Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Man walks 25 miles in 90+ degree heat to court for sentencing - Treated for dehydration


CARLISLE, Pennsylvania - A Pennsylvania man says he had one alternative when his brother didn't show up to give him a ride to court: start walking. Stephen Shoemaker of Shippensburg was scheduled to appear at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for sentencing on a 2007 drunken-driving conviction. Shoemaker, 33, doesn't have a car or driver's license. So he started walking to the Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle at dawn. He kept walking for about 25 miles in 90-plus-degree heat. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - ROOTS Direct