17-Year-Old Faces Bond Violations in DWI Court | Judge Gives Final Warning

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]You're [clears throat] all right.

[00:00:03]Okay.

[00:00:05]>> I'm not happy with you, Mr. Shelby.

[00:00:09]Why am I not happy with you?

[00:00:14]Therein lies the problem.

[00:00:16]You don't even know what kind of bond conditions you have, and it's your second bond violation. What am I supposed to let you go again?

[00:00:27]No, I'm not going to do that.

[00:00:29]We asked you and we you have a very serious case. We asked you to conform with these bond conditions and you can't and you have not. So, what am I supposed to do?

[00:00:43]>> This thing has been charged since I spoke to him. When did I first speak to you?

[00:00:51]>> After >> Today.

[00:00:52]>> No, I spoke to you like right after Thanksgiving and told you you had to keep your ankle monitor charged, didn't I?

[00:01:00]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:00]>> Hasn't been charged since then?

[00:01:01]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:02]>> Why wasn't it charged on the 24th of November?

[00:01:10]Are you homeless?

[00:01:11]>> No.

[00:01:12]>> Do you have access to outlet?

[00:01:14]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:15]>> Then why wasn't it charged on the 24th of November?

[00:01:20]>> I was late.

[00:01:21]>> Late where?

[00:01:24]>> Felicia, >> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:25]>> is this device operational right now?

[00:01:29]>> Yes, it's operational right now, but it just keeps hitting 1% and it states here from our case manager that we've like over and over again that he needs to charge the device, but it keeps hitting 1% consistently. I see tons of notifications here [clears throat] where it says charge device, charge device, charge device, please charge the device, come to the office if you're having issues charging the device.

[00:01:54]Quite expensive.

[00:01:57]>> [snorts] >> Yeah, I'm I'm I don't know what to tell you, but you're not you're not complying with the bond conditions, Mr. Shelby.

[00:02:07]>> [clears throat] >> I let you out of jail. I asked you to do one thing and you're not doing it.

[00:02:11]You've already failed me once. Am I supposed to let you go again?

[00:02:15]>> Yes, sir.

[00:02:16]>> No.

[00:02:18]That's not the right answer. You're not charging your device.

[00:02:23]It goes with you.

[00:02:24]>> Shelby, come on up here, son.

[00:02:26]>> Mhm?

[00:02:28]>> John.

[00:02:29]>> Judge, may I bring up uh Mr. Celestino and his mom, Judge? This isn't off docket. This is the one that you told us we can come back this week.

[00:02:36]He's the one that you put a curfew and he was he works during the curfew hours.

[00:02:41]>> Hold on before you can just come up.

[00:02:43]>> He's already It's okay. Come on up.

[00:02:45]Mama.

[00:02:48]Judge, we have an interpreter here cuz she doesn't >> That's okay.

[00:02:51]>> Judge, you know, I asked Mom to come because, you know, she knows about his work schedule.

[00:02:56]>> He's talked to his supervisor.

[00:02:58]He's talked to his supervisor.

[00:03:00]>> A judge confronts a defendant over repeated bond violations and failure to charge his ankle monitor. Despite multiple warnings, the court questions his responsibility and compliance. The tense courtroom exchange highlights concerns about public safety, accountability, and whether the defendant deserves another chance outside of jail.

[00:03:22]>> I just don't have the time slots except for the second shift, which is what I on three in the afternoon and then sometimes two or three at night.

[00:03:33]And I've talked to Mom. She's assured me that that's where he is. That's where he works. She's a bachelor. She can help monitor.

[00:03:40]But he does just needs to get back to work.

[00:03:44]>> What is What is your cause, counselor?

[00:03:46]Do you mind?

[00:03:47]>> Oh, yes, I'm sorry, Judge. Uh >> [clears throat and snorts] >> It is 251. Okay.

[00:03:58]>> 7372 judge.

[00:04:10]>> Thank you so much for coming.

[00:04:12]Mom, thank you for coming.

[00:04:15]My problem the problem I have is that he's charged with a very serious offense. He's young.

[00:04:23]And while he's on bond for this case, he's continued to mess up.

[00:04:29]It's not the first time I brought him back here for violating conditions of his bond.

[00:04:36]He has had bond violations and that he's continuing to mess up.

[00:04:41]And it scares me to let a 17-year-old out at 3:00 in the morning.

[00:04:48]>> [clears throat] >> Because I don't know what's going on at 3:00 in the morning and it's hard for me to monitor. So, how do I know he's not going to be out there consuming alcohol at 3:00 in the morning?

[00:05:00]That's what scares me.

[00:05:04]>> Does Um I'm finished talking to your mom.

[00:05:09]>> So, a lot of people tell me that they're doing one thing and then when they leave and they go out the doors, they do something completely different.

[00:05:23]And so, that's why it scares me.

[00:05:26]What he's charged with, he's [clears throat] continued to have violations while he's on bond and now he wants me to let him out at 3:00 in the morning. I understand he's saying he's working, but >> He he has bills to pay.

[00:05:56]He leaves at 3:00 p.m. and finishes at 2:00 a.m.

[00:06:05]He leaves for work at 3:00 a.m. and [clears throat] finishes at 2:00, so I take him to work.

[00:06:17]And I speak with a work a co-worker of his that then brings him to back home.

[00:06:24]Work.

[00:06:35]He doesn't go anywhere else.

[00:06:38]You know, I speak with this co-worker and he lets me know whenever he's brought home.

[00:06:42]And he he won't go anywhere else.

[00:06:49]>> [cough] >> Um Mr. Siegler, what Are you familiar with this Can I What?

[00:07:01]Right.

[00:07:02]I So, what we have here is we have a young 17-year-old with a DWI. Yes, sir.

[00:07:07]>> Right.

[00:07:07]He's on bond. The case is old. I mean, it's What are we doing anyways?

[00:07:19]He's a 0.18 and he's a 17-year-old.

[00:07:23]>> The court discusses the future of a 17-year-old facing a serious DWI case.

[00:07:28]Attorneys debate probation, diversion programs, and long-term consequences of a guilty plea. The judge explains how one decision could affect the teenager's entire future while balancing punishment, rehabilitation, and public safety concerns.

[00:07:45]>> And so we got to get that mitigation in.

[00:07:49]You won't accept the time served. You know it's about the mitigation or probation. So I'm trying to get that in as fast as I can. Nathan has already told me that there's already a Clinton clock. So I'm trying to get that I turn him around as fast as I can.

[00:08:05]>> I'm I don't want to be blamed for not taking a time served. If he wants to take a time served, then he can take a time served. But you need to understand is that when you plead guilty, it stays with you for the rest of your life.

[00:08:20]>> I will explain that >> I never think it's a good idea at 17 year old to potentially shut a door when you have the ability if you're granted entry into this program to try to get this dismissed.

[00:08:36]You know, a lot of people take a half-assed approach to things in life.

[00:08:43]When you take a half-assed approach, you get that same kind of result.

[00:08:47]>> So you say [clears throat] it's a program?

[00:08:51]>> When you plead guilty to an offense, you can never undo that. You're stuck with it for the rest of your life. And when you get a conviction on your record, it's going to hurt you.

[00:09:04]So >> I'm basing that on what a stupid mistake they stand PTI clock is running not only because >> [clears throat] >> If that's going to be a route. Now, I haven't talked to him about the other one.

[00:09:34]>> You just did because >> when I talked to you before >> You really paid to me that you were interested in going out and smoking and you knew that you were considering and if that's the case, I'll take >> I just look, they have this program.

[00:09:48]It's a diversion program. If you're granted entry into it and you complete it successfully, the case gets dismissed. Your case is old and it's time to make a decision. If you want to do it, then that's what you got to do.

[00:10:01]If you want to take the easy way out, I'm happy that you can do that as well. It's up to you guys, but you need to make a decision.

[00:10:09]>> The reason we're here now is because he wants to be out in the middle of the night working.

[00:10:13]>> Right, but you know, it's a DWI and we have a positive blow or we have a uh bond violation report from about 2 weeks ago where he tested positive for alcohol. So, that's why I'm scared to just let him out in the middle of the night.

[00:10:31]>> [clears throat] >> When he got this bond violation 2 weeks ago, was he working in the middle of the night?

[00:10:38]>> He would he's been working He's been working. I I mean, in that particular incident, Judge, I don't >> As the hearing continues, the judge reviews the teenager's work schedule, alcohol violations, and electronic monitoring conditions. Family members defend their efforts to work and attend college while the court struggles to decide whether late-night freedom is too risky for someone already accused of breaking bond conditions.

[00:11:03]>> No, but he's been working.

[00:11:06]>> And I think he mentioned to me that it was a it was a really bad choice. You were at a family gathering. Is that right? It was like it wasn't at night.

[00:11:13]It was during the day it was when that happened.

[00:11:17]>> And then, Judge, after when I got out out of custody, the the same day I got out, I went to work. Then went to work Saturday and Sundays I don't work.

[00:11:27]>> What does he have on him now?

[00:11:29]Does he have on anything on him now, a SCRAM?

[00:11:31]>> Yeah, yeah, he put a he put an ankle monitor. him.

[00:11:33]>> The problem is that the the scram is broken.

[00:11:36]>> The last name, sir?

[00:11:37]>> Celestino.

[00:11:38]>> Celestino.

[00:11:39]>> I have to get It's not on docket. I have to get a give me a case number.

[00:11:41]>> He does [clears throat] as part of his new bond condition when he got out, he's on a >> Yes.

[00:11:47]>> 251 >> Mhm.

[00:11:49]>> 7372 >> Yeah, he had a GPS device. We got her view and then I strategized as a >> Has he been good on the on the scram?

[00:12:11]>> I didn't tell him you said that. Let me just question him.

[00:12:17]>> It's all good.

[00:12:21]>> Okay, here's what I'm going to do.

[00:12:23]Assuming he's negative, I mean, what are your thoughts?

[00:12:30]>> I think >> [laughter] >> that we definitely want him to keep him on the scram and the GPS.

[00:12:35]>> Well, that Yeah, that goes out, of course. But, I mean, as far as letting him out at 3:00 in the in, you know, working. What time did you want to work?

[00:12:43]>> Uh The night The shift I'm in is from 3:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. And then the other shift, which is day shift, it would be from 4:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

[00:12:53]>> So, which shift are you planning on working?

[00:12:56]>> Uh I'm trying to stay in night shift so I could go to college starting January.

[00:13:01]>> So, which shift do you want to