Man accused of trying to steal acquaintance's bike escorted from courtroom for shouting
Percy Lee Frame
Courtesy of the WCSO
A 41-year-old man who was told he couldn't address a Washtenaw County courtroom about his bond Monday refused the judge's order and began shouting about the alleged victim in his robbery case.
Percy Lee Frame, who has been charged with armed robbery and carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, wished to speak to Judge Melina Morris about a motion to reduce his $25,000 cash bond.
Frame did not follow the court's rules when Morris told him he could not address the court in the matter.
"I didn't rob him," Frame shouted in the court, referring to the acquaintance Ypsilanti police say he tried robbing at knifepoint on Aug. 8 in Ypsilanti. "He was a drug addict, your honor. He's a liar. They know he's lying. He's a dope fiend."
Deputies escorted Frame out of the courtroom before the bond hearing was concluded. Frame could be heard shouting in the courtroom for the next several minutes from the lock-up area behind the judge's bench.
He kept repeating, "They know he's lying!" and "I didn't rob him!"
Morris denied the bond motion. Frame's attorney, Washtenaw County Assistant Public Defender Stephen Adams, told the court Frame's mother is in the hospital and that Frame wanted to see her before she died.
Assistant Washtenaw County Prosecutor Robyn Liddell said Frame has an extensive criminal history including charges of malicious destruction of property, fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and cocaine possession.
"He used a knife to steal a bike," she told the court before requesting Morris deny the motion.
Ypsilanti police said Frame knocked his acquaintance off a bike.
"(He) then pulled a knife on him and told him the bike was his now," Sgt. Thomas Eberts wrote in an email. "Witnesses confirmed that this happened and heard Frame yelling about the victim owing him money."
Police did not immediately furnish details about where the incident took place. Frame is listed as homeless in court records. Another court hearing was not set.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
John of Saline
Fri, Feb 1, 2013 : 7:25 p.m.
There once was a defendant named Frame Whose lawyer he decided to blame She quit the case After he got in her face To delay his trial of blame.
Ron Granger
Wed, Oct 31, 2012 : 1:05 p.m.
Mr. Frame I hope you did't steal that frame though any accusations that you have been framed are taxing on my brain
John of Saline
Fri, Feb 1, 2013 : 7:17 p.m.
I prefer the limerick form.
jcj
Wed, Oct 31, 2012 : 12:36 p.m.
It must have had playing cards in the spokes!
RJA
Wed, Oct 31, 2012 : 1:42 a.m.
I guess he won't be homeless long, when he gets his home we will be paying his rent and feeding him.
Cathy
Wed, Oct 31, 2012 : 2:02 a.m.
True, but the food is really bad.
Cathy
Wed, Oct 31, 2012 : 12:48 a.m.
Percy Lee Frame, MDOC #253006 1995 - Unlawfully Driving Away an Automobile 1995 - Unlawfully Driving Away an Automobile 1995 - Felonious Assault 1995 - Felonious Assault 1996 - Criminal Sexual Conduct 4th Degree (Force or Coercion) Also charged with Prostitution and Accosting/Soliciting in 2009, as reported on this website. Went to court in 2010 on one count of Second Degree Home Invasion and one count of Third Degree Home Invasion, as reported on examiner.com. Lock this guy up for a good long time and the crime rate will go down.