All posts containing the tag: "misdemeanor"
Posted Nov 12th 2009 12:38AM by TMZ Staff
Those awful Balloon Boy parents are finally going to fess up to what we've all suspected for weeks -- that they're guilty of engineering the entire hoax.
Richard Heene's attorney issued a statement explaining how Richard will plead guilty Friday morning to an offense of attempting to influence a public servant -- a felony. His wife, Mayumi, will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities -- a misdemeanor.
The Heenes could receive jail time for the charges stemming from the infamous Oct. 15 incident, but Richard's attorney claims the prosecutor has only recommended probation.
The attorney also claims the couple agreed to the deal because Mayumi was afraid of being deported. The lawyer explained that she's currently a Japanese citizen and "any felony conviction or certain misdemeanors would result in her deportation, even though her husband and children are Americans."
Wonder if they would send her back in a balloon?
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Balloon Boy
Tags: balloon boy, BalloonBoy, guilty, hoax, mayumi, misdemeanor, richard heene, RichardHeene
Posted Apr 26th 2009 3:40PM by TMZ Staff
We've learned Casey Aldridge was charged with careless operation of a motor vehicle (a misdemeanor) after this morning's crash -- and no other car was involved.
Cops tell TMZ Casey was driving on the LA 606, which is in the Tensas Parish in Louisiana, when he lost control of his F-250 at around 1:30 AM. Law enforcement sources say Casey was initially taken to the Riverland Medical Facility in Ferriday, LA -- which is right across the border from Mississippi.
19-year-old Casey is currently at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.
UPDATE: Cops tell us there were three other passengers in the truck with Casey -- but Casey's injuries were the most serious.
Story Developing...
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: accident, casey aldridge, CaseyAldridge, crash, Ferriday LA, FerridayLa, jamie lynn spears, JamieLynnSpears, lousiana, misdemeanor, Mississippi, Riverland Medical Facility, RiverlandMedicalFacility, University of Mississippi Medical Center, UniversityOfMississippiMedicalCenter, wreck
Posted Apr 14th 2009 1:20PM by TMZ Staff
Kenley "Cat Thrower" Collins from "Project Runway" has been ordered by a judge to stay away from her former fiance for two years after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct.
Kenley -- the trash-talking, third place loser from season five of "Runway" -- was arrested last month after attacking her sleeping ex-fiance with the house cat. For good measure, she threw a laptop, several apples and water at her guy.
The fiance is history, but sadly the cat may still be hers.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & Weird, Critters
Tags: arrest, cat thrower, cat throwing, CatThrower, CatThrowing, kenley collins, misdemeanor, project runway, ProjectRunway
Posted Mar 9th 2009 5:10PM by TMZ Staff
Sources tell TMZ Chris Brown would cop a plea, but only to a misdemeanor and with no jail time. After we broke the story yesterday AM it has triggered a passionate public reaction.
We're told Brown's people have consulted with outside legal eagles -- including law school professors -- who have said Rihanna's own aggressiveness takes it out of the felony category. Sources say Rihanna was the first one to strike -- slapping and striking Brown "numerous times" while he was drivΩing, after seeing the text message from another woman. And Rihanna was fighting Brown as he punched and hurt her. We're told much of this is reflected in the official police report based on what Rihanna told cops. As a result, they say, this is not a case that demands a felony plea.
On the other side, there are plenty of cases in which the woman engages the man in a fight but the jury convicts the male because it was an unfair fight and the man could have walked away. The photographs of Rihanna -- the most graphic of which have not been seen by the public -- demonstrate Brown's superior strength. Add to that the fact that Brown had no significant injuries and it presents problems for him.
Perhaps worse for Brown, sources tell TMZ Rihanna told cops he had beaten her before and the violence had been escalating.
And there's this. According to the detective's note filed with the search warrant papers, Brown sent a text message to Rihanna's assistant in which he apologized for what he had done to Rihanna and said he was getting help. That would be admissible in court and extremely damaging -- as a legal admission.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rihanna, Chris Brown
Tags: breezy, brown, chris and rihanna, chris brown, chris brown jail time, chris brown misdemeanor, ChrisAndRihanna, ChrisBrown, ChrisBrownJailTime, ChrisBrownMisdemeanor, detectives, domestic violence, DomesticViolence, fight, jail time, JailTime, legal woes, LegalWoes, misdemeanor, plea deal, PleaDeal, rhianna, rianna, Rihanna, riri
