Too Fat For Court, Drug Dealer Sentenced In Ambulance

An ambulance was temporarily designated as a courtroom at the loading dock at the Hamilton County Courthouse Wednesday morning because the 600lb defendant was too big to fit indoors.

42-year-old Kirk Lenell Smith pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking and being a felon in possession of a gun. Standing just outside, Judge Tom Heekin imposed a 2-year prison sentence that had been agreed upon as part of a plea.


View Full Site