A man who had just received a 10-year prison term exchanged marriage vows with a woman in the courthouse before being led away in shackles.

Forrest Lynn Foreman, 49, was sentenced to 10 years jail on Friday after pleading no contest to making methamphetamine, but he wanted to marry 30-year-old Amie Gayleene Lang before beginning his sentence.

In a third-floor courtroom of the Bryan County courthouse, Calera Police Chief Don Hyde Jr, who is an ordained minister, performed the marriage ceremony after being asked to do so by a court clerk deputy.

“It was an emotional moment because the two had professed to love each other and do what was right and unite as a family,” Hyde said.

“It was a situation, that from talking to the two of them, he was going away a long time and they wanted to become legal as a couple.”
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When Durant police officers arrived to the Shady Brook Apartments on North 7th Street answering a call about a loud party they were in for a big surprise.

According to local news officers said that Tony Pelayo ate two marijuana joints trying to hide it from them. He was of course arrested for destroying the evidence.

Apparently, at the arrival they found two marijuana joints on the table, but Pelayo quickly took them. Officers said they asked him to hand them over but Pelayo said he couldn’t because he ate the evidence. He then proceeded to show police a leafy smile.

According to specialist ingesting and smoking cannabis does not have the same effect. It takes about one or two hours for ingested marijuana to start working but unlike the short term effect of smoked marijuana the effect of eaten lasts up to 10 hours. Also it can be far more potent than smoking the same amount.

One of the the most important effect of cannabis is an intensification of the emotional situation you are in. I think Pelayo is in for a long depressing night in jail.