Briefly

Columbus

Court overturns dad’s procreation probation

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a judge’s order that a man avoid having more children while on probation for failing to pay child support.

The court ruled 5-2 in favor of Sean Talty, saying his sentence was too broad because it did not include a method for lifting the ban if Talty caught up with his child-support payments.

Talty, 32, has seven children by five women. He was required to make “reasonable” efforts to avoid conception during his five-year probation after being convicted of not supporting three of the children.

Providing a procedure for lifting the ban “would have been, at the very least, an easy alternative that would have better accommodated Talty’s procreation rights,” Chief Justice Thomas Moyer wrote for the court’s majority.

San Francisco

Nude sunbather dies in bar fight

A man sunbathing nude on the terrace of a bar in the city’s Castro District died after getting into a fight with a patron who complained about him.

Jay Carbone, 52, fell and hit his head during the scuffle at the Pendulum bar, police said. He died Saturday, two days later.

According to police, Carbone ordered drinks and disrobed. After about an hour, another man complained and asked Carbone to put his clothes on. Police said Carbone replied, “If you don’t like it, get out.”

No immediate charges were filed.

Washington, D.C.

Children served liquor at private school

It was not the sort of letter a school delights in sending home to its families.

“Dear Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Parents:

“It is with great regret that I tell you that your child may have been exposed to alcohol today at lunch,” said the missive signed by Alexander Harvey IV, head of the private Alexandria Country Day School.

It was tequila and margarita mix, to be precise, left in the refrigerator in a pitcher and mistaken for limeade by kitchen staff, who poured it into small cups and served it to children as a lunch treat, he wrote.

Some youngsters didn’t like the smell and declined; others took a sip and declared it “gross,” according to parents and Harvey.

Alexandria Commonwealth’s Atty S. Randolph Sengel said because the Sept. 10 incident was a mistake, it did not rise to the level of criminal conduct.