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If you did not,
then you need to say--

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- I was unable.

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No, I did not, okay?

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- So is that a guilty?

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- We're not--we're not
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The record is already
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- I'm guilty of
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that set this thing.

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- Mr.--Mr. Johnson,
please do not interrupt me.

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- Judge Olsaver seems to
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with the defendant.

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- I do not believe that
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today, to this point,
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to accept a guilty plea.

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Mr. Johnson has not indicated--

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- Yes, guilty.

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- Mr. Johnson has not
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to plead guilty and admit
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a guilty plea in this case.

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Trial is scheduled for
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- Guilty, I plead guilty.

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- I've made my decision
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If--

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- I plead guilty today.

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- Mr. Johnson, you interrupt me
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I'm going to hold you
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and sentence you to 30 days
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I am done.

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This hearing is concluded.

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Please log out.

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- A week later,
Johnson pled guilty

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and was allowed
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And a year after that,
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The case is now closed.

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- Next,
we're in Houston, Texas,

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for a bond violation hearing.

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29-year-old
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has been charged with theft.

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Three months earlier, police
say Warzybok, a single mother,

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stole a sweater valued
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from a department store.

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She was arrested
and released on a $100 bond,

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but after Warzybok failed to
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the bond was increased
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Then, after failing to appear
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the bond was revoked
and she was arrested.

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Today, Warzybok appears
before Judge David Fleischer

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to discuss
next steps in her case.

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She's represented
by attorney Sean Darvishi.

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- Ms. Warzybok.
- Yes, sir.

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- Good morning.

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How's jail?

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- [chuckles] Right.

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It's supposed to.

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It's not supposed to be fun.
- Yeah.

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- Problem is, is every time
we give you a bond,

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you have, like, little wings.

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You take flight.

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- I don't take flight.

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It's just--okay, so--

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- Okay, you don't--
technically, you don't show up.

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- To be real with you,
my transmission on my car

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literally did break down
last time.

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- Take a bus. Phone a friend.

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- But where I live,
it didn't have a bus route.

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But I do have Uber
already in, ready,

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already scheduled,
so there's no chance

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that I'm missing bond.

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- You fool me once,
shame on you.

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Fool me twice, shame on me.

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Fool me thrice, what is it?

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You've taken off on me
three different times,

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and you want me to give you
a fourth bond, really?

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The last time I let you out,
we had the same conversation

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we're having now.

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- I don't believe it.

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You've sold me
the snake oil before.

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- Instead of sending Warzybok
straight to jail,

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Judge Fleischer suggests
an alternative solution.

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- What I would like to do,
perhaps, do a T-RAS.

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Let's see what they say,
and we'll go from there.

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They may say, okay, let's get
her to do outpatient treatment.

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They may say, let's get her
to do inpatient treatment.

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They may say,
she needs no treatment.

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- Can I take the conviction?

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I know, I understand
what I'm looking at.

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- I don't want to say that.

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- I understand what
I'm looking at.

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- You need to talk
with Sean about that.

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- It seems Warzybok
would rather plead guilty

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and serve jail time

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than consider
the judge's offer.

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- Please, Judge, please.

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I know what I'm looking at.

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I'm comfortable
with that charge on there.

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I know it looks bad, I do.

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- Okay, so let's do this.

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Let's do a deferred, where
it stays off your record.

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- I want it
on my record, though.

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I want that on my record,
and I want to take that on.

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I do. I really do.

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No, I do.

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I do.
I want to--

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- Nice talking.

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Let me know what you
want to do, Sean.

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- After speaking
with her attorney,

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Warzybok decides
to accept the deal

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previously offered to her
by the state.

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- The agreement that you
worked is, nine days in jail,

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credit for the seven days
that you've done,

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but this is going to trail you
for the rest of your life.

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Once you plead guilty,
you can never take it off.

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Are you sure you
want to do this?

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- I'm positive.

