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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Ind. Courts - Judge Felts pleads in OWI case [Updated]
Niki Kelly has just reported via the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette website:
Allen Circuit Judge Thomas Felts pleaded guilty Thursday in Marion Superior Court to a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and received a one-year suspended sentence.[Updated at 4 pm] Judge Felts has just issued this statement.regarding today’s court hearing. I'm told there will be no further comment from Judge Felts."You won't see me on this side of the bench again," Felts said to Marion Superior Judge William J. Nelson during the guilty-plea hearing.
Felts, 54, has entered an alcohol rehabilitation program and must continue that as a condition of his plea. He also was placed on probation for one year and is allowed to report by telephone to Marion County probation officers.
By agreement, his driver's license was suspended for 90 days, to begin Friday, and Nelson allowed Felts to drive himself back to Fort Wayne.
"Everybody is entitled to make a mistake," Nelson said during the hearing. "I commend you for being here today, doing the right thing like I knew you would."
[Updated 8-22-08] Here is toda'y's updated Kelly story in the FWJG.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 21, 2008 02:30 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts