Man sentenced to become ‘homeless’

? A Salvation Army worker who was ordered by a judge to spend a night homeless for stealing a holiday kettle containing about $250 returned to court Friday with red eyes and red cheeks.

Nathen Smith who was fitted with a GPS device to track his moves, spent Thursday night ducking in and out of government buildings for warmth, including a stop at the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Smith also walked through a park, but did not go under a bridge where many of Painesville’s homeless sleep, probation supervisor David Washlock said.

“It’s hard to find a spot to go that’s warm, unless you’re inside,” an unshaven Smith told Municipal Judge Michael Cicconetti, who issued the sentence.