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Dang Maniac

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

'I'm Tied Down Like a Dang Maniac!' Jane Doe Tells Court She's Not Tammy Thomas

Deputies had her strapped to a chair, the judge ruled a psychologist may see her jail records, and the defense attorney said fingerprints don't confirm her ID.

"I'm tied down like a dang maniac!" The woman who has refused to identify herself since her July 9 arrest in a vacant Fridley house made a dramatic entrance in an Anoka courtroom Wednesday, shouting as deputies pushed her forward in a wheeled restraint chair with straps holding her down.  "My client wishes to be addressed as Jane Doe, not Tammy Thomas," public defender Jennifer Pradt told Judge Daniel O'Fallon. Pradt said fingerprint analysis had not confirmed her client's identity as Tammy Anquinette Thomas. Authorities have asserted the woman is Thomas since they lifted a fingerprint off a drinking glass in a holding cell where she spent an Anoka County Jail record of three weeks while refusing to cooperate with booking procedures. 'She'…

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Chris Steller

10:54 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

I had to delete a comment that wasn't in keeping with Patch's Terms of Use (http://fridley.patch.com/terms) -- all comments welcome, just no abusive language, please.   more ›

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