I guess I can be characterized as a pool fan and "responsible businessman." I was there and testified on his behalf. There was another man meeting my general profile and two is the limit his attorney said would be permitted to testify.
I think Abe Lincoln could have testifed and it wouldn't have made any difference......
About 13 years ago the same thing happened to me.One rainy day I was at the pool hall and saw a local player looking a little shaky. I asked him what was going on and he told me he had been living in his car for about a week. For lack of a better name lets call him Santabanez. I told him to come home eat, rest sleep get healthy and leave. Fast Forward awhile. Now Dave Rhodes is living two blocks away. Niles is living downstairs. The pool hall is walking distance and Sharky's about a mile away. No thiefs, lots of action. I had a good job working a modified swing. Money in the bank. I'm traveling life is good. One morning about 5 am C.S. & his friend Noel go to breakfast.
I'm sleeping like a baby. The door breaks down, people are screaming guns are in my face and I start laughing. Now the triple agency task force in my small bedroom is cranky and want's to know why I'm laughing. I say coyly"I thought we were being robbed and frankly I'm glad it's you." As they are drilling the safe I try to tell them it's open. There are miniscule amounts of drugs found. I am the only one home. Three years, much money, my brother and the best darn defense attn in Oregon Paul Ferder. My charges are finally dropped. One arrest, arraignment, charges dropped. The State of Oregon asked me never to live with my co-defendants again. New rules, New game.
Let me know his address soon. But for the grace of God.....