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How do you plead to the
offense, guilty or not guilty?

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- Guilty.
- I'm going to find you guilty.

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- Warzybok served two more
days in jail and was released.

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The theft conviction
remains on her record,

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and the case is now closed.

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- Next, we go to
Detroit, Michigan,

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for a bond violation hearing.

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28-year-old Akil Jones
has been charged

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with assault with a dangerous
weapon and domestic violence.

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Two weeks earlier, police say
Jones got into an altercation

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with his girlfriend
and was arrested,

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pled not guilty,
and released on $10,000 bond.

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As part of his
bond conditions,

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Jones was ordered
to have no contact

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with the alleged victim,
to wear a GPS tether,

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and be placed on house arrest,

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with the court allowing
exceptions for court visits,

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medical appointments,
and for the defendant

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to care for his ailing mother.

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But when a reading
from his tether

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placed him at a liquor store,

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he was taken back
into custody.

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Today, Jones appears from jail
before Judge Kenneth King

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to hear if his bond
will be revoked.

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He's represented
by attorney Sarah Krause.

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- Ms. Krause, is he pleading
guilty to the violation?

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- He would like
to offer a plea of guilty

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with an explanation, Judge.

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He is allowed
out of house arrest.

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He has an ill mother who,
he acts as her caregiver.

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She is in the process
of moving right now.

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- I'm sorry,
does his ill mother

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live at the liquor store?

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- It was a CVS.

302
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A liquor store is connected
to it on the other side.

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- Jones is claiming that
the liquor store in question

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is attached to the pharmacy,

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where he was buying medical
supplies for his mother.

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But Judge King doesn't
seem to be buying it.

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- What he doesn't understand
is that the tether

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was not a right.

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It was a privilege.

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- I do understand that.

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Your Honor--

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- Mr. Jones, I would advise you
not to speak at this time,

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but if you choose otherwise,
that's up to you.

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- Yes, I choose otherwise,
because it's a lot of things

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you don't understand.

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Judge, this is not a case of me
going to the liquor store

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and just staying out and going
and hanging and riding around.

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That's not what this was.

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This was me helping
my mother out.

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That's the God honest truth.

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I'm asking for leniency

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because she really
do need my help.

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I'm the only one that
she has right now.

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00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:28,835
- Ms. Krause, can you give me

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Mom's phone number,
if you have it?

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♪ ♪

328
00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:34,774
- Judge, I do not
have it right now.

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- We'll put you in a breakout
room, let him give it to you,

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and then you can
send it to me, okay?

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- When Jones and his attorney
return from the breakout room,

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Judge King calls
the defendant's mother

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to verify her son's story.

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And after just a few minutes,
the judge seems to have

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what he's looking for.

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- So, Mr. Jones,
there's a couple of things

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you need to know about me.

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One is that
I'm far from stupid,

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and two, I don't like
to be lied to.

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So it's very important that

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you be completely honest
with me right now.

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When you got to your mother's,
where did you go?

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- I went to a CVS.

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- I walked
with my little sister.

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♪ ♪

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- I just got off the phone
with your mother.

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♪ ♪

348
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So let's try it again.

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How did you get
where you were going?

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- Oh, a--yeah, a friend--
a friend had a--

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okay, I remember now, okay.

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♪ ♪

353
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So, Ms. Krause,
I cannot trust this man.

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♪ ♪

355
00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,363
- Hey, what did I do
to you, man?

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♪ ♪

357
00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:08,134
- First of all,
I'm not your man.

358
00:16:08,234 --> 00:16:10,002
- No, you're not
my man, obviously.

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00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:11,971
But I'm saying,
what did I do to you,

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because I went
to a liquor store,

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and I forgot that I went there?

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♪ ♪

363
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$25,000?

364
00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:21,848
- Is that not enough?
You want to try 50,000?

365
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- Do your thing, my partner.

366
00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:24,617
You already did the worst.

