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DRED

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I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR CHARGES OF STEALING. THEY SAY I SAY I TOOK 436.00 DOLLARS IN FOOD STAMPS FROM THE STATE. BUT WHAT I DID WAS FAILED TO REPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY WANTED ME TO WHEN MY BOYFRIEND GOT A JOB. MY BOYFRIEND GOES THROUGH JOBS LIKE ITS NOTHING HE HAS ALREADY HAD 5 JOBS THIS YEAR SO FAR!SO WHAT I DID WAS I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF HE WAS GONNA STAY AT THAT JOB BEFORE I REPORTED BECAUSE I WASN'T WORKING AT THAT TIME AND WE HARDLY HAD ANY MONEY COMMING IN AT THAT TIME AND WE HAVE ALOT OF BILLS TO PAY!TWO MONTHS WENT BUY AND HE STAYED AND I REPORTED HIM WORKING, MY CASE WORKER DIDN'T LIKE THAT I WAITED SO LONG SO SHE REPORTED ME TO SOME ONE AND TOOK AWAY OUR STAMPS AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATOR MY BOYFRIEND WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB NOW MY BOYFRIEND AND I ARE BROKE WITH NO JOBS. AND I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD TO FEED NO MONEY NO STAMPS . I HAVE A JOB NOW THOUGH BUT NOT THEN, AND NOW I HAVE TO GO TO COURT JULY 17 AND I WAS WONDERING IF I SHOULD PLEAD GUILTY OR NON GUILTY? OH AND ALSO THEY HAVE MY BOYFRIENDS NAME WRONG ON THE PAPERS THEY GAVE ME HIS NAME IS DONNY AND THEY PUT DANIEL DRENNAN DONNYS LAST NAME IS SPELLED DIFFERNTLY ALSO. DOES THIS MATTER?
 


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Tracey

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Get a lawyer. Don't say a word to police until you have an attorney. Request a public defender -- they're better than nothing.

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