4/23/2008

COURT HEARING for Toller/Arrested Gunman Tomorrow

Dwight Dallas Thompson
Felony Arrest Photo
7/21/06

Dwight Thompson, former mayor of WestLake Hills and former Vice Chair of CAMPO (who voted to toll Austin freeways) and current candidate for mayor, was arrested on 7/21/06 for having a LOADED .38-caliber handgun at an airport checkpoint - a Felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine is HERE.

The Austin Police Department reports that the third degree felony charges of were reduced to misdemeanor charges.

A court hearing for the misdemeanor charge is scheduled for Tomorrow, April 24th - a trial by Jury in Travis County Courtroom #6. Think he'll get a sweetheart deal that you or I wouldn't get?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

He'll probably have to do 2 hours of community service (at home, over the Internets). LOL

Anonymous said...

should be a manditory minimum for him, just like for drug offenders.