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February 28, 2006
My kind of sheriff
So, let's say you're the sheriff, and you've got a guy in your jail awaiting trial for stealing a $7 million jet.
nAnd, let's say that the parents of this 22-year-old thief are complaining in the press that their poor baby boy is being cruelly treated in jail, 'cause his gums hurt. Why? Seems gingivitis is the culprit, because the big bad sheriff won't let him have floss.
Can you think of a better response?
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- A man accused of stealing a plane from St. Augustine and flying it to metro Atlanta has a new cellmate after his parents complained their son has dental problems.
Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway moved Daniel Andrew Wolcott Friday night to the cell with a Dacula dentist facing murder charges in the death of his wife.
Conway said he moved Wolcott to Bart Corbin's cell because Corbin is "trained in dentistry." He said if Wolcott has any complications, the two cellmates can advise the medical unit. He noted that Wolcott just had his wisdom teeth out.
Wolcott, 22, is awaiting trial on charges that he stole a $7 million private jet in St. Augustine in October and flew it to Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville. He has been in jail since then in lieu of $175,000 bond.
Wolcott's parents, Scott and Diane Wolcott, have been at odds with Conway since November over dental floss not being allowed in the jail. They said their son has developed gingivitis and gum pockets because he has been unable to floss.
The couple said putting their son in a cell with a dentist who cannot practice his profession is no solution. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quotes Scott Wolcott as saying: "This appears to be a very bad inside joke on someone's part."
I read this yesterday, and I'm still chuckling.
Posted by Mike Lief at February 28, 2006 08:10 AM