Judge Holds Court to Order All Defendants to Return in August

The funding dispute between the Sorrento Town Council and Police Department made life a little more difficult for defendants attending a session of Ascension Parish Court on Wednesday, reports The Advocate. Because of a budget shortfall at the end of the fiscal year, the Sorrento Police Department's secretary was not present and unable to collect the money. Accordingly, Judge Marilyn Lambert ordered all defendants to return in August: "By then, the new fiscal year will have begun, and they will have the money to pay people to collect money."

Posted by AJR at June 5, 2003 07:53 AM