The article says:
Attorneys for country music singer John Michael Montgomery entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf yesterday in Fayette District Court after he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of a controlled drug and concealing two loaded handguns.
Montgomery, 41, was alone and headed to his rural Jessamine County home after leaving the Austin City Saloon, a Lexington bar where he regularly performed before becoming a star, when he was stopped by police, his attorneys said yesterday.
He also was charged with having a prescription drug not in its proper container, disregarding a traffic control device and improper turning.
The article went on to say a few other things, but the one thing that got me was the way the article went on about JMM leaving the jail through a side door. It elaborated that there was a large crowd of the media waiting to question him. It alluded to the fact that the jailers might have done something improper by allowing JMM to leave from the side and avoid the media. It pointed out that the jail had released prisoners from the side previously, but only for security purposes and not because of celebrity status.
Puh-Lease !!
He was drunk, carrying pills in the wrong bottle, and carrying two hand guns without proper paperwork (which his attorney assures that he has and most assuredly will by the time court comes around). He didn't murder anyone. He didn't assault anyone (the police said he was very polite). However, having a gaggle of reporters gathered at the front door of the jail is a security issue. They were there to impede on the privacy of a citizen.
I don't cotton to drinking and driving, EVER ! It happens everyday in Lexington. People are arrested every day for it. People go in and out of the Fayette County Jail for it on a regular basis. Yes, they exit from the front door. It is rarely to a group of story hungry journalists.
This guy (the reporter) glazes over the majority of the charges and jumps all over the jail for allowing JMM to leave discretely.
With an opportunity to say something about drunk driving, or handguns, or even misuse of prescription drugs, waving, no, jumping up and down in front of him, he sidesteps and attacks the jail for not giving him the opportunity to confront an embarrassed celebrity.
The nerve of the jail ...
Attorneys for country music singer John Michael Montgomery entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf yesterday in Fayette District Court after he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of a controlled drug and concealing two loaded handguns.
Montgomery, 41, was alone and headed to his rural Jessamine County home after leaving the Austin City Saloon, a Lexington bar where he regularly performed before becoming a star, when he was stopped by police, his attorneys said yesterday.
He also was charged with having a prescription drug not in its proper container, disregarding a traffic control device and improper turning.
The article went on to say a few other things, but the one thing that got me was the way the article went on about JMM leaving the jail through a side door. It elaborated that there was a large crowd of the media waiting to question him. It alluded to the fact that the jailers might have done something improper by allowing JMM to leave from the side and avoid the media. It pointed out that the jail had released prisoners from the side previously, but only for security purposes and not because of celebrity status.
Puh-Lease !!
He was drunk, carrying pills in the wrong bottle, and carrying two hand guns without proper paperwork (which his attorney assures that he has and most assuredly will by the time court comes around). He didn't murder anyone. He didn't assault anyone (the police said he was very polite). However, having a gaggle of reporters gathered at the front door of the jail is a security issue. They were there to impede on the privacy of a citizen.
I don't cotton to drinking and driving, EVER ! It happens everyday in Lexington. People are arrested every day for it. People go in and out of the Fayette County Jail for it on a regular basis. Yes, they exit from the front door. It is rarely to a group of story hungry journalists.
This guy (the reporter) glazes over the majority of the charges and jumps all over the jail for allowing JMM to leave discretely.
With an opportunity to say something about drunk driving, or handguns, or even misuse of prescription drugs, waving, no, jumping up and down in front of him, he sidesteps and attacks the jail for not giving him the opportunity to confront an embarrassed celebrity.
The nerve of the jail ...
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