Another Day, Another Verdict

Woman Wielding Gun Pleads 
Guilty in Road Rage Case
(exclusive to the Fort Myers Tattler)

Fort Myers – 3 March 2022 – A local woman from Holismokealee pleaded guilty in criminal court today to charges arising from a road rage incident one week ago.

Immediately after entering her plea, Jane Calamatee, 54, seized a gun from Bailiff Hap Leslie, 32, who was standing…well, haplessly beside her.  As she began wielding the gun wildly, the obviously-distressed woman yelled that she would accept no punishment from a lady judge in a court of Mammon.

As Bailiff Leslie dove for the floor, Judge Anne E. O’Clee calmly drew a handgun from a drawer behind her bench and shot the woman through the heart.

After ordering the deceased defendant removed from the courtroom, the Judge declared loudly, “Mammon-schmammon! Case closed!  Call the next case.” 

Bailiff Leslie, who had soiled himself, excused himself to use the men’s room.

_{© J. Bradley Burt 2022}

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