Man pleads guilty to shooting at cyclist<\/a><\/p>\nIt seems that the judge found that Diez’s prior military service and testimony from his former co-workers were mitigating factors and that dropped his sentence down. Now before you think he got off easy, he was fined $1,200 to pay medical costs for his victim’s broken eardrum and he’ll have to attend anger-management classes.<\/p>\n
Sheesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shoot a guy in the back of the head and only get 120 days in jail. Yep, we’re serious.<\/p>\n
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