By Caleb Hutton
A Custer man started serving a 60-day jail sentence Tuesday, Aug. 14, for stealing his ex-girlfriend’s purse and telling her, over text message, to “please” kill herself.
Troy Lane Judge, 42, was convicted of cyber stalking and third-degree theft in June.
The defendant confronted his 43-year-old ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of the Silver Reef Casino on a night in September 2011, about 10 months after they broke up. He yelled expletives at her, according to charging documents.
She went inside the casino and tried to ignore him. But Judge followed her, called her a few more names, and “yelled out that she was a drug dealer,” wrote Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Dona Bracke.
Judge then went outside to his ex’s car. Security cameras caught him opening the front door. From there, he opened the car’s trunk and took the woman’s purse, containing about $250, a curling iron, a credit card and makeup inside.
Judge sent 52 text messages to his ex the next day. In one of the messages he wrote, “I want you to end your own life please” (sic), according to the charges.
Later, he showed up at her home, threw her purse at her and left. When deputies arrested him, he said he knew it was about the night at the casino. But he insisted “he just needed to get his own stuff from her car,” according to Bracke.
Court records don’t mention what angered Judge in the first place.
A judge sentenced Judge to a two-year prison term, with all but 60 days of the sentence suspended. So if he violates the terms of his probation, he could end up with a lot more time behind bars. He’s not allowed to be within 500 feet of the victim until June 14, 2013.
This story is very one sided….. He made very poor choices but a. she was (probably still is) a dealing in drugs AND a drug user, b. it was HIS car, that she illegally forged paperwork while they were still together (and he never pursued),SHE STILL tries to have contact with him to this day !! Those who know her know how manipulative she is. She also figured since she moved in with him she should also get his home?? Troy was out of line, I agree but she has used and abused his kindness. The text messages? yes we all said “give it up and wash your hands of her and DON”T let her back when she gets done flopping in a drug house! and what about the ones SHE sends to HIM(breaking HER restraining order against HIM). She was NEVER in danger and she knows this. If she thought he would EVER be hurtful why does she still try and get ahold of him? Why was she ALWAYS trying to get him to watch her baby? and dangle that baby as a carrot to him to get back in?(again m-a-n-i-p-u-l-a-t-i-o-n!). Every bit of her stuff was returned the next day (nothing kept, no credit cards or money spent!!). It’s sad that this is such big news and that he’s getting jail time for something so ridiculous yet we have repeat upon repeat offenders of crimes that are more than an “ugly confrontation from a fed up boyfriend” being let out time after time. She is never in the wrong and never takes responsibility for her own actions. Not just this incident. Like how many children has she had? how many children does she have custody of? so there’s 8 more “I never did anything wrong”s that she claims. Get real !! /:
That’s right !! Those who know THEM know what the whole story is and it’s not what this story portrays. She’s farrrrrrr from innocent in this mess. She’s definitely got manipulation down to a perfection !!
Nice crowd involved with this story.
Even the comments are dysfunctional.
Wow. The first two comments. Are you kidding me? So it’s okay for someone to stalk their former girlfriend? And how true is it that the person is a drug dealer? Let’s just blame the victims of stalking and domestic violence and rapes. Total misogynistic views, doesn’t surprise me one bit.
Y’all are a bunch of hoe’s. Nobody knows the story besides the ONLY 2 people involved. Too the first commenter…it’s funny how you mention kids when you treat your like sh** and you work for the government, but anyway people should no the fu**ed up system is corrupt. Penny your a drunk so get your dirty panties outta the bunch their in. But seriously I think It’s sweet of you think you all were a part of it but I what I think is best is if you guys shut up get off the dope and obsess about your own lives.