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00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:25,618
You can't--

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- 50,000, 50,000 cash.

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- Do 100,000.

370
00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,158
Do 100,000.
- Okay.

371
00:16:32,258 --> 00:16:34,393
That's even better,
100,000 cash surety.

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♪ ♪

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He's all set.

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Bye, bye.

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♪ ♪

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00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:46,005
- A month later, a different
judge lowered Jones's bond

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to $50,000, and he was
released with the condition

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that he wear a GPS tether.

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He later pled guilty
to domestic violence,

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and the assault charge
was dismissed.

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His sentence is pending.

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- Next, we head
to Newaygo, Michigan,

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for a collections hearing.

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56-year-old Charles McCuaig
has pled guilty

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to disturbing the peace.

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00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:17,403
Three years earlier, McCuaig
was arrested and charged

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with two counts of resisting
or obstructing an officer

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and disturbing the peace

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when he got into
a physical confrontation

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with two officers at his home.

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He was released
on a $750 cash bond

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and later
accepted a deal where,

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in exchange
for his guilty plea,

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the resisting or obstructing
charges were dropped.

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McCuaig was sentenced
to five days in jail

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with credit
for five days time served

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and ordered to pay over $1,000
in court costs and fines.

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But when he failed to pay,

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he was ordered back
into court.

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Today, McCuaig appears
without an attorney

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00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:55,641
before Judge
Robert Springstead

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to discuss next steps
in his case.

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00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:02,882
- Mr. McCuaig, we called you
into court to talk about--

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- To get some of these
financial assessments paid.

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00:18:24,570 --> 00:18:26,505
- We're not here to
relitigate the case.

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00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,278
♪ ♪

407
00:18:32,378 --> 00:18:34,313
- So you indicated that
you're on disability.

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00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:37,216
- Okay, how much is your
disability allowance?

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00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:42,288
- Do you have other expenses
that you're responsible for?

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00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:56,402
- So are you willing
to share

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00:18:56,569 --> 00:18:57,603
any other
additional information?

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00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:00,239
- About your monthly
expenses, sir?

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00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:07,680
- The defendant asks
his 89-year-old mother,

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whom he lives with,
to help explain

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00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:12,151
his finances to the judge.

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00:19:14,954 --> 00:19:16,555
- Sir, stop.
I'm talking to her.

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00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:20,393
You asked me to talk to her,
so I'm talking to her.

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00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,329
All right, he indicated that
his disability is about

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$600 a month.
Is that right?

420
00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:26,966
- Yes.
- Okay.

421
00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:29,335
He indicates that he pays
about half the house payment,

422
00:19:29,435 --> 00:19:31,203
which is about $250 a month.

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00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:33,706
Is that about right?
- Yeah.

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00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:36,642
- All right, so here's what
we're going to do, Mr. McCuaig.

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00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:40,246
I am not going to hold you
in contempt of court today.

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00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:42,748
I'm going to put you
on a payment plan.

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00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:46,352
And if you do not
make the payment plan,

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then you're going to
give the court no option

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00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:50,823
but to hold you
in contempt of court.

430
00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:54,593
I'm going to order that
you pay $5 a month.

431
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:56,996
As long as you pay $5 a month,
you'll never hear

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00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:58,564
another word from the court.

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00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:01,634
♪ ♪

434
00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:03,436
- Well, they're going to hear
from me in federal court.

435
00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:05,571
Thanks for extending
this two years.

436
00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:06,839
- All right.

437
00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:09,675
So $5 a month going forward,

438
00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:11,377
and you won't hear
from us again.

439
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:13,412
That's all for today.

440
00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:14,947
- If McCuaig misses any

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00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:16,449
payments and the judge holds

442
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:18,317
him in contempt, he could be

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sentenced to up to

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93 days in jail.

445
00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:24,757
That's it for this edition
of "Court Cam."

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I'm Dan Abrams.
Thanks for watching.

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