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Not guilty? Really?
Leo Lewis, Jr. had been facing charges of allegedly groping a woman who was an old family friend (according to his wife, anyway). He was eventually acquitted of these charges, which led the whole thing into small claims court, as Lewis was seeking attorney’s fees from the woman. There was a hearing over this fees issue on Monday, but things took a rather unpleasant turn.
During the hearing, Lewis stood up and proudly proclaimed to all who would listen: “I should have shot that bitch two years ago.” He then pulled a sawed-off shotgun out of a manila envelope and fired off at the woman. Luckily, his aim was no good and he missed her (and also came close to hitting the judge, but missed as well). Lewis then took off, but was tackled by a courtroom officer and a bystander.
Yesterday, he was arraigned on second-degree attempted murder and weapon possession charges. He pleaded not guilty.
I dunno. When you state out loud that you should have “shot that bitch two years ago” and then proceed to fire off a shotgun in her direction - in a courtroom, mind you - that sorta’ sounds like “guilty” to me.
