Court

A day off spent getting dressed to go to court. I prepared and met the DA early before the trial.
"it probably won't go. the victim and the suspect are living together"
-well at least we have the 2 harassment and disorderly conduct.
"yeah we will probably only do the one harassment. did you advise the suspect he was being recorded?"
(the suspect drunkenly rambled the 20 minutes to the jail, i recorded it).
-yes, when i put him in the car, before i started recording him. you listen to it?
"yeah, great stuff, but next time record yourself advising him he was being recorded"
-will do

I wait 20 minutes for the DA to tell us the hearing has been pushed out.

My both my court cases for the next day get postponed. 1 traffic and 1 juvenile case.
The juvenile case would have been done by now, had the parent accepted the DA's offer.
So your kid started a fire, take the deal and move on. He is a juvenile and as long as he does the assessment and has no other similar behaviors, it won't follow him into adulthood. Not this mother. Her son is a saint. The money she has spent on a lawyer and wasting everyone's time...hope it is worth it.