I saw something strange in the news today…

Man apologizes for courtroom feces

DULUTH, Minn. – A Chicago man apologized for spreading his feces around a courtroom during his trial on drug charges. …

“Im going to take full responsibility for everything I did in Duluth,” Willis told the court. “I want to apologize for everything I did in court. Im sorry, your honor.”

He asked Judge David Sullivan to put him on probation. Sullivan told Willis his actions wouldn’t be held against him, but there was no reason to depart from sentencing guidelines.

The article leaves out way too much information here.  Why was he doing this?  And why weren’t his actions held against him?  I would expect him to get into some kind of trouble for that.