Thank God that the majority of the rest of the story about my father was finally printed. I only have one objection to what was reported on the "Mineral Ridge man pleads guilty to theft" story; my father was the one who suggested to his lawyer that he make restitution. The ruling may have been that he was "ordered" to make the restitution, but my father was the one to bring it up to his lawyer.
Make no mistake; this does NOT change my views on the media. They still didn't tell the whole story about my father. They still didn't tell what my father did to turn his life around, and all the good things that he's done to make things right. Or the fact that both the prosecuting attorney and the detective only wanted my father to do 10 days in jail. Or the fact that Mr. Russell,who was so greedy that he wanted more than what my father paid, because "it wasn't all Al's money that he repaid me. It was his 401k, which was some of my money.", wanted my father to spend 60 in jail, was so pigheaded that he would only relent when the defending attorney threatened to take this before a grand jury. Or anything else I mentioned when I first found the article about him. But this article DOES make things easier for his loved ones to deal with. We can proudly say, "Yes, he did something that shames us all, but he also made things right, and he is paying the price for his actions."
Once again, the news media does NOT finish reporting the story. First off, my father REPAID Mr. Bill Russell the entirety from the 401k money that was released to him. Every cent was of that money was repaid in full.
Second, he couldn't pay his bills because my brother, his exgirlfriend and their son lived at his house for months without helping support themselves. My brother and the girl were in their early 20s at the time, and they ran up bills that he could not afford.
Third, Mr. Russell would not give my father a loan from his 401k money so he could pay the bills.
Now, I don't approve of what my father did. In fact, I'm down right ashamed of it. For crying out loud, he could have, and should have come to me for the money, because I had enough to bail him out. But, he turned his life around because of it. He's kicked his drug habit, and is attending both Narcotics anonymous and is getting drug treatment. He's started attending church as well. He is serving 30 days in a minimum security prison for petty theft, a reduced charge than what he was originally charged with.
Heck, Detective Switka and the prosecuting attorney wanted leniency for my father. They only wanted him serve 10 days. But the vindictive, greedy jerk that Mr. Russell is, he wanted my father to serve 60 days, because "he didn't repay completely with his money. I put money in that 401k". The only reason he relented was the fact that the defending attorney threatened to take things to a grand jury.
And you people who have judged my father make me sick. No one has the right to judge another, because we are all far from perfect. Not one person on this planet has not done something wrong in their lifetimes. My father is gladly paying the consequences for his actions, and he plans to become a better person because of it.
Once again, the news media does NOT finish reporting the story. First off, my father REPAID Mr. Bill Russell the entirety from the 401k money that was released to him. Every cent was of that money was repaid in full.
Second, he couldn't pay his bills because my brother, his exgirlfriend and their son lived at his house for months without helping support themselves. My brother and the girl were in their early 20s at the time, and they ran up bills that he could not afford.
Third, Mr. Russell would not give my father a loan from his 401k money so he could pay the bills.
Now, I don't approve of what my father did. In fact, I'm down right ashamed of it. For crying out loud, he could have, and should have come to me for the money, because I had enough to bail him out. But, he turned his life around because of it. He's kicked his drug habit, and is attending both Narcotics anonymous and is getting drug treatment. He's started attending church as well. He is serving 30 days in a minimum security prison for petty theft, a reduced charge than what he was originally charged with.
Heck, Detective Switka and the prosecuting attorney wanted leniency for my father. They only wanted him serve 10 days. But the vindictive, greedy jerk that Mr. Russell is, he wanted my father to serve 60 days, because "he didn't repay completely with his money. I put money in that 401k". The only reason he relented was the fact that the defending attorney threatened to take things to a grand jury.
And you people who have judged my father make me sick. No one has the right to judge another, because we are all far from perfect. Not one person on this planet has not done something wrong in their lifetimes. My father is gladly paying the consequences for his actions, and he plans to become a better person because of it.
Once again, the news media does NOT finish reporting the story. First off, my father REPAID Mr. Bill Russell the entirety from the 401k money that was released to him. Every cent was of that money was repaid in full.
Second, he couldn't pay his bills because my brother, his exgirlfriend and their son lived at his house for months without helping support themselves. My brother and the girl were in their early 20s at the time, and they ran up bills that he could not afford.
Third, Mr. Russell would not give my father a loan from his 401k money so he could pay the bills.
Now, I don't approve of what my father did. In fact, I'm down right ashamed of it. For crying out loud, he could have, and should have come to me for the money, because I had enough to bail him out. But, he turned his life around because of it. He's kicked his drug habit, and is attending both Narcotics anonymous and is getting drug treatment. He's started attending church as well. He is serving 30 days in a minimum security prison for petty theft, a reduced charge than what he was originally charged with.
Heck, Detective Switka and the prosecuting attorney wanted leniency for my father. They only wanted him serve 10 days. But the vindictive, greedy jerk that Mr. Russell is, he wanted my father to serve 60 days, because "he didn't repay completely with his money. I put money in that 401k". The only reason he relented was the fact that the defending attorney threatened to take things to a grand jury.
And you people who have judged my father make me sick. No one has the right to judge another, because we are all far from perfect. Not one person on this planet has not done something wrong in their lifetimes. My father is gladly paying the consequences for his actions, and he plans to become a better person because of it.
Posted on February 28 at 7:27 p.m.
