Ohio Man Sentenced to Jail For Mocking Disabled Girl

Incident was caught on cellphone video

Reason Staff | 11.28.2012 8:44 AM

CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A northeast Ohio man accused of making fun of a young girl with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to a month in jail.

Canton Municipal Judge John A. Poulos ordered the maximum sentence for 43-year-old William Bailey, who pleaded no contest Tuesday to reduced misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and aggravated menacing.

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Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago

Thank God for those catch-all charges.

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Ohio Man Sentenced to Jail For Mocking Disabled Girl

Incident was caught on cellphone video

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