District Judge Amber Wolf literally asked if she was in the Twilight Zone in her Louisville, Kentucky, courtroom Friday, when a woman who had been in jail for three days was hauled into court wearing athletic shorts so short that it looked like she wasn’t wearing pants. The woman was jailed for failing to complete a diversion program related to a first-time shoplifting charge from 2014, had been jailed for three days without a change of clothes. According to her lawyer, she had asked for a jumpsuit and was denied feminine hygiene products by the Jefferson County Jail. Wolf got out her cellphone and immediately called the jail to find out why there was a female defendant standing in front of her with no pants on. “What the hell is going on? I’m holding her here until she is dressed appropriately to go back to jail. This is outrageous,” she said. A jail spokesman aid it was “pretty standard that when individuals are arrested, they remain in the clothing that they’ve been arrested in, especially for the first 72 hours.” But Metro Corrections Deputy Director Dwayne Clark seemed to contradict that. “Dressed like she was, she should have been changed into a jumpsuit,” he said. Judge Wolf asked that someone bring something to cover the woman and ruled that she be released from jail with time served and a $100 fine.
A mom’s night out to see the movie “Bad Moms” took a twist when seven Lincoln women were kicked out of East Park Cinema for being what theater management considered bad moms. The babysitter one of the women had lined up canceled at the last minute, so she took her 9-month-old along to Saturday’s 10:15 p.m. showing of the movie described as a lewd but safe comedy. Marcus Theatres’ policy is that no child younger than 6 can attend an R-rated movie — even with a parent. Alexis Plouzek, one of the group of mothers who went to the movie, said the baby hadn’t made a peep when theater management asked his mother to leave. The women, all neighbors in the Links at HiMark, set the date for their night out in May and bought tickets for “Bad Moms” well in advance. That was before a security guard approached them after they were seated. The baby’s mother wrote on her Facebook page, “I was told due to the policy I needed to leave or the cops would be called. They were concerned with the content my child would be viewing. I informed him, my child would be sleeping within minutes, not only would he not be watching the movie but he also would not be disturbing to other patrons.”“I stood up and with the 20-ish people in the theater (I) asked very kindly if anyone would like me to leave, I clearly would. … everyone cheered and said ‘let her stay.” When they asked about the consistency of enforcement, the assistant manager of the theater reportedly said she probably would have gotten away with taking her baby to the movie if she had smuggled him in.
Pokemon Go? How about Pokemon No! Families in St. Clair Shores said they’ve had enough and want the city to do something about all the people playing Pokemon Go in their neighborhood. Some of those families say the Pokemon Go players are out of control and are out at a park near their homes playing late into the night. They’re upset that Wahbee Park on Jefferson between Nine and 10 Mile roads is left in a mess night after night. This is the same park where a few players were ticketed earlier this month. Neighbors said sometimes there are as many as 500 cars near the park. As Pokemon Go grows in popularity, so do the number of visitors to the park. The game lets players capture, battle and train virtual creatures in the real world. Wahbee Park alone has twelve Pokestops. But people who live there are not entertained by the hundreds who visit. Citizens say some players are rude and trespass on private property. Once police arrived, the crowds clear out, but homeowners note the players always come back.
