L.A. public defender is arrested at San Francisco’s airport after battling cops and singing the theme song from ‘Happy Days’
I’ll bet this public defender will hire a private attorney to defend her, rather than one of her fellow public defenders.
L.A. PUBLIC DEFENDER ACCUSED OF SINGING ‘HAPPY DAYS’ THEME, ASSAULTING OFFICERS IN DRUNKEN SFO TIRADE
By Henry K. Lee
San Francisco Chronicle
March 20, 2014
An extremely drunk Los Angeles County deputy public defender created a scene at San Francisco International Airport, screaming at officers and assaulting them, singing the “Happy Days” theme song and asking for cocaine, authorities said Thursday.
Monica Marie Jenkins, 37, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in San Mateo County Superior Court to misdemeanor charges of assault and battery on a police officer, obstructing officers and being drunk in public. She was released on her own recognizance.
A day earlier, Jenkins was at SFO preparing to board a flight to Los Angeles but was so drunk that she was barred from getting on the plane, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. He said she was belligerent and refused suggestions that she sober up and catch a later flight, instead demanding that she be taken to jail.
She also screamed profanities, threatened to sue the officers and began singing, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5 o’clock rock” from “Happy Days,” Wagstaffe said.
During her arrest on suspicion of being drunk in public, Jenkins allegedly kicked an officer, tried to kick a second officer and screamed more profanities. Once in the patrol car, her mood changed, Wagstaffe said.
She told officers, “Thank you for saving me,” “Where’s my purse, it’s worth a lot of money,” and “I’m not worrying anymore, give me some cocaine,” according to investigators. She then became angry again and, while being booked at San Mateo County Jail, tried to bite a nurse, Wagstaffe said.
Jenkins, an attorney since 2007 after graduating from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. Kelly Embling, a chief deputy public defender in Los Angeles, did not respond to a telephone message.
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If she hadn't assaulted the cop the SFPD probably would have ignored the whole thing. Being plastered in public and asking people for drugs is probably socially acceptable behavior in SF.
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