‘Disabled’ man walks out of court?

Carl Funk, 58, was arrested on a five-year-old warrant
for trespassing and having an open container of alcohol. He claimed he couldn’t
afford the judge’s initial offer of $100 bail because he was permanently
confined to his bed.

He looked unsteady as two officers, each grabbing an arm
to support him, guided him into a chair at the North Broward Detention Center in
south Florida on Friday.

“I am disabled and it’s really a problem for me to move
around,” he told Judge John Hurley via video conference from the jailhouse,
according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

So, the judge offered him a compromise – $50 bail to be paid over six months in
exchange to pleading guilty. When Funk agreed, Judge Hurley ordered him
released.

At that point, Funk stands up – unaided – and walks
briskly away.