ATTORNEY: COUNCILWOMAN'S EX-SPOUSE SUICIDAL.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer The ex-husband of a Moorpark City Council member tried to end his life with a drug overdose Drug Overdose Definition A drug overdose is the accidental or intentional use of a drug or medicine in an amount that is higher than is normally used. when he disappeared from a work release jail program last month, his attorney said Tuesday. On Feb. 5, three days after he began serving a nine-month jail sentence jail sentence jail n → peine f de prison in the county's work release program, William Barry William Barry can refer to:
James (Jim) Aloysius Farley (May 30, 1888–June 9, 1976) was an American politician who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and Postmaster General. . Farley made the comment after Teasley, who was recently divorced from Councilwoman Debbie Rodgers, was ordered to stand trial on a felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. charge of escaping from the work release program. The program allows certain nonviolent inmates to work at their jobs during the day and return to jail at night. ``His walking away or escaping or whatever it was was not done intentionally,'' Farley told Superior Court Judge Edward Brodie. Farley later added that Teasley suffers from ``very serious depression.'' ``He (overdosed) on heroin, so that's why he was in the hospital,'' Farley said outside court. ``He's one of these people that the criminal justice system can't handle because the laws are such that the only alternatives are probation or jail.'' Hours after being released from a psychiatric unit, Teasley, with his attorney, surrendered to authorities Feb. 24. He remains behind bars. ``To put it plainly, we didn't want him out on the street because we didn't know what he was going to do,'' Farley said. Last September, Teasley pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing approximately $17,000 in gems and jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. from a Moorpark jewelry store where he was learning the jewelry business. Authorities say he pawned some of the items and pried pried 1 v. Past tense and past participle of pry1. some of the gems from their mountings and then sold them back to his unwitting boss. Teasley is set to be arraigned on the escape charge April 13. |
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