Judge Orders 25-Year-Old O'Keefe To Live With His Parents

[uppityperson]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/judge_orders_alleged_phone_tamperer_okeefe_to_live.php?ref=fpblg

As if James O'Keefe hasn't suffered enough indignity after botching an alleged phone tampering operation at a U.S. senator's office, getting arrested, and being photographed leaving jail, the judge in the case has now ordered that he reside with his parents until the next hearing. Magistrate Judge Louis Moore made the order Tuesday as part of the conditions of release for O'Keefe, 25. (Read them here-link is below)

The young conservative filmmaker is free on $10,000 bond. A preliminary hearing in the case is set for February 13.

It's not clear where O'Keefe, who hasn't said much publicly since getting out jail, is right now. But his father, the elder James O'Keefe, told the AP "I'm confident this was poor judgment ... but not much more." James and Deborah O'Keefe live in New Jersey, the state where Moore ordered the younger O'Keefe to remain while out on bond.

It's also unclear where O'Keefe lived before the arrest.

Link to the Conditions of Release, parental living is on page 2.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2010/01/james-okeefes-conditions-of-release.php?page=1

[concerned1]

1. Felony by 25 y/o conservative white male = 'youthful indiscretion'

[wryter2000]

4. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[concerned1]

5. Thanks!

[BOSSHOG]

6. Welcome to DU concerned1

And good call. "Youthful indiscretion" my old ass. Conservatives going to foreign countries to pay to have sex with children, now that is a youthful indiscretion which real Patriots won't discuss. Especially when Viagra and other drugs are involved. And a radio audience as well.

[ashling]

10. Judicial notice taken that Republicans are developmentally challenged

their brains do not develop at the same rate as humans

[marmar]

2. "I'm confident this was poor judgment ... but not much more."

Whatever. Your son is a criminal, and an idiotic one at that.

[glinda]

3. It is always "poor judgement" when one commits a crime. Pleeeeeze!

[JHB]

12. Yes, willfully committing a felony to score political points is poor judgment...

...whether it's "much more" or not is irrelevent.

Your son isn't being charged with "poor judgment", he's being charged with committing a felony. Ya might want to knock some sense into him before his next warden does.

[fishwax]

7. well, after all, he is just a kid

:crazy:

[Canuckistanian]

8. And he's to be restricted to a diet of Cheetos

Oh, and he's only allowed to use a computer below the ground floor of the parent's home address.

[concerned1]

11. Home Alone with his friend The Angry Penis

[Canuckistanian]

13. ROFL

Oh, c'mon...

I was just catching my breath after reading that post!

:rofl: :rofl:

[onethatcares]

9. 10k bond = 1k up front

for his folks, a walk in the park.

I wonder if he had to be in a holding tank prior to seeing the judge. Did he have a video hearing or was he able to actually get into a court room?

This is another punk that can't back up his bluejay mouth with his hummingbird ass.

[MadMaddie]

14. I wonder if Prosecutor Daddy would say the same thing if it

were a 25 year old Middle Eastern person, black person, liberal person (fill in the blank). Would he be trying to prosecute them for serious felonies or claim youthful indiscretions.

This is pointing out the disparity between how the media and even some of the law treat different defendents.

[Vinnie From Indy]

17. You are absolutely right!

This kid is already being treated with kid gloves. I find it amazing that a judge would order a 25 yr. old to reside at his parents house. I have never heard of such a thing.

[williesgirl]

15. This is a crock of shit. Talk about connections working. It's a felony not teenage pranks.

[rucky]

16. Why would he punish the parents like that?

[11 Bravo]

18. The little putz has been placed in "Time Out".

[DainBramaged]

19. Ordered to live here in NJ

He had better stay in the house, this is STILL a Progressive state, in spite of the loss by Corizine to Christie.