Secondhand Stiff
“Greg returned from the police department exhausted and frustrated the night of the auction. He informed us that along with the gun, inside Ina’s backpack the police had found a fake passport and a plane ticket for Paris. The plane ticket was dated for the day after the auction. When questioned by the police and her lawyer, Ina had clammed up.
“It’s as if she’s given up,” Greg said after the arraignment two days later. We had all gone—Greg, Mom, Renee, Ron, and I; even Buck had shown up, but... no one else I recognized from the auction. Ina entered a guilty plea to the gun charge. Since it was her first offense and Ina didn’t have any other type of criminal record, we’d expected her to get released with just a stiff fine, which Greg was prepared to pay on her behalf. But the assistant district attorney effectively argued that since the gun was loaded when found and Ina was not the registered owner, that the charge should be elevated from a misdemeanor to a felony.MoreLess
“It’s as if she’s given up,” Greg said after the arraignment two days later. We had all gone—Greg, Mom, Renee, Ron, and I; even Buck had shown up, but... no one else I recognized from the auction. Ina entered a guilty plea to the gun charge. Since it was her first offense and Ina didn’t have any other type of criminal record, we’d expected her to get released with just a stiff fine, which Greg was prepared to pay on her behalf. But the assistant district attorney effectively argued that since the gun was loaded when found and Ina was not the registered owner, that the charge should be elevated from a misdemeanor to a felony.MoreLess
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