Loud cell phone ring lands 46 people in jail

December 22, 2008 by
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Have any of your managers been annoyed by a cell phone going off during a meeting? If so, here’s an example of how they shouldn’t respond:

That same breach of technology etiquette occurred in a court room while Judge Robert Restaino was presiding. How did he react?

First, he demanded to know who’s phone it was. When no one fessed up, he threw everyone in jail.

The entire crowd of 46 was placed in a holding cell and not released for several hours.

Restaino was removed from the bench on charges of jailing innocent people. He blamed the incident on “certain stresses in his personal life” and plans to appeal his removal, the Associated Press reports.

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