cunninglinquist

I have been helping a nephew of a friend. He did something really stupid but got lucky and got probation. Then he does something more stupid, he violates the terms of his probation and the police are taking him back to court to put him in jail. So far all I can say is he is an idiot. He committed a computer crime of sorts and was told he had to stay away from computers for 6 months or more. So he buys a smart phone and starts blogging on Facebook, oops.
When he got the news they were taking him back to court, he tried to kill himself, and that is when my friend called me. I told him that he should get a good lawyer, another friend knows one but he is very expensive. Then I said that his cellphone should be taken away from him and the battery removed, something the neglected to do, remove the battery.
His mother had the phone and it was in her purse when she visited a friend near a location her son was banned from. Of course the police were tracking the phone and came buy to put him directly in jail. One problem, the son was on suicide watch in the hospital for a week and could not have done it. That fact seems to escape the local police and prosecutor.
My friend did not think the lawyer I recommended was worth the money so he never passed on the info, now the kid will go to jail and it could have been prevented.