Charge against urinating teacher to be dismissed if he meets conditions

[The Straight Story]

Charge against urinating teacher to be dismissed if he meets conditions


A public nuisance charge against a teacher who urinated in a classroom will be dismissed in a year if he meets certain conditions.

The agreement to a conditional dismissal of the misdemeanor charge against Matthew Steven Davis, 58, was reached Thursday. His attorney, Kyle Humphrey, said Davis must return to court on April 14, 2011.

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Humphrey has said Davis suffers from early onset of dementia and his ability to function has deteriorated in the last seven or eight months. Davis spent three weeks in a coma after a 1996 crash that killed his wife.

Davis did not want to speak to the media, Humphrey said.

On March 22, Davis, a substitute teacher and former pastor, urinated in a cup behind his desk at Cesar Chavez High School in Delano. A few girls in the class were crying and scared, Delano police said at the time.

http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x735122706/Charge-against-urinating-teacher-to-be-dismissed-if-he-meets-conditions

[etherealtruth]

1. If the man has been diagnosed with dementia ....

... prosecuting him for this truly come down to prosecuting him for having the symptoms of his disease. This is quite a sad story.

[Turbineguy]

2. In America,

all problems can be solved by the legal system.

[LWolf]

4. It is sad.

I'm glad they're dropping the charges.

[The Straight Story]

5. Hopefully he will the care he needs, and prosecuting him won't help at all (nt)

[d_r]

3. you know

at first glance of the head line it seems like it should be funny, but it really is just tragically sad.

[Hekate]

6. How terribly sad. It sound like his TBI from 1996 has caught up with him.

I do hope he has family and that they can step up to help him pronto. He is already suffering from poor judgment; his future doesn't look good. My heart goes out to him, and I hope that the adults in the students' lives are explaining the circumstances so they aren't left feeling scared by what would have been outrageously inappropriate behavior by someone with normal functions.

Hekate