Former municipal judge faces probation revocation
Former Barnesville municipal judge Henry Abreu will be back in court here May 14 as his probation officer seeks to have him locked up for violating sanctions of his probated sentence.
That must mean his probation officer is sick of dealing with him, too.
I'm amazed.
And this man was a municipal judge? Can somebody tell me how a man like this got that position? Was he appointed? And who would have been responsible for the appointment?
Did we vote him in? If so, I better turn in my voter registration card until I can learn to handle that privilege more responsibly.
Again, I'm amazed.
And I see farther down that there were already some problems with Abreu when he was appointed?
Why on Earth was he chosen by our city officials to be a municipal judge?
I am the first to call a spade a spade but when examining the situation as it happened then (not now with how we know Abreu has turned out) you can't fault a man, regardless of his occupation, for honoring a friendship and trying to help that friend.
I know in a similar situation I would throw caution and probably good judgement to the wind in order to help someone I considered a solid friend. Looking back? BAD MOVE. But in the moment, it does make some sense to me.
I told you I was sticking my neck out there. Just trying to find some good in a situation.