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Article: Cell phones in the bushes?: Some people may have hid them before entering courthouse.
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- The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2007
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Byline: Jeff Wiehe
Jan. 3--Jerry Noble heard a funny story at the Allen County Courthouse on Tuesday. He couldn't validate it, but it's what security guards and others milling about near the entryway were saying.
There were cell phones ringing in the bushes.
People entering the courthouse were no longer allowed to bring in cell phones or electronic devices as of Tuesday. Officials were not providing a place to store the cell phones. If you had one, it had to disappear before you got your foot in the door, so why not stow the phone in the bushes in front of the building?
Noble, court executive, made regular visits at courthouse entrances ...