Sad situation. But it happened here a couple of weeks ago when a kid at East Ridge (I think it was) had a pocket knife in his car. A couple years back, a young lady that was 18, ready to graduate, had a BUTTER knife that her mom had given her, along with other silverware, in the hatch of her car. She was moving to a dorm room and her mom had given her some items to get her started. They charged her with a felony too! I find this interesting, and I am sure a lot of people don't know it, but once someone is arrested, even if proven NOT guilty, the arrest remains a matter of record. When that person is stopped, has any type of run in with law enforcement, that arrest has bearing on how they are treated. In Federal Court, the arrest, even if proven innocent, counts against the person, according to their point system. Not a conviction, just the arrest itself! In addition, law enforcement is trying to make it mandatory that anyone arrested for even a minor crime, to have to submit a DNA sample. So the old saying "innocent until proven guilty" isn't as true as it used to be. We are headed for a police state folks.
