Pastor Gets Probation for Biting Officer

[Champ]

RICHMOND, Texas - A minister convicted of biting a police officer during a traffic stop avoided two years in prison after a judge gave him 10 years of probation and ordered him to enroll in an anger management program.



After a Fort Bend County jury found the Rev. Curtis Lucas guilty in August of assault on a public servant, state District Judge Thomas R. Culver III sentenced Lucas to two years in prison.


But the judge also ordered that 52-year-old be brought back to court after 40 days to determine if he was eligible for a special form of probation.


During Monday's hearing, Lucas read a letter of apology. "If I had to repeat the events of that evening, I would have just signed the ticket," Lucas said in his letter to Richmond police officer David Evans.

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[JVS]

1. "I would have just signed the ticket"

That doesn't sound too contrite

[meow2u3]

2. He belongs in the local Animal Control

Headline should read: FUNDIE PREACHER GETS PROBATION FOR ACTING LIKE A DOG.
Subhead: Local Cats and Dogs Take to Streets to Protest Light Sentence

[Endangered Specie]

3. Praise the Lord! and pass the cop-flesh?