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Overexposed Anderson woman exposes confusion in city court

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— Overexposure outside an Anderson restaurant was cited as the reason for more criminal charges against a 43-year-old Anderson woman who is becoming well-known for going around without even the bare essentials.

About 8 p.m. Oct. 2, Anderson police confronted the woman outside the Little Pigs Barbecue Restaurant at 1401 N. Main St.

She was hollering and screaming in an adjacent parking lot and “exposing herself to the public,” Officer Matthew Stipe said in his report.

Lisa Rice of Grimes Street was charged with disorderly conduct.

On Oct. 3, Rice was escorted into Anderson Municipal Court.

Before Judge Ken Mattison called her case, Rice talked out loud, made noises, waved her arms, rolled her eyes and muttered that she has been “moving from jail to jail. What’s going on?”

Moments later, she stood before Mattison, saying, “I do what I do. The city tells me to go to the county. The county tells me to go to the city. Where’s my rights?”

Rice pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, receiving a fine of $470 or 30 days in jail. The judge told Rice that he would suspend the fine to one day served if Rice avoided trouble for 30 days.

At 1:30 p.m. Oct. 3, Rice was arrested minutes after her release from jail. Officer Brandon Surratt confronted a yelling and cursing Rice at the corner of South Main and Market streets. She was charged with disorderly conduct.

On Sept. 30, Rice was allowed to sign a $262.50 bond hours after her arrest for disorderly conduct at Hall and Oliver streets in Anderson.

According to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office report, Rice was seen removing her clothes and exposing a breast about 6 p.m. Sept. 29. Rice has been involved in several other incidents with the Anderson police.

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Doesn't this woman need a mental health evaluation?


Mental Health can only do so much. When a patient refuses to comply with treatment, then the results are what you read in the paper. With all the State budget cuts that have taken place over the past five years The Mental Health facilities have been hit hard and it becomes difficult to provide constant care and treatment for the ones who desperately need it the most. It is also dfficult to monitor the activities of these patients when they do not keep scheduled appointments and take the medications that are prescribed. I have known Lisa for a long time and it is sad that her life has become what it is.




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