How To Avoid Testifying In Court
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:46 am
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/23/ ... ourt-room/
Bug-Infested Witness Shuts Down Detroit Court Room
August 23, 2012 2:32 PM
DETROIT (WWJ) – A court room in Detroit’s 36th District Court is closed after officials say a bug-infested man showed up for proceedings.
Judge Cylenthia Miller chose to evacuate the court and send her staff home after a bailiff spotted the man with insects crawling on him.
His daughter told the Detroit News he has a bedbug problem at his home, but a court staffer talking to WWJ Newsradio 950 said it’s not yet clear what kind of bugs were on the man — indicating that they also could have been cockroaches or fleas.
The man was reportedly there to serve as a witness in a case.
A pest control company has been called in to spray. It was unclear when Judge Miller’s court room would reopen.
Gives me the heebie-jeebies. I wonder if he was thinking one day, "Eh, they're not that bad." 