Court Reporter Allegedly Sips Vodka on Job
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MUSKOGEE, Okla. - A court reporter found herself on the other side of the law after failing a sobriety test at work. Myrna Gay Parrish, 50, was booked into the Haskell County jail on complaints of misdemeanor public intoxication after finishing work in a judge's courtroom Monday, officials said.
Parrish was released Tuesday morning on a $200 bond, the standard fine for such charges, said Joe Denney, public information officer for Haskell County Sheriff's Department.
Parrish was arrested about 6 p.m. Monday after someone in an elevator with Parrish notified the sheriff's office they believed they smelled alcohol on her, Denney said.
"Parrish was brought down to the sheriff's office from the courthouse and given a field sobriety test. They determined she was intoxicated, and she was placed in the Haskell County Jail," Denney said.
Parrish, a temporary court reporter, had been in the courtroom of Special District Judge Farley Ward taking down information during a preliminary hearing.
Deputies returned to the courtroom for evidence and found a glass they believed was filled with vodka.
"They recovered a glass in which she was sipping a straw that smelled like pretty rank vodka," Denney said.
District Attorney Chris Wilson said officials will decide what will happen the drug manufacturing case Parrish was transcribing when they see a transcript.
"Until such time as we get a copy of the transcript, we won't know anything," Wilson said.
A tape recorder also was running during the hearing, and the tape may serve as a backup.
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Information from: Muskogee Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat
URL: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...ap/20040930/ap_on_fe_st/court_reporter_jailed
MUSKOGEE, Okla. - A court reporter found herself on the other side of the law after failing a sobriety test at work. Myrna Gay Parrish, 50, was booked into the Haskell County jail on complaints of misdemeanor public intoxication after finishing work in a judge's courtroom Monday, officials said.
Parrish was released Tuesday morning on a $200 bond, the standard fine for such charges, said Joe Denney, public information officer for Haskell County Sheriff's Department.
Parrish was arrested about 6 p.m. Monday after someone in an elevator with Parrish notified the sheriff's office they believed they smelled alcohol on her, Denney said.
"Parrish was brought down to the sheriff's office from the courthouse and given a field sobriety test. They determined she was intoxicated, and she was placed in the Haskell County Jail," Denney said.
Parrish, a temporary court reporter, had been in the courtroom of Special District Judge Farley Ward taking down information during a preliminary hearing.
Deputies returned to the courtroom for evidence and found a glass they believed was filled with vodka.
"They recovered a glass in which she was sipping a straw that smelled like pretty rank vodka," Denney said.
District Attorney Chris Wilson said officials will decide what will happen the drug manufacturing case Parrish was transcribing when they see a transcript.
"Until such time as we get a copy of the transcript, we won't know anything," Wilson said.
A tape recorder also was running during the hearing, and the tape may serve as a backup.
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Information from: Muskogee Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat