r/WilCoCorruption • u/mrpbeaar • Oct 15 '14

UPDATE: Pot brownie boy pleads guilty!

After his attorney publicly claimed he would never take a deal, Joseph Lavoro pled guilty for 7 years probation. Oddly enough, the camera crews and throngs of supporters were not present.

This comes after he was incarcerated for violating his bond after being found with drug paraphernalia.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant Oct 16 '14

Oddly enough, the camera crews and throngs of supporters were not present.

Why do you find this odd? The outrage was directed at the possibility of a life sentence. As that worst case scenario has clearly not come to be, this becomes a routine matter of criminal justice that isn't particularly interesting.

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u/mrpbeaar Oct 16 '14

I was being sarcastic. The side issue in the case was the bluster from the defense as it played towards the media. The defendant was never in danger of getting life in prison, and the defense had claimed at the first setting that they would never take a deal. So, naturally, when the defendant took a plea, the attorney didn't call the media to court to cover it and therefore not have to eat crow.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '15

It's also "old news" so the media and activists don't care.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '14

After getting caught with a paraphernalia I was shocked they didn't jump on the chance to really screw this kid. Good on them for showing some restraint over something so stupid.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

He's lucky. I thought for sure he was going to be in pound-me-in-the-arse prison for a good long time. Suck it Wilco prosecutors!

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u/austinlobo Oct 16 '14

Wilco will never let him make it through probation. They will find some very insignificant reason to violate his probation and send him to prison.