Bario Gomez
Posted on 08/26/2007 7:14:22 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said the man charged with setting a fire in a downtown hotel is "an unwelcome undesirable" illegal alien.
Judge Moon told Bario Gomez, "Undesirables like you are not welcome in this country. You are a Latino terrorist who entered this country illegally and soon plotted significant personal injury and damage to the people and businesses in our community."
Authorities said Gomez is an illegal alien with no proof of identification. Officials also said he gave police a false name.
The INS placed a hold on Gomez, 20, after charges of aggravated arson and aggravated vandalism were filed against him.
Judge Moon told him, "It is undesirables like you who create many unjustifiable problems and prejudices upon the good people who enter this country legally in chasing a dream for a better life for themselves and their families.
"Mr. Gomez, you nor any other citizen from a foreign land has a right to enter this country; you simply have a privilege to enter this country through the proper legal channels.
"You are a domestic terrorist who is an imminent threat to the safety of our people and their property. You are also a supreme flight risk from justice. It is with duty, comfort and ease that I increase your bond significantly in an appropriate amount to insure your appearance in further proceedings and to insure the safety of this community."
The bond was raised from $30,000 to $1 million. The previous bond was set by Magistrate James Purple, which Judge Moon described as "another ludicrously low bond."
According to Arson Investigator James Whitmire, Gomez checked into the hotel with his girlfriend. Testimony by Whitmire and management officials indicated that Gomez placed a toaster filled with matches in a microwave oven in his room intending a massive "delayed burn."
Proof also showed that multiple towels were stuffed into the toilet in order to retard the water supply. The hotel manager testified that the towels were stuffed so deeply that the pipes had to be disassembled to remove them. She also stated that the room was severely damaged and vandalized.
Capt. Whitmire testified that "hundreds of people were evacuated, including children."
He said, "If the fire had established itself many families and children would have most likely lost their lives or been severely injured. Being on the fourth floor, the fire would have been difficult to contain."
ya know...after visiting last fall, I was considering a move to Chattanooga...
Now, i am contemplating it once again...
Amen!
If I’d been in that court, I would have started a standing ovation.
Excellent idea.
Bario Gomez
A very wise man is Judge Moon.
Give this judge a TV show!
Does he have a re-election fund?
This will rapidly turn into a self-esteem isssue on the left. The judge hurt the mans’ feelings. What could be worse than that?
Heck with the A.C.L.U,Wait till Jerry “O’Reilly’s boy” Rivers hears about this!
“Give this judge a TV show!”
LOL!! Uff Da
Thank you so much for posting.....great story about a great man whom most here would never have heard about if it were not for you and the existence of Free Republic.
It’s so refreshing to hear honest, plainspoken and truthful language in this particular context, an arena that has become choked with PC-speak. Hopefully this perp will spend a very, very long time in a jail that does not feature a TV or any creature comforts.
Bttt
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
is he Mexican or Middle Eastern?
Was there any reason he started the fire or was it just for fun?
I, too, thank you so much for posting this. It made my heart sing to read the words that came from Judge Moon’s mouth.
Thank you Judge Moon and a hearty slap on the back for a job well done.
I’m glad he called him a terrorists. A Latino one at that. Oh Elvira!
This perp went to a lot of trouble to start this fire, and could have killed many people. He deserves life in prison, at the very least.
And Judge Moon should be our next President, or at least our next Homeland Security director.
Yuck!
Apocalypto, Tennessee.
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