Drew Hendricks wrote (on 08.08.2006 at 23:18 hrs GMT)

Folks, it is over. Practically.

I took a deal, a dirty g-d@%n deal. I signed a paper for the Prosecutor just a couple of hours ago, and now I am officially part of the problem again.

For twelve months, I can't get arrested inside the "secured areas" of the Port of Olympia. I also should not be seen in court for Trespass 2nd Degree either, I would assume. Considering I went 37 years before my first arrest, I think I can manage 12 months. It's not really over until then. If I clear that hurdle, they drop the case from the record (dismiss it) which is odd, since I technically confessed to the offense, in a 'nolo contendre' sense.

Oh, and $43 in court costs.

And a $100 booking fee to the Sheriff's Dept (do I get that back in a year? When they dismiss the case and it drops right off my record? HA!)

And what I had to pay my lawyer. Oh, wait - my community did that. Thanks!

WE WIN! (in a small way, in that we built community, made friends, and gained important experience for the next time! Of course, the war still drags on... we still have not won that. Yet.)

By the way, I got this deal in part because the prosecutor quit - we don't know why-, and another prosecuter found all of our cases suddenly in her lap; so she wanted them gone, and she was willing to drop all the fines (except $200 restitution to the Port from the gate arrestees). More on that, later.

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