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Rex Phelps, a former high school teacher, was president of an experimental aviation club, and the girl was learning how to fly airplanes when the incidents occurred, officials said.
A Harrison Township man was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for sexually abusing a child.
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She said she protested to the bailiff but he told her it was the judge’s rule. "He told me I can't come in because I have my headwrap on,” she said. “And I said, 'Sir, this is my religion." Haltom City city manager Rex Phelps said the judge, who works for the city part-time, did have a blanket policy against any kind of headwear. "It was just a general rule, just like a lot of courts don't allow cell phones on in court,” Phelps said. Once the judge realized it was a hijab, for religious reasons, she tried to accommodate her, Phelps said.
Facebook Kendra Rumph Montemayor posted a video on her Facebook page after being told she couldn't go inside a Haltom City Municipal Courtroom because of the court's no hat policy. Montemayor wears a hijab because she's Muslim. The DFW Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on municipal courts to allow head coverings after receiving complaints from people who've been told they can't enter a courtroom. Earlier this week, Kendra Rumph Montemayor stopped by Haltom City Municipal Court to pay a speeding ticket. But in a Facebook video, she said she was told she couldn't ...