Bailiffs always seem to keep a wary eye on Register photographers when they are assigned to shoot court proceedings. Now I’ve known most our terrific shooters for years, and I’ve never thought of them as a particularly suspicious bunch. So I wondered, why the extra attention?
Lt. Mike Hiller and Sgt. Manny Pacheco explained it to me last week after they savored some fresh donuts in the sheriff’s cubicle.
It is tradition that if a deputy sheriff gets captured on film, and their image is broadcast on air or published in the newspaper, they owe the rest of the court crew two dozen donuts.
Deputy Sheriff Adam Sandler had the dubious honor last week when he was captured by television cameras telling a belligerent assault suspect to shut up.
Deputy Leo Minnie has been hit up so many time he is thinking about donut insurance.
Deputy Zane Hathaway has avoided buying donuts for years, despite being assigned to the courtroom of Judge Frank F. Fasel, who is assigned to a lot of high-profile cases. That’s because Fasel seldom allows cameras in his court.
But when Fasel took a few days off earlier this month, Hathaway filled in temporarily in Judge William Froeberg’s court The result: donut city. Hathway was snapped during a death penalty sentencing.
The king of donuts might just be Deputy Joe Croom. His judge is Francisco Briseno, who presided over two headline-making trials of the teenagers accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on a pool table.
So, I’m wondering, does this shot from Register photographer Steve Zylius of deputies Scott Mitchell and Bob Grogan escorting in defendant Michael Allen Lamb for sentencing last week qualify for two rounds of donuts?
Yo Larry….must be a slow news day when you’re taking up blog space with this one!
BTW, I hope those donuts are the Krispy Creme variety and not made in the jail’s kitchen. If they’re from the jail, you don’t even want to know how those holes in the middle are made!!!
By the looks of Manny Pacheco the box is now empty! He must pull rank when it’s doughnut time……
GeeeeZuz!! That’s a fun, campy article, but that tradition must be limited to Central Court because it doesn’t occur at the court at which I am most familiar.
Besides, no one likes KrispyKreme, the preferred donuts of choice come in a pink box. ANY pink box. Preferably your sister’s.
*edited due to roommate’s doctoring of my previous post while I stepped away from the keyboard*
GeeeeZuz!! That’s a fun, campy article, but that tradition must be limited to Central Court because it doesn’t occur at the court at which I am most familiar.
Besides, no one likes KrispyKreme, the preferred donuts of choice come in a pink box. Just plain ol’ generic donuts.
it should be that the deputy must do pushups instead of donuts due to that most of the deputies they photograph are overweight. That would maybe push the deputy to workout on a regular basis.