Princeton man gets 180 days for contempt

Irvin

A $19.94 cold check to Five Star on Halloween came back to haunt a Princeton man, who is now serving six months in jail.

Thomas R. Irvin, 23, made a sarcastic remark to the district judge this morning in court and was sent directly to jail for contempt.

Irvin had originally been in Crittenden District Court to plead guilty to a theft by deception charge.

Following his outburst in the courthouse, which included the use of a couple of expletives, Judge Daniel Heady ordered him to serve 180 days in the Crittenden County Detention Center. He is currently being held without bond.

For more on this incident, see next week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press.