大家好。
早安。
你冷嗎?
不。
我看見你做這個。
雖然是70度。
這是我第一次在這裡。
我很緊張。
你緊張的時候,你去法庭?
對,這是我第一次。
這是你第一次在法庭?
對。
到現在,你還好嗎?
到現在。
對。
我覺得今天是夜店日,
法官 Quinn。
Janelle has four overnight parking tickets
all at the same location.
So, what do you want to tell me about these, Janelle?
I just want to know if I'm able to pay in October
because I start my job on October 5th
and my card isn't registered,
so I wasn't able to get the permit sticker yet
because my card gets registered in November.
What do you do for work?
Are you working?
No, not yet.
I'm going to be working at St. Tanner's on October 5th.
And what did you do?
What was your last job?
Walmart.
You worked at Walmart?
Yeah.
You're in sales.
Are you a good salesperson?
Yeah.
You're going to work at a bank now, huh?
At St. Tanner?
Yes.
Yeah.
You're going to be what?
You're going to be chief operating officer?
What are you going to do?
I'm customer service, taking...
See, she's a good person.
All of a sudden, we're going to have to smile, Inspector Quinn.
Smile a little more and give me the keys to the vault.
Let's work on that one.
All right.
These overnight parking tickets,
is this because you did not have a parking spot?
Is that an area where you live?
Yeah, it's very full,
so I have to park outside on the streets.
Do you have a parking spot now?
No, once I get my card registered,
I'm going to get the ticket for it.
The fines are $200 now because they all tripled.
I'm going to fine you $20.
I'm going to fine you for one of these tickets.
And I'm going to give you all the time you need to pay it.
I mean, who do you live with?
You live with your parents, you live alone, you live with...
It's just me and my daughter.
We rent a place.
Your daughter?
You have a young daughter?
How old is she?
Ten months.
Ten months?
It's just you and she?
Yeah.
Oh.
What's her name?
Camila.
We can't let you pay $20 because then, I don't know,
maybe when you go home tonight, you need some food for the baby
and if you pay $20 here, maybe you won't be able to afford the food,
so I'm not going to do that.
We have to take the baby into consideration in respect to Camila.
And right now, she's like between a rock and a hard place.
She wants to buy the parking passes.
She can't because the registry isn't accommodating those right now.
Right?
And she's looking to do that.
And she doesn't have a job, but she's got a little baby.
So, when I can't take care of a ten-month-old child,
I know I can't do that.
There are a whole bunch of things you can do.
You have nothing.
Nothing.
Your story really touches me.
You only have one child.
I guess you have a lot of challenges being a single mom.
What is the biggest challenge?
Taking care of the baby the whole night.
You're dedicated to the baby.
There are a lot of generous people in this country.
We are on social media, and we are on television,
and people throughout the world see what happens in this courtroom.
And they send in contributions voluntarily
and ask me to give them to people, I think,
to use them toward people who I think are worthy,
and you certainly are.
So, I have a gentleman actually from Eustis, Florida,
by the name of Gary Ashcraft.
He sent in $25 and said,
please use this to help a single mom
who's doing everything she can to help her children.
That's you.
So, I'm going to use that $25 to pay for your ticket.
But I'm going to do a little bit more than that.
I mean, since you came in broke today,
there are an awful lot of people who send in some money here.
So, I don't want you leaving here today
and not having enough money to take care of your baby.
So, I am going to, with the generosity of people
from throughout the country who have sent in cash,
I am going to give you $50 in cash
for you to use to take care of your baby.
Thank you.
And you put that to good use.
Thank you so much.
Anything you want to say to the person who sent in that money?
I'll always say thank you so much, and I really do appreciate it.
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