Jail or Pepper Spray? Pick your sentence
Painesville, OH (ABC) — It’s red eye for red eye.
A judge from an Ohio town named “Painesville” ordered a woman to be “pepper sprayed” in court Thursday by a man she attacked with the tear-inducing substance in order to give the victim a “feeling of vengeance.”
Judge Michael Cicconetti meted out the unusual punishment, captured on video, after giving Diamond Gaston a choice between that and jail time. But unbeknownst to her, the liquid sprayed at her was just saline — the judge’s attempt to scare her straight without harming her.
“It was a family-feud type situation at a Burger King and the victim ended up losing five hours of work that day he got pepper-sprayed,” Cicconetti told ABC News today. “I like to give the victims a feeling of vengeance.”
Surveillance footage of the courtroom shows the man aiming for her face and spraying the substance, Cicconetti said.
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