A 69-year-old woman who was Tasered by police two years ago in a scuffle after honking her horn at a patrol car has been convicted of shoving an officer and resisting arrest.
But a Circuit Court jury refused to send Louise Jones to jail, fining her $650 instead.
Jones' attorney, Basil North, said he might appeal. "We don't think she should have been convicted of anything," he said.
On June 15, 2004, police officers Cory Le Moine and Ryan VanDeusen responded to a domestic disturbance call near the Jones's home. The officers were cruising the street slowly, watching for trouble. Jones was in her car behind the police vehicle when she honked her horn and pulled into her driveway.
Police, spooked by the horn, parked and questioned Jones, leading to a scuffle after they threatened to write her a ticket.
The trial was Jones' second in the case.
She and her husband, 78-year-old Fred Jones, had been convicted and sentenced to probation by a judge in Municipal Court over the incident. Both appealed, and charges against the husband were dismissed while she was granted a retrial in Circuit Court.
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