Posted on 11/05/2005 8:44:00 AM PST by Kokojmudd
By Kim Smith ARIZONA DAILY STAR Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.05.2005
One of two men accused of throwing cream pies at nationally syndicated columnist Ann Coulter last year pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Friday. Phillip Edgar Smith agreed to pay $915 in restitution for damage caused to a backdrop screen that was hit by one of the pies, said deputy Pima County Attorney Noah Van Amburg. Judge Paul Simon gave Smith a $250 fine, but told him that if he pays the restitution by Dec. 5 he will suspend the fine, Van Amburg said. According to police, Smith and William Zachary Wolff, both 25, threw the tofu cream pies at Coulter as she spoke before a crowd of 2,500 people at the University of Arizona's Centennial Hall on Oct. 22, 2004. They missed Coulter, but splattered a black muslin backdrop. In exchange for Smith's guilty plea, Van Amburg said disorderly conduct and criminal damage charges against him were dismissed. Smith said Friday afternoon he decided to plead guilty just to get the case over with. "I'm sure the court didn't want to go through the hassle, and neither did I, for what amounted to just a prank," Smith said. The original charges against the pair were dismissed on March 18 after neither the arresting officer nor Coulter appeared to testify against them. Both Coulter and a UA police spokesman said the Pima County Attorney's Office failed to properly notify them of the trial. The case was refiled in April. Attempts to reach Coulter on Friday through her publisher, Universal Press Syndicate, by phone and e-mail, were unsuccessful. A spokeswoman for Universal Press Syndicate said an auto response from Coulter's e-mail says she is unable to receive messages until Nov. 15. A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled in Wolff's case for Nov. 30. ● Contact reporter Kim Smith at 573-4241 or kimsmith@azstarnet.com.
I've never seen Ann smile like that. She must have woken from a dream of a world with no liberals.
I'm not a lawyer... so I am wondering what else can the guy do but pleading guilty (beside insanity plea)? After all, it was seen by hundred people and was recorded.
Well, we don't know about that. She has a liberal boyfried now. Perhaps she wants to have a particular liberal in her dreams.
The guy needs some jail time in a cell with big LeRoy. That would give something to think about before he smugly throws his next pie.
What else would a liberal throw?
Pretty light sentence.
But who hasn't had fantasies about smearing Ann Coulter with whipped cream?
Either that or Ann Coulter, with a shotgun and a strap-on.
...just a prank.
The judge should haul his butt back into court and demand a 5,000 word written appology. For this wise crack, he should also tack on 250 hours of community service, cleaning up university auditoriums after events.
Coulter was invited to speak on campus. She should have been treated with respect when she showed up. If this malcontent doesn't like her, he should hold a sign out front and explain his reasoning just like the rest of us do, when we disagree with a speaker.
"She has a liberal boyfried now."
Do WHAT?
Ah, are there no more heroes?
Oh Ann-- please no photos that include hair blowing in the wind. I can only take so much and the knees already gave way with that smile.
When I first read the report I thought it said the pie missed Ann and hit a "black Muslim". If so it would have been Jihad time again.
Do WHAT?
Ah, are there no more heroes?
Technically, Ron Silver is a liberal....however, he's one of the few smart ones out there. ;)
No, say it aint true.
My nephew will be absolutely crushed.
He is a young 22 year old ultra conservative who called me about a year and a half ago telling me what a dreamboat she is.
I had to tell him his old conservative aunt had been a fan of Anns for years.
He's bought her books, etc. His dream is to be an elected official someday. Maybe President? He is the kind of guy who will do what he sets his mind to do.
Maybe Ann will be my kinfolk someday.
"Well, we don't know about that. She has a liberal boyfried now."
That is untrue. It is based on some gossip placed by someone wanting his name in the paper.
Funny tho, how so many want to believe it. And repeat it at every opportunity.
"Technically, Ron Silver is a liberal....however, he's one of the few smart ones out there."
Maybe stupidity could be seen as a mitigating factor, but what excuse does a smart person have for being a liberal?
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