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Senator Is Summoned to Court on Coffee-Throwing Charge
NY Times ^
| March 24, 2006
| MICHAEL COOPER
Posted on 03/23/2006 9:56:51 PM PST by neverdem
ALBANY, March 23 — A summons was issued on Thursday for State Senator Ada L. Smith of Queens, ordering her to appear in criminal court here next month to answer charges that she threw hot coffee in the eyes of a member of her staff.
The staff member, Jennifer Jackson, charged in a complaint that Senator Smith threw the coffee and pulled a hairpiece from her head on Tuesday morning, causing injuries to her eyes, shoulder and back, according to court papers.
The complaint accused Senator Smith of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
Senator Smith, a nine-term Democrat, denounced the accusations as lies in a statement she issued on Wednesday, and suggested that they were politically motivated.
A summons was issued ordering her to appear in court on April 6. Sgt. Kern Swoboda, a spokesman for the state police, said the summons would be sent by mail.
Senator Smith has been in trouble with the police before. She was convicted of speeding past a security checkpoint at a garage here in 2004. And she was accused of biting a New York police officer in Brooklyn in 1998, a charge she denied, saying that the officer had roughed her up.
Senator Smith has also had a tumultuous history with members of her staff. She was once accused of threatening a staff member with a knife, and several...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: badjava; banglist
This year, though, she has a challenger: Liz Bishop-Goldsmith, an advocate for stronger gun control laws, said that she planned to run for the seat.
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posted on
03/23/2006 9:56:56 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Looks like Ada might pack a punch.
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:01:48 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(Liberals don't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: JennysCool
My eyes feel assaulted already!
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:20:30 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: JennysCool
She's kind of "manly"
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:28:28 PM PST
by
Nomorjer Kinov
(If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
To: JennysCool
She was once accused of threatening a staff member with a knife [ I heard it was a cleaver!]
... and as my uncle used to say , " alotta meat on the hoof"
To: neverdem
That staff member was no doubt axing for it.
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:34:40 PM PST
by
ThirstyMan
(hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
To: neverdem
Calling Rev. Sharpston; Calling Rev. Jackson.....
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:44:08 PM PST
by
de Buillion
(Greater love hath no man than this, that which Shepard Smith hath for himself.)
To: albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; ...
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:46:33 PM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: neverdem
How in the world did someone like this get elected? She sounds like she's more suitable to be the representative of a cell block.
To: KittyKares
'How in the world did someone like this get elected?" - She was elected in NY State
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posted on
03/23/2006 10:56:16 PM PST
by
Panerai
To: neverdem
That's why Cheney just shoots 'em.
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posted on
03/23/2006 11:02:56 PM PST
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
To: neverdem
"I treat coffee-throwers with lots of attention..." --Colonel Tigh -Battlestar Galactica
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posted on
03/23/2006 11:03:45 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: neverdem
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posted on
03/24/2006 1:14:50 AM PST
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: Nomorjer Kinov
bllllelelodooaofddaf!
barfsville!!!
To: JennysCool
why does she pretty much fit what I saw in my mind's eye when I read the headlines?
And what a waste of coffee.
To: neverdem
Oh yes, one of New York's finests...Nothing from New York surprises me.
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:11:52 AM PST
by
ONETWOONE
(onetwoone)
To: JennysCool
She is definitely a two bagger.
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:37:45 AM PST
by
babydoll22
(If you stop growing as a person you live in your own private hell.)
To: babydoll22
Or a homerun. Or hit for six.
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:48:00 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
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