(high energy music)
Hello good morning your honor.
Good morning sir.
Mr. Stocky you are charged with disorderly conduct.
Yes sir.
Now I want you to know that you have the right
to be represented by an attorney.
You have the presumption of innocence.
You have the right to have the city prove each
and every allegation beyond a reasonable doubt.
You have the right to present witnesses
on your own behalf and you have the right to cross-examine
witnesses who may testify against you.
Do you understand that?
Yes sir.
And you have the right against self-incrimination
which means you don't have to say anything.
Do you understand that?
Yes I understand sir.
Okay can you afford an attorney?
I can afford
Okay.
an attorney.
I noticed so you're not from Rhode Island?
That's correct sir.
[Judge] Alright.
Do you work here?
I was hired to DJ at Lupos for a night.
I'm gonna tell you what the police say okay?
Okay.
The police were on a detail at about
2 o'clock in the morning at Lupos night club.
And a Joseph Stocky was kicked out of the nightclub
for attempting to fight a bouncer.
Once you removed from the nightclub
you became increasivly aggressive toward police.
Mr. Stocky began screaming and threatening
police as well as nightclub employees.
He raised his voice several times
in an attempt to gather a crowd.
At this time he was placed in custody
charged with disorderly conduct.
(clearing throat)
Is there anything you wanna say about that?
You understand you have the
right against self-incrimination,
you don't have to say anything, you understand that?
No, I'd like to say something on my behalf.
Alright now speak loudly and slowly so I can hear you.
Okay so I was Djing at Lupos I drove eight hours
to DJ and it was last call.
So I went to the bar and I tried to get
two females a drink that I was there with.
And the bartender told me no it's last call.
I'm not like servin' anymore drinks.
So I walked to the other side of the club
'cause there was two bars in the club.
And I asked that bartender for a drinks
and he said sure, but the other bartender
came over to the other side of the bar
and he said no I already told this kid
he can't have any drinks.
So I was like what's the problem?
And he was like get him out of here.
And they throw me out.
And then I tried to get back into the establishment
so I could talk to the promoter so I could get paid
for my DJ services, but everyone wanted me
off the property and then I did have an infantile reaction
to the situation.
But you were the DJ.
Yes.
Oh, did you ever get paid?
No.
To this day you still haven't been paid?
No.
Hmm.
How many drinks did you have that night?
I was a little tipsy for sure and that played a role.
But I knew that as soon as I read the report.
We have what we call alcoholic muscles down here.
Yes.
I read the report, I looked at you,
and I read the report and it said
that Mr. Stocky wanted to fight one of the bouncers.
It's been my experience the bouncers
are always you know they're over 6 feet they have,
they're muscular alright, and you wanted to fight
the bouncer?
It didn't go well.
[Judge] If you've got a good left torque
I'm not sure right?
I don't think that was a good idea.
No.
What you think inspector Quinn?
It was not a good idea.
(laughing)
Was the bouncer bigger than inspector Quinn?
About the same size.
Yeah.
(laughing)
You think you can take him?
Well.
Nah.
He'll go home in struts.
It's not, who knows, I don't know?
(laughing)
Inspector Quinn, you must have a recommendation
on this matter?
I do Your Honor.
I, based on the no previous history with police
the one charge he did have was dismissed
with prejudice, the city will offer a six month filing
with a $35 court cost on a nolo plea.
Or actually he can come back for trial.
Inspector Quinn I would say that 99%
of the time that I
I accept your recommendation.
And usually we're on the same wavelength.
But I think given the circumstances
of this case he was working there.
He didn't threaten anybody.
'Cause nobody was placed in any danger.
It was all verbal, he just ran his mouth.
He had a few drinks and he ran his mouth.
And while words alone don't constitute
an assault, they don't count student offenses,
even though words may be offensive,
they really don't constitute an offense.
So he didn't get paid, he got banged around,
he spent a night in jail, I think
you've been punished enough.
Thank you Your Honor.
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Henry Taylor.
Mr. Taylor is charged with failure to move.
It was a capias issued for his arrest 'cause he failed
to to appear in court.
Did he appear voluntarily this morning?
Yes your honor.
Alright, then I'm gonna vacate the capias.
Yes Your Honor, the city would request
that we do remove the capias.
Mr. Taylor came and I believe it was last week,
had a chance to speak with the court,
Your Honor he is inpatient treatment.
He was unable to make the court date that day.
He did go out of his way to come down
to make an appointment with the court.
At which time I advised him to come in today
speak with counsel and we would rectify this matter
before the court.
How's he plead counsel?
Your honor we would move to continue it
for 6 to 8 weeks.
No, excuse me.
I plead guilty Your Honor.
Get in front of the mike.
Excuse me.
Your honor I'm guilty of what happened.
You know I take full responsibility,
you know due to the drugs and the alcohol.
You know I put myself in a bad space,
but I'm, where I'm at now I'm workin'
to fix my life so I can be a productive member of society.
You know, if the court would have some mercy on me
I would appreciate it.
What are you doing to turn your life around?
Oh, I'm in sobriety, I'm in the Providence Center
Road to Recovery.
Okay we have a letter from the Providence
Center saying that indeed you are seeking help there
and that you're doing pretty well
from what I can read here.
Mr. Taylor, we've taken the position this court
and inspector Quinn has always recommended
that we give everyone a chance, particularly those
who express a strong desire to turn their lives around.
We understand that some people you know have problems,
and as the old saying is not really a sin to get
knocked down or ashamed, but the sin
is not getting back up.
So you're making an attempt to get back up,
Absolutely.
And we wanna
help you in that pursuit.
Absolutely.
Right.
And we applaud you and we encourage you
and we will be rooting for you as well.
So we're gonna give you an opportunity
to come back, I'm gonna continue with six weeks.
You can show us that you're on that road,
I'll dismiss it.
Thank you Your Honor.
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