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Court clerk applies $60 donation to defendant’s fine after hearing hardship
Summary
At a brief hearing at the Municipal Court of Providence, a court clerk read a letter from Angie Chesser of Anderson, Indiana, who enclosed $60 "to cover tickets or court cost of a single parent," and said she would apply the money to an unemployed defendant's outstanding fines.
A court clerk at the Municipal Court of Providence said she would apply a $60 donation to a defendant’s outstanding fine after the defendant described being unemployed and supporting two young children.
The defendant told the clerk, “I don't have any money. I'm unemployed,” and confirmed they had two children, ages 11 and 3. The clerk acknowledged the court record suggested prior problems but said that after hearing the defendant’s account she had "a change of heart."
The clerk read a letter she had received from Angie Chesser of Anderson, Indiana: "I am enclosing $60 to cover tickets or court cost of a single parent." The clerk said she would "apply this to your fine," explaining the donor intended to help someone in the defendant’s situation.
The defendant thanked the donor and the clerk, saying the gesture was "very touching." The clerk encouraged the defendant to pay the kindness forward when circumstances improve.
No formal motion or vote was recorded in the transcript. The exchange was limited to the clerk’s statement that she would use the donated funds toward the defendant’s fines; further procedural steps, if any, were not specified in the transcript.
