A woman who shouted and cussed during a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting in January was criminally disruptive, a jury ruled Monday.
Carolyn Rodriguez, who goes by Carolina, was arrested at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting on Jan. 28. She signed up to speak during the designated public comment period, and she listed expletives to protest meeting rules that ban swearing. County Judge Tim O’Hare ordered her out. As she left the room, she yelled “[Expletive] you!” and shouted “It’s not against the law!” as she got arrested.
A six-member jury found Rodriguez guilty of hindering proceedings by disorderly conduct, a high-level misdemeanor. The jury is scheduled to decide her sentence Tuesday. That could range from probation to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine…