Taking selfie with Lady Justice atop courthouse put man behind bars, sheriff says
Sheriff’s deputies searched a Texas courthouse Tuesday night after a man was spotted by witnesses climbing up an exterior fire escape and then sliding back down.
However, it appears that a 19-year-old Baylor University freshman now facing a criminal trespass charge never went inside, Instead, Jack Minrod Decker III is accused of climbing up to the McLennan County courthouse dome so he could take a selfie with a statute of Themis, the Greek goddess of justice, that stands atop the building.
“He said he wanted to take a picture with Lady Justice,” Sheriff Parnell McNamara told the Waco Tribune. “Looks like he did get a little dose of justice himself.”
A search of Decker’s cellphone revealed a selfie of the two, the sheriff said. The statue atop the Waco courthouse is particularly recognizable because it has not been repaired since a 2014 storm ripped off an arm and blew the scales of justice into a magnolia tree, the newspaper notes.
Decker spent the night in jail but was expected to be released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond Wednesday,
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