Northeast News
October 1, 2014

Last week, one of Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood’s biggest village idiots, one Tyler Sutton of 426 Gladstone Blvd., was arrested and jailed on three drug related charges. Prosecutors originally asked for a $20,000 bond, but a liberal Judge, the Honorable Mary Francis Weir, decided that despite Mr. Sutton’s rich criminal history that includes a multitude of felony arrests in five states, he wasn’t really that bad of a guy and slashed the bond in half to $10,000 at 10 percent, a ridiculously low amount.

This news-dog isn’t real great at math, but knows that those numbers make bail an easy proposition for a man of Sutton’s means. For the record, Sutton was ROR’d, released on own recognizance, on Sept. 26. Judge Weir also put the silly stipulation in the bail that said Sutton wasn’t allowed back at the 426 Gladstone Blvd. residence where he had made life a living hell for neighbors for almost four years. Sutton violated that proviso almost immediately, by the way. Guess that’ll bring some stern finger wagging and lecturing from this oh-so-concerned and socially aware Judge.

This conservative canine thinks that if Sutton had been wreaking havoc next to Judge Weir’s house this might read a little differently. Sadly however, South Gladstone neighbors will have to once again tolerate Sutton and his brood as they’re back to business as usual. Neighbors often complain that police officers aren’t doing their job when criminals in Jackson County routinely roll back out of jail and continue their offending lifestyle. This news-dog has long advanced the idea that the popo isn’t the problem. The problem lies with judges who accept plea bargain after plea bargain and impose sinfully low bail amounts that allow criminals to roam the streets unimpeded from any negative consequence.

This pooch says enough is enough. There’s an election in a little over 30 days, one in which voters will be asked to either retain or vote out judges at the county level. This doggie simply asks that you remember the name Mary Francis Weir and send her packin’.