The jury reached a verdict in the trial of Shiloh Hendrix on July 23 after beginning deliberations at 1 p.m. Hendrix was then ordered to serve supervised probation, complete 200 hours of community work service and pay a $1000 fine.
The case centered on two counts of disorderly conduct tied to an incident at a Rochester park in April 2025, when Hendrix was accused of calling a Black child a racial slur. By the time the jury finished, the court had already heard competing arguments over what the evidence showed and how the jury should read the facts.
Shire Jimale testimony
Shire Jimale told the court he was not aware of a Go Fund Me page in his name, or a page by the Rochester branch of the NAACP, until after he interviewed with police. He also testified that he told the NAACP to put the money in a trust for his son.
Rochester Police Department Sargeant Ben Schlag, who first interviewed Jimale on May 8, 2025, said his job was to conduct an initial interview with Jimale to gather details about the incident at the Rochester park and to determine Jimale’s son was the correct victim. Schlag testified that Jimale did not say in that first interview that he feared Hendrix was going to strike his son; Jimale raised that concern the next day.
Judge Christa Daily ruling
Judge Christa Daily said she would not allow Karalus to submit evidence of the Go Fund Me page or let the witness testify about “the internet” because it could not be proven to be true or correct. Daily also warned Karalus that he would be held in contempt of the court if he continued. The defense rested after that argument over evidence.
During day three, Hendrix chose not to testify. Nicholas Schabel used a 15-minute final argument to tell the jury that “the evidence tells a straight forward story” and that “Hendrix knew her conduct and words could evoke an assault, was offensive, and would disturb the peace.”
Jury question on boisterous
The court went back into session at 6:33 PM after a question from the jury, and at 7:28 PM the jury’s question was reported to involve the definition of “boisterous.” Daily sent the jury back to the instructions.
A verdict was reported at 10:17 PM, and the later reporting at 11:09 PM laid out the sentence: supervised probation, 200 hours of community work service and a $1000 fine. The verdict ended the deliberation phase in a case built around whether Hendrix’s conduct met the legal standard for disorderly conduct, and the unresolved point for readers is the exact split on the two counts.
