Adam Greenleaf was back in court again on Nov. 4 on another
retail theft charge. Judge Joshua Kanalis and Assistant District Attorney Josh
Carroll of the Brownsville Magisterial District Court are done with giving
Greenleaf chances.
“I will throw you in jail if I see you here again,” Kanalis said.
Greenleaf is not on probation but is facing fines after recently stealing
$5 of sleeping pills from the Dollar General in California, Pa., on Nov. 7.
Greenleaf must pay a $5 restitution fee and a fine of $165.50. Kanalis said Greenleaf is getting off easily.
“I will give you a little fine this time since next time you will be incarcerated,” Kanalis said.
Kanalis asked if Greenleaf had the $5 with him to pay the restitution fee. Greenleaf said he did not have any money on him but would pay back the money another day.
“If his bail was set for $5 today, he wouldn’t be able to afford it,” Kanalis jokingly said to the crowd.
Kanalis said he has been dealing with Greenleaf ever since he was a policeman and even remembers arresting him 15 years ago for beating up his grandmother.
“It’s disgusting,” Kanalis said. “You’re a troublemaker who doesn’t want to be helped.”
Kanalis said he is done giving Greenleaf chances.
Carroll agreed with Kanalis.
“We’re fed up with you,” Carroll said. “Stop stealing shit.”
Greenleaf was ordered to pay the fine and restitution fee in whole in 30 days.
“There will be no payments,” Kanalis said. “So pay the money or you will go to jail.”
Greenleaf is also banned from shopping in California’s Dollar General.
Patrick Marinelli was also in court for stealing a ring from his family.
His family chose to drop the charges against their son, but Marinelli is still serving three to six years for counterfeiting money.
Carroll asked Marinelli how he would grade himself as a counterfeiter.
“I would give myself an A+,” Marinelli said. “I made everything.”
Carroll called Marinelli a “sociopath.”
“He has no empathy,” Carroll said. “He is a career criminal.”
Parish Middlebrook was charged with the possession of marijuana after coming to California for a party.
Middlebrook is from Clairton and is on probation in Allegheny County for a criminal trespass case to which he pleaded guilty in September 2013.
Kanalis told Middlebrook he could either pay $449.50 that day or waive the case to the Court of Common Pleas in Washington.
Middlebrook could not come up with the money, so the case was waived up.
The fines and the court costs will be more.
Other points covered in court:
* Five California University of Pennsylvania students including Jonathan Pierce, Zachary Morris, Jett Smith, Gunnar Smith, and Andrew Penzara, were charged with simple assault, after beating each other up at a party. The students would not
testify against each other so the assault charge was dropped. Penzara was also charged with possession of marijuana and was hoping for a plea bargain. The maximum fine that Penzara can receive for his plea, that he was an occupant of a
disorderly house in California Borough, is $600.
*Tara Brown was charged with retail theft from CVS Pharmacy in Centerville. She has five prior offenses in retail theft. Her case was waived up to the Washington County Court of Common Pleas.
*Monica Fullem of Fredericktown was in court for growing marijuana plants in her greenhouse to help with her arthritis.
Her case was waived to the Court of Common Pleas in Washington.
*Alicia McGraw was charged with forgery and theft, after writing checks that were not her own and cashing them at the Northwest Savings Bank in Fredericktown. She owes $1,776 and the bank will not accept payments.
*Cory Humphreys and Cody Sowers, students from California University of Pennsylvania, were charged with possession of marijuana. The case was dismissed because Jeffrey Smaracheck, a police officer for the university, was not present.
*Bronson Waite of Erie was charged with manufacturing and the intent to deliver drugs including marijuana and cocaine.
Marlee Shaulis is a senior majoring in English with a journalism concentration at California University of Pennsylvania.
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retail theft charge. Judge Joshua Kanalis and Assistant District Attorney Josh
Carroll of the Brownsville Magisterial District Court are done with giving
Greenleaf chances.
“I will throw you in jail if I see you here again,” Kanalis said.
Greenleaf is not on probation but is facing fines after recently stealing
$5 of sleeping pills from the Dollar General in California, Pa., on Nov. 7.
Greenleaf must pay a $5 restitution fee and a fine of $165.50. Kanalis said Greenleaf is getting off easily.
“I will give you a little fine this time since next time you will be incarcerated,” Kanalis said.
Kanalis asked if Greenleaf had the $5 with him to pay the restitution fee. Greenleaf said he did not have any money on him but would pay back the money another day.
“If his bail was set for $5 today, he wouldn’t be able to afford it,” Kanalis jokingly said to the crowd.
Kanalis said he has been dealing with Greenleaf ever since he was a policeman and even remembers arresting him 15 years ago for beating up his grandmother.
“It’s disgusting,” Kanalis said. “You’re a troublemaker who doesn’t want to be helped.”
Kanalis said he is done giving Greenleaf chances.
Carroll agreed with Kanalis.
“We’re fed up with you,” Carroll said. “Stop stealing shit.”
Greenleaf was ordered to pay the fine and restitution fee in whole in 30 days.
“There will be no payments,” Kanalis said. “So pay the money or you will go to jail.”
Greenleaf is also banned from shopping in California’s Dollar General.
Patrick Marinelli was also in court for stealing a ring from his family.
His family chose to drop the charges against their son, but Marinelli is still serving three to six years for counterfeiting money.
Carroll asked Marinelli how he would grade himself as a counterfeiter.
“I would give myself an A+,” Marinelli said. “I made everything.”
Carroll called Marinelli a “sociopath.”
“He has no empathy,” Carroll said. “He is a career criminal.”
Parish Middlebrook was charged with the possession of marijuana after coming to California for a party.
Middlebrook is from Clairton and is on probation in Allegheny County for a criminal trespass case to which he pleaded guilty in September 2013.
Kanalis told Middlebrook he could either pay $449.50 that day or waive the case to the Court of Common Pleas in Washington.
Middlebrook could not come up with the money, so the case was waived up.
The fines and the court costs will be more.
Other points covered in court:
* Five California University of Pennsylvania students including Jonathan Pierce, Zachary Morris, Jett Smith, Gunnar Smith, and Andrew Penzara, were charged with simple assault, after beating each other up at a party. The students would not
testify against each other so the assault charge was dropped. Penzara was also charged with possession of marijuana and was hoping for a plea bargain. The maximum fine that Penzara can receive for his plea, that he was an occupant of a
disorderly house in California Borough, is $600.
*Tara Brown was charged with retail theft from CVS Pharmacy in Centerville. She has five prior offenses in retail theft. Her case was waived up to the Washington County Court of Common Pleas.
*Monica Fullem of Fredericktown was in court for growing marijuana plants in her greenhouse to help with her arthritis.
Her case was waived to the Court of Common Pleas in Washington.
*Alicia McGraw was charged with forgery and theft, after writing checks that were not her own and cashing them at the Northwest Savings Bank in Fredericktown. She owes $1,776 and the bank will not accept payments.
*Cory Humphreys and Cody Sowers, students from California University of Pennsylvania, were charged with possession of marijuana. The case was dismissed because Jeffrey Smaracheck, a police officer for the university, was not present.
*Bronson Waite of Erie was charged with manufacturing and the intent to deliver drugs including marijuana and cocaine.
Marlee Shaulis is a senior majoring in English with a journalism concentration at California University of Pennsylvania.
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