this thing made it all the way to trial before the state wised up and dismissed the charges. great use of LE and court time.
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May's ex-husband, who reported the alleged theft, told deputies that he owned the phone, but the mom says the phone was a Christmas gift from her ex-husband to her daughter.
"I believe the prosecutor knew the whole time. It was an easy question to have answered," May said.
Just a few short minutes into the trial, the assistant prosecutor announced it was, indeed, the daughter's phone, so the case was dismissed and May left the courthouse with a clean record.