Recent content by concernedguyind

the prosecutor can "hit me pretty hard"?! You mean, harder than the detective did? If you hit me hard enough, I suppose that I'll admit to stealin' the damn bike myself! Hit me still harder, and I might just confess to shootin' Kennedy!

rather than retracting, my I can elaborate on my statement?.... This is exactly what transpired in the detective's office: Q(detective): You said when you bought the bike, you knew it was stolen. Is this true? A(me): No, I can't sign that, because I didn't say that. Q: Well, you...

c'mon, i need more opinions!...... I want 12 responses, I will consider you guys my "jury of my peers".....the prosecution has offered to plea bargain: if I plead guillty, they knock the charge down to misdemeanor, and recommend probation. But my instincts are that I'm innocent, I don't want to...

are you sure, look, if the detective had put...... another false statement in front of me, say, "you knew Mr. X had received the bike as a birthday present", I would have, again, said I can't sign that ****, because I didn't say that. If the jackass detective pressed me, again, on a percentage...

What is the name of your state?DC I was arrested for receiving stolen property. Like a dumbass, I went upstairs and talked to a detective, w/out my lawyer, who asked me if I "wanted to "cooperate"...... Anyway, he asked me to sign a statement that said "you said you believed when you bought...

and notice my preliminary hearing was waived?...... the prosecutor wants to knock the charge down to a misdemeanor? That was on Monday, now it's Friday....how long does it take these guys to make their offer, anyway?!

the owner loses out if he takes in stolen property.... the $20 was so he wouldn't feel he lost out completely.....if he had gotten the bike, he'd have resold it for $400 plus....and I promise when he reported the bike to the police, it would not have shown up as stolen, these things (and...

Moments before my preliminary hearing today..... the prosecutor asked my lawyer if I'd be interested in working out a deal to knock the charge down to a misdemeanor....my lawyer said I should, and we went before the judge and signed a "waiver of preliminary hearing"...... but all my instincts...

isn't the common law definition of receiving stolen property... that you had to have "known, or nearly known, not be merely suspious" that an item was stolen? At least that's what I got off of MSN's Encarta site. I....wasn't even suspious that the bike was stolen, otherwise, why would I have...

I won't bring it up, but the police will?!..... The thing I'm sure of, is that the way pawn shops report their merchandise to the police is absolutely broken, if you took 100 stolen bikes to the pawn shop, 99 or 100 of the bikes would clear the police dept. And I have cooperated to the best of...

true, but again, the pawn shop had offered $70..... and again, the seller was prepared to produce photo id, be videotaped, etc. And the pawnshop is probably the most legitimate one in my city (which makes you wonder about the others). And I command a premium when I resell bikes because I clean...

you are correct, it's the second time I've had a "run in"... the first time, I had a receipt from the pawn shop, and when the person called the police, me, like a dummy, opened the door to my place and cooperated and let the police take the bike. I was pissed because I go out of my...

I did tell police this (my) story..... the police were going to let me go, some detective came along, and wants my hide?! It is a $500 bike that I got for $120, but I didn't think twice because the pawn shop mgr. had made an offer (and he's pretty good at spotting what is stolen, and what is...

What is the name of your state? DC I was in a pawn shop to buy a bicycle (I do this often, it's my livelihood), and the mgr. and a customer were negotiating over a bicycle. The mgr. offered the guy $70, and finally the guy refused. Since the mgr. is a friend/business associate, at this point I...