Last Sunday's
story about Courtroom 13 cost the courtroom Bailiff Tom Fuchs' $40.
Smiling, Fuchs
said this morning that he had to buy the donuts and bagels for the other
Sheriff's deputies assigned to the courtroom because his photograph appeared in
the newspaper story about Courtroom 13.
There is a
long-standing rule among the deputies at the Hall of Justice: If they are
photographed or video recorded by the news media and their pictures or images
are shown on TV or printed in the newspaper, deputies have to buy the donuts.
Apparently,
it can get expensive.
Star Photographer Juan Carlo did a great job
with the help of multimedia producer Anthony Plascencia in putting together the
Courtroom 13 video that ran with the story.
Judge Donald
Coleman went out of his way to allow us to photograph and video record in his
courtroom. Thus, we were able to put together a pretty good story package to allow the public a glimpse into one of Ventura County Superior Courts' busiest courtrooms.
