Former Investigative Reporter is Arrested
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Former KTRK (Houston) Investigative Reporter Wayne Dolcefino was arrested on a contempt of court charges.
Dolcefino was an Investigative Reporter at KTRK for 27 years before starting Dolcefino Consulting.
KPRC reports that Dolcefino went to court Tuesday to ask about a request to have investigators assigned to several cases he is working on.
“Wayne walked into the courtroom not knowing the judge was conducting a hearing via Zoom and wanted to be heard not knowing again that Jordan was in the middle of a hearing and Judge Jordan didn’t appreciate the interruption whereupon Wayne was held in direct contempt,” Dolcefino’s attorney Dan Cogdel told KPRC.
“The spectator (Dolcefino) was disrupting court, he was warned 3X: have a seat or leave courtroom. He refused, kept demanding to interview judge. Upon final warning, Judge stated he would be held in custody, to which spectator responded: ‘Do what you have to do,‘” a court document reads.
The document further states that Dolcefino’s behavior “prevented the court from conducting its proceedings in a dignified, orderly, and expeditious manner.”
“Despite the Court’s warnings, Contemnor (Dolcefino) persisted in disrupting the proceedings of the court,” the document reads.
Dolcefino was found guilty of the charge and was sentenced to 3 days in Harris County Jail and a $500 fine.
While he was originally arrested without bond, Cogdel is working to have an Appellate court set bond so Dolcefino can be freed as he suffers from severe medical problems.
“He is a Type 2 Diabetes, he has multiple schlorsis, and he has relapsing MS which puts him in a very dangerous position in terms of COVID-19,” Cogdel said.
