Hit and Run, The Conclusion

A long time ago, a little while back, a South side genius got screwed up on everything he could lay his happy hands on and manged to wander into Sylvania, Ohio, where he drove through Main Lady's front yard with reckless abandon, smacked into her happy home and promptly took to his heels.  You can read all about it if you've a mind to in this entry: Hit and Run, which comes complete with photos.

The other day Main Lady got a call from the Sylvania Court.  It seems that the wheels of justice have finally completed one revolution, the guilty party is going to be sentenced and has she ever been reimbursed for the damage this pinhead caused?  No, she hasn't.  Curiosity prompted me to see what was up, and after a complex search here's what I was able to find out.


This whole business took over two years to before it cleared the milestone of sentencing.  Now the joker has to make restitution.  Fat chance.  Anyway, here's the step by painful step of the entire process as gathered from the docket of the Sylvania Court system.

04/13/2010
Case Was Filed With Court
Case Set For A Arraignment On 04/16/2010 At 8:30 Am
Address Changed From: No Street!!!
No C/S/Z!!!

04/16/2010
City Of Sylvania Copy Fee $ 1.00
License Forf/Bench Warrant Issued $ 20.00
Warrant Was Issued For Defendant For Arraig A-E $2500/Blk

05/06/2010
Case Set For A Arraignment On 05-12-2010 At 8:30 Am
Defendant Released On O.R. Bond By Syl City Police
Warrant Was Recalled

05/12/2010
License Forf/Bench Warrant Issued $ 20.00
Warrant Was Issued For Defendant For Fta A-E $2500

05/14/2010
Warrant Was Recalled

02/08/2012
Warrant Was Recalled
Case Set For A Arraignment On 02/13/2012 At 8:30 Am
Defendant Released O.R. Bond By:Syl City
Faxed Copy Of Recognizance Attached To Case, Lah
Address Changed From: [REDACTED - MJ]
Phone # Changed From [REDACTED - MJ]

02/17/2012
License Forf/Bench Warrant Issued $ 20.00
Warrant Was Issued For Defendant For Arr A-C $2500/Blk

03/16/2012
Warrant Was Recalled
Case Set For A Arraignment On 03/16/2012 At 10:00 Am
Deft To Be Held At: Lucas Co , By Smc
Deft Held, Bond $ 2,500.00, Total 2,500.00, 10%? N
In Pt Bed Mrc
Case Set For A Obtain Attorney On 03-23-2012 At 8:30 Am
Deft To Be Held At: Lucas Co , By Smc
Deft Held, Bond $ 2,500.00, Total 2,500.00, 10%? N
In Pt Bed. *Doyle Hold Until 4-25-12 Mrc
Gayle W/Special Master Doyle Notified - Hold Until 4-25-12 Mrc

03/19/2012
Bond Posted By Wittenberg Bonding Co For $2,500, Ct Dt:
03/23/12 @ 8:30am Atty. Lah
Original Power Of Attorney Recieved From:
And Attached To Case Lah
Bond - Receipt No. 1204939 In The Amount Of $ 25.00

03/23/2012
Case Set For Obtain Attorney On 03/30/2012 At 2:00 Pm

03/29/2012
Case Set For A Pre-Trial On 04-27-2012 At 2:00 Pm

04/27/2012
Case Set For A Sent Probation On 06/11/2012 At 2:30 Pm
Psi Date Set: 05/15/2012 ;Sentence Date Set: 06/11/2012

05/31/2012
Address Changed From: [REDACTED - MJ]
Phone # Changed From [REDACTED - MJ]

06/11/2012
Stay Date: 07/11/2012
Moving Violation Costs $ 93.00
Ovi Fine 1st Offense $ 425.00
Def. Pled No Contest, Found G, Fine 625.00, Susp 200.00
Costs 154.00, Susp .00
Jail 35, Susp 30, Ol Susp From 04/12/2010 To 12/08/2010
Special Conditions:
200 Susp On Cond Deft Att Dui Prog, Days Susp On Conds
1) No Alco/Drug Rel Off 3 Years
2) Completes Drug Treatment
3) Completes Alcohol Treatment
4) Completes Drug Screens
5) Makes $585 Restitution, 8 Month License Suspension
Probation Fee 30.00
Address Changed From: [REDACTED - MJ]

06/12/2012
Release Of Warrant Block Sent To Bmv

Two years and two months later this choir boy gone wrong gets off with a suspended sentence, drug and alcohol treatment and has to pass a series of drug screens.  After that he's free to resume his previous lifestyle.  My only thought is that with a DUI charge on his record he'll have a hard time getting insurance in the future, but then he'll likely just drive without it.

It took two years for our lousy court system to deal with this meatball who was so screwed up that he took out a stop sign and slammed into Main Lady's house.  You know how screwed up you have to be in order to pull something like this off?  I don't think I've ever been that hammered in my entire life!

My hard spot with this is that the punishment is completely ineffective.  It took the court system over two years to deal with something that should take two weeks at the very most.  Suspending the man's license for 8 months is not going to prevent him from driving.  He can get behind the wheel of a car anytime at all and play dodge 'em with the local police - and even if the police see him driving, how will they know he's an unlicensed driver?  The same it true for auto insurance.  It's against the law in the State of Ohio to drive without auto insurance, but that law doesn't stop anyone from driving without it.  They'll just drive the car anyway and avoid accidents.

Now, if this man had been made to sit in jail all this time I'll bet the whole business would have been over and done with in two weeks, instead of two years.