BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A judge will allow the 20-year-old son of rock star John Mellencamp to serve a four-day jail sentence in 12-hour stints because he suffers from a panic disorder.
Speck Mellencamp will be incarcerated at the Monroe County Jail from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Aug. 10-13 and Aug. 18-21 so a health care professional is on duty while he’s behind bars.
Mellencamp received the sentence after pleading guilty in April to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a July 2013 altercation.
The Herald-Times reports (http://bit.ly/1UB92ib ) Mellencamp’s attorney requested the arrangement because the Monroe County Jail has nurses to attend to inmates only from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. He said having his client incarcerated only within those hours reduces “the risk that he will suffer a debilitating panic attack.”
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Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.heraldtimesonline.com
