Due Diligence - Coco Did WHAT Again?

“But do we HAVE to go, Duey? It’s already embarrassing enough that it happened at our wedding in front of all of our friends and family,” whined Prue.

“I know what my mother did was uncool, and I feel embarrassed too. I wanted everyone to remember our wedding for it being the most rad in town, and to forever cherish our love of course, but now I fear that anytime anyone thinks of it they will just remember how my mother essentially drugged everyone,” responded Duey. “But I need to be there with my dad and support her. I told you, you don’t have to come.”

Duey and Prue walked into their favorite restaurant to meet up with Justin and Sue for lunch.

“So remind me again Duey,” Sue started, “What was Coco charged with for her crazy wedding escapades?”

“Well, there’s the aggravated criminal sale of cannabis charge, which is a Class C Felony, as well as a criminal possession of cannabis in the first degree charge, which is a Class D Felony,” Duey replied.

“And how could you forget the last one?” Sue interrupted.

“Oh yeah, and a Class A Misdemeanor for endangering the welfare of a child charge, because Prue’s seven-year-old niece unknowingly ate the Jordan Almonds as well…,” Duey finished.

After a couple of moments of awkward silence, Sue comes up with a question to ask Duey that will hopefully get their minds off the fact that they’re about to find out whether his mother will go to jail.

“Say, would this come up on Coco’s background investigation, should she apply for a job anytime soon?” Sue asked.

“Oh it would indeed, Sue, and maybe even in multiple different inquiries. New York State has many different levels of criminal data. In the case of Coco’s charges, the two felonies will likely only be found in county court, and the misdemeanor will likely only be found in a lower court - such as town or city court, because county courts do not hear misdemeanor cases in New York,” Duey said.

“So if we were only to run a county search on one of our applicants, and they have a misdemeanor charge, we may never know about it?” asked Justin.

“That’s right Justin. In fact, Commercial Investigations has helped us capture multiple misdemeanors that county criminal record searches in New York did not.” Duey replied.

“What do you mean, the county courts don’t capture all misdemeanor information on a subject? Is that even possible?” Justin asked.

“Unfortunately, it is. Like I said earlier, county courts in New York usually do not retain misdemeanor cases, only felony records. Commercial Investigations has caught misdemeanors as serious as Criminal Possession of a Weapon, operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence, Criminal Possession.

Just as they get into the conversation, Prue realizes the time and lets out an almost terrifying scream.

“Uh oh! We need to get going. CAN WE GET OUR CHECK PLEASE?” Prue exclaimed.

They all pile into one car and head over to find out Coco’s future, as Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon plays in the background, ironically, just like the wedding.

Is everything going to be alright with Prue?

Will Coco go to jail and have a conviction record?

Does Justin understand the criminal history levels in NY?

Find out in the next issue!

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