Don’t Feed the Inmates: Arrested Lawyer Learns Lesson the Hard Way

Don’t Feed the Inmates: Arrested Lawyer Learns Lesson the Hard Way
Posted Dec 22, 2008, 12:36 pm CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss

An Arizona lawyer may have a sour taste in his mouth after being arrested for passing sweets to a client in court.

Lawyer Damon Rossi of Prescott is accused of giving his shackled client a piece of candy during a court hearing, even though two detention officials told him not to do it.

Rossi was arrested at his home last Thursday, a day after the candy caper, according to spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.

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