James Orr has a checkered past. He’s been convicted of robbery in both Ohio and New York. He has over fifty aliases. He’s currently incarcerated in the Hamilton County jail in Ohio for first degree aggravated robbery and second degree kidnapping.
He ate the contents of his colostomy bag in court earlier this month.
Wait, what?
Yes, you read that correct. On September third the sixty-six year-old Orr was in the midst of a trial without jury for kidnapping and robbery. He and a partner tried to obtain money from a woman buying food at a Chinese restaurant. She denied them, and so he pulled a gun on her and forced her to take him to an ATM where he made her give him one thousand dollars. Her three children were in the car at the time.
During the trial a witness for the prosecution took the stand and began to testify; it was then that Orr asked his lawyer, Norm Aubin, if he had anything to eat. When Aubin said he did not, Orr preformed the world’s worst rendition of reduce, reuse, and recycle, and poured the contents of his colostomy bag out onto the defendant table and started eating them.
Assistant prosecuting attorney David Prem has the opinion that Orr acted out of intention, not insanity; he was facing a possible sixty year sentence. “I'm completely convinced his whole goal here is to cause as much mayhem as he can.”
Court-appointed mental health workers agreed with Prem and declared Orr to be a stinky, sane, liar-liar-pants-on-fire with poo-poo face. Ok, maybe they didn't use those exact words. They really said he was mentally sound and able to stand trial.
The courtroom was closed off and declared a biohazard area by judge Ethna Cooper. She postponed the trial until the next week when Orr was sentenced to twenty-six years in prison, six of which because he used a gun during the crime.
If you don’t find this newswire disturbing enough, you can visit this link and buy a tee shirt, mouse pad, playing cards, mug, button, or other assorted items stamped with Orr’s image. Personally, I’ve got my eye on the photo apron; making brownies could take on a whole other nuance.
