Kimberly Readus. Canton's special child. Last seen calling an elderly woman a "baboon's ass" as she tried to walk out of the courthouse with unsealed ballot boxes on election night last May. Madison Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger fined her $1,000 and issued three thirty-day sentences against her after she was convicted of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and providing false information yesterday.
WLBT reported earlier this year:
"A member of the Canton Democratic Municipal Executive Committee was arrested late Tuesday night in the Madison County courthouse when a disagreement about vote counting led to an altercation.JJ posted back then:
Witnesses told Madison County deputies that 41-year-old Kimberly Readus was involved in an altercation with an elderly woman, when Readus and other committee members attempted to leave the courthouse with unsealed ballot boxes.
Bystanders added that Readus and the other committee members were attempting to leave the courthouse before completing the vote count.
Readus reportedly called the woman a "baboon's ass" during the altercation. She was subsequently charged with disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and providing false information to law enforcement." Story & video
Hmmm..... leaving the courthouse with unsealed ballot boxes? You don't think anything was going to happen to those boxes while in her possession, do you? The problem is she got into more trouble because she gave the police (allegedly, of course) a false identity when they were booking her. So she got some more charges added to the list. Unfortunately, this is not her first or second scrape with the law.The prison sentences are suspended and will run consecutively if ever imposed. If Ms. Readus gets in trouble over the next year, she will go to jail for ninety days.
Court records obtained by this correspondent state Ms. Readus was convicted in Madison County of shoplifting from Northpark Mall in 1996. She was fined $500 and permanently banned from the mall. The court also sentenced her to thirty days in jail but that was suspended. She was also convicted in 1996 of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The court sentenced her to 180 days in jail but suspended the sentence. The court ordered her to pay a $250 fine and court costs. The total amount is $383 but the records state she never paid it. Never paid the fine. Can the judge reinstate the six month sentence? Just a thought.
12 comments:
I think I heard the radio station guy in Canton say she has to spend one night in jail. Maybe I misunderstood.
So, she walked, right? Despite the sentences?
She spent a night in jail the night she was arrested.
Truly went her bail the night she was arrested.
SCUMBAGS
What (if any) charges is she facing for trying to walk out with an unsealed ballot box? Seems like disorderly conduct would be a drop in the bucket compared to the charges one would face for compromising the democratic process.
Lumbergh, In Canton? Surely you jest. Unsealed ballot boxes are a drop in the bucket for 'compromising the democratic process'. She, and her compatriot in crime, Robert Chinn, did a hell of a lot more toward compromising the democratic process during the elections this last year (and also, for the record, four years ago).
I think she faces many other possible court appearances for her 'activities' on May 7th and 21st, although the unsealed ballot boxes will not be one of them. That one is possibly not a 'crime' although it should be. But voter fraud is. And voter intimidation is. Look for Michael Guest and his staff to be bringing Ms. Readus back to court soon.
Why am I not surprised. Let the Democrat walk but had it been a Republican they would have put them under the jail. I am so sick of these people getting away with their crimes. After all look at all the crimes Obama has committed and he's still in the White House.
She caused a lot of trouble in Ward 1 throughout the election day. Remember Alderman Brown won by 4 votes the first time. The other candidate, thankfully and about time, took the election to court - the judge throws it out - runs a new election and Alderman Brown wins by 10 votes. Next time, when going to court, call in that County Election Commissioner for that district - you know, they are the ones that "purge" the voter rolls. And check the voter rolls to the voter.
She now has more "street cred" among her peers.
She took on da' main . . . an sees whut deyz did ta huh.
Don't hold your breath waiting for Guest to prosecute this low-life. He played to the voters in prosecuting Law and he will play to the voters in ignoring THIS gal.
Today's Madison County Journal article on this case says she was leaving with a SEALED ballot box, not unsealed. Big difference in the potential for chicanery.
Anyone know why they would print that? Every other source I've seen said it was an unsealed box.
Post a Comment