A Maine man who participated in Co-Occurring Disorders Court, pled guilty on Monday to robbing an Augusta convenience story and also delivered a powerful speech at his sentencing, this is what the Judge had to say.
Wow. That was a quick day at court. This post is a follow up to a previous story about contesting a ticket I received in Monmouth for an expired inspection sticker back in July.
Last July, July 24th to be exact, I was driving into work and overlooked my expired inspection sticker. I was pulled over in Monmouth on Route 202 on the Monmouth/Winthrop line and got a ticket or I guess in my case a summons for $133 for an expired sticker.
I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday who works for the Augusta Police Department and was asking about police policy on cell phone use in vehicles. I recently heard that someone got pulled over looking at their phone at the Bangor Street/North Belfast Avenue stop light. That person got a $300 fine! So, here's the deal.
Dawn Zammuto had faced eviction from her mobile home when the landlord had said she had broken her lease by allowing her daughter's service dog to stay in her home for five days last month during a visit. The landlords claimed she had broken the no pets clause in her lease.
Maine's Supreme Judicial Court today (Jan. 30) ruled that a transgender girl's rights were violated when the fifth-grader was required to use a staff rest room instead of the girls' bathroom.