Thank God that the majority of the rest of the story about my father was finally printed. I only have one objection to what was reported on the "Mineral Ridge man pleads guilty to theft" story; my father was the one who suggested to his lawyer that he make restitution. The ruling may have been that he was "ordered" to make the restitution, but my father was the one to bring it up to his lawyer.
Make no mistake; this does NOT change my views on the media. They still didn't tell the whole story about my father. They still didn't tell what my father did to turn his life around, and all the good things that he's done to make things right. Or the fact that both the prosecuting attorney and the detective only wanted my father to do 10 days in jail. Or the fact that Mr. Russell,who was so greedy that he wanted more than what my father paid, because "it wasn't all Al's money that he repaid me. It was his 401k, which was some of my money.", wanted my father to spend 60 in jail, was so pigheaded that he would only relent when the defending attorney threatened to take this before a grand jury. Or anything else I mentioned when I first found the article about him. But this article DOES make things easier for his loved ones to deal with. We can proudly say, "Yes, he did something that shames us all, but he also made things right, and he is paying the price for his actions."
Posted on February 27 at 1:35 p.m.
Once again, the news media does NOT finish reporting the story. First off, my father REPAID Mr. Bill Russell the entirety from the 401k money that was released to him. Every cent was of that money was repaid in full.
Second, he couldn't pay his bills because my brother, his exgirlfriend and their son lived at his house for months without helping support themselves. My brother and the girl were in their early 20s at the time, and they ran up bills that he could not afford.
Third, Mr. Russell would not give my father a loan from his 401k money so he could pay the bills.
Now, I don't approve of what my father did. In fact, I'm down right ashamed of it. For crying out loud, he could have, and should have come to me for the money, because I had enough to bail him out. But, he turned his life around because of it. He's kicked his drug habit, and is attending both Narcotics anonymous and is getting drug treatment. He's started attending church as well. He is serving 30 days in a minimum security prison for petty theft, a reduced charge than what he was originally charged with.
Heck, Detective Switka and the prosecuting attorney wanted leniency for my father. They only wanted him serve 10 days. But the vindictive, greedy jerk that Mr. Russell is, he wanted my father to serve 60 days, because "he didn't repay completely with his money. I put money in that 401k". The only reason he relented was the fact that the defending attorney threatened to take things to a grand jury.
And you people who have judged my father make me sick. No one has the right to judge another, because we are all far from perfect. Not one person on this planet has not done something wrong in their lifetimes. My father is gladly paying the consequences for his actions, and he plans to become a better person because of it.
Posted on February 27 at 1:34 p.m.
Once again, the news media does NOT finish reporting the story. First off, my father REPAID Mr. Bill Russell the entirety from the 401k money that was released to him. Every cent was of that money was repaid in full.
Second, he couldn't pay his bills because my brother, his exgirlfriend and their son lived at his house for months without helping support themselves. My brother and the girl were in their early 20s at the time, and they ran up bills that he could not afford.
Third, Mr. Russell would not give my father a loan from his 401k money so he could pay the bills.
Now, I don't approve of what my father did. In fact, I'm down right ashamed of it. For crying out loud, he could have, and should have come to me for the money, because I had enough to bail him out. But, he turned his life around because of it. He's kicked his drug habit, and is attending both Narcotics anonymous and is getting drug treatment. He's started attending church as well. He is serving 30 days in a minimum security prison for petty theft, a reduced charge than what he was originally charged with.
Heck, Detective Switka and the prosecuting attorney wanted leniency for my father. They only wanted him serve 10 days. But the vindictive, greedy jerk that Mr. Russell is, he wanted my father to serve 60 days, because "he didn't repay completely with his money. I put money in that 401k". The only reason he relented was the fact that the defending attorney threatened to take things to a grand jury.
And you people who have judged my father make me sick. No one has the right to judge another, because we are all far from perfect. Not one person on this planet has not done something wrong in their lifetimes. My father is gladly paying the consequences for his actions, and he plans to become a better person because of it.
Posted on February 27 at 1:33 p.m.
Once again, the news media does NOT finish reporting the story. First off, my father REPAID Mr. Bill Russell the entirety from the 401k money that was released to him. Every cent was of that money was repaid in full.
Second, he couldn't pay his bills because my brother, his exgirlfriend and their son lived at his house for months without helping support themselves. My brother and the girl were in their early 20s at the time, and they ran up bills that he could not afford.
Third, Mr. Russell would not give my father a loan from his 401k money so he could pay the bills.
Now, I don't approve of what my father did. In fact, I'm down right ashamed of it. For crying out loud, he could have, and should have come to me for the money, because I had enough to bail him out. But, he turned his life around because of it. He's kicked his drug habit, and is attending both Narcotics anonymous and is getting drug treatment. He's started attending church as well. He is serving 30 days in a minimum security prison for petty theft, a reduced charge than what he was originally charged with.
Heck, Detective Switka and the prosecuting attorney wanted leniency for my father. They only wanted him serve 10 days. But the vindictive, greedy jerk that Mr. Russell is, he wanted my father to serve 60 days, because "he didn't repay completely with his money. I put money in that 401k". The only reason he relented was the fact that the defending attorney threatened to take things to a grand jury.
And you people who have judged my father make me sick. No one has the right to judge another, because we are all far from perfect. Not one person on this planet has not done something wrong in their lifetimes. My father is gladly paying the consequences for his actions, and he plans to become a better person because of it.