The “crime junkie” arrested Tuesday for allegedly filming jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s case claimed it was all a “misunderstanding” as prosecutors alleged she risked the “sanctity” of the killer mom’s trial.
Dawn Light, 56, pleaded not guilty to the charge of aggravated intimidation of a juror in the same courthouse where Clancy’s high-profile trial has been underway for the past six weeks.
Light — a retired registered nurse — allegedly pulled her blue Toyota into a “restricted area” of the court premises and filmed and took photos from inside the car as jurors were leaving court Tuesday afternoon, prosecutor Nicole Piacentini claimed as she asked for the judge to hold her on $50,000 bail.
Here’s the latest on Lindsay Clancy’s trial for allegedly murdering her three children:
Light is a “crime junkie” and Clancy supporter, she revealed in an interview with CT Insider Wednesday.
When cops approached Light, “she was adamant” she wasn’t filming jurors but rather “waiting to see if Lindsay Clancy would come out of the building,” the prosecutor claimed.
But when the cops looked inside her phone they found a video of jurors walking out in her deleted folder, Piacentini alleged.
“This individual is not only videoing … She went back to a restricted area. She was caught in that resisted area,” the prosecutor said.
“The sanctity of the judicial system is at risk because of her actions. It’s an extremely serious matter for the Commonwealth and for the integrity of the proceedings,” Piacentini blasted.
But Light’s defense lawyer, Jennifer White, claimed “this is a complete misunderstanding, Your Honor.”
“My client was seeking a picture of Ms. Clancy and had no intention of any interactions with the jurors,” White said.
“She understands the magnitude and seriousness of this charge,” the defense lawyer said.
Judge Shelby M. Smith did not set bail for Light but did order her to stay away from the courthouse, witnesses and jurors in the case. She can only return to court for her future hearings in the case.
She is due back on Oct. 15.
