Holy ■■■■!!! I had received a piece of mail from the clerk of courts over a week ago.
I hadn’t opened it until just now, thinking it was regarding my tax debt.
Nope, it was a restitution check from the burglary of my apartment in 2017, finally.
I had asked for $550 to cover the cost of the TVs that were stolen.
The check is for $1250!!! Apparently the judge thought I should get more than I had asked for.
I made an impact statement with a lady from the prosecutor’s office, last year just prior to his sentencing. I told her I have schizoaffective disorder, explained what that is, and told her how the break-in/burglary affected my mental health, especially my level of paranoia. Well, I guess it made an impact on the judge.
Yep, I can get a new windshield now for my car, can replace the metal-on-metal rear brakes, and pay some other past due bills. ■■■■ yeah!!!
Okay, I’m excited. I’ve been in a very bad way financially.
The best part is that this means I’ll be able to move soon.
Even if the apartment I move to isn’t the greatest, I’ll still need something cheap, I can move to a better neighborhood that is closer to the two schools at which I teach.
Hell yeah, get the ■■■■ out of the ghetto.
Not to mention I’m a week away from my first monthly pay from the college I’ve been teaching at, soon the pay from the new college will start, and soon I will be able to file for my tax refund.
Hell, I’ll be able to treat myself to a new tattoo soon, as well!
I’m happy for you, but you might want to wait before you spend all that money. It could be a mistake that they expect you to set right. I wouldn’t think the state would give someone more money than s/he asked for.
It’s not a mistake. There were two pieces of mail from the clerk of courts. There were actually two checks.
The first one, dated 12/17, was for $20, a payment he had made. I opened that one first tonight, then the one for $1250.
The stub on the one for the latter check showed he made a payment of $20 on 12/17, then a payment for $1230 a couple weeks later. They would have caught the mistake.
The judge is human, and I’m sure he sees this guy as a scumbag, considering his criminal record, which includes multiple domestics, including beating on his pregnant girlfriend (“endangering the life of an unborn child”). Judges actually are hard on scumbags like him on a regular basis, so I’m not worried about it.
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