The CCTV camera’s video recording clearly shows the judge going into the cell along with Green Beret!
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Green Beret was sentenced to spend a night in Jail by a North Carolina Judge, but when the Judge remembered his own story, he couldn’t let the Beret spend time alone in the Jail.
Judge Lou Olivera, who is a Gulf War veteran, is a district court judge for the Veterans Treatment Court in North Carolina. The Judge had to sentence Joe Serena, a Green Beret, to spend one night in Jail because of probation violation.
Serna is retired from the military and is dealing with the difficulty of adjusting with his life after experiences the war in Afghanistan.
Due to all the post-traumatic stress, Joe turned to alcohol to help him deal with his mental stress. Soon after walking on the path of destruction, he had to go to the Veterans Treatment Court, which allows the veterans to get back on track.
Joe met Judge Olivera here for the first time. Olivera said that when Joe came in the court first time, he was so tight and slowly you could see him relax.
When Serna lied about his Urine test in the court, it was clear that he has to hold himself up for his actions and that’s when he was sentenced to the night in Jail.
Anxiety started coming back to Serna when he stepped inside the jail cell as he could remember the painful memories from the war. It seemed like the longest night for him and flashbacks were continuously playing in his head.
Serna was trapped inside the cell with his own thoughts and was unable to move. He remembered an incident with the other three soldiers were the vehicle was plunged with waters, but he survived after that.
Olivera drove him to the Jail and asked the jail administrator if he could spend the night with Serna.
The administrator was shocked, but then the Judge said that he is a good man and I don’t want him to spend the night alone. Both of them spent the night together talking about their lives, families, and services.
The Judge is truly a hero to not let Serna spend that night alone as both of them went through similar things and connected with each other.
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