Posted on 05/31/2006 7:33:37 PM PDT by SmithL
SACRAMENTO -- A Lodi ice cream vendor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge of trying to smuggle cash to Pakistan rather than be retried on allegations that he lied to the FBI about his son's attendance at a terrorist training camp.
Umer Hayat, 48, was convicted of lying to customs agents about more than $28,000 he and family members were trying to carry on a flight out of the country three years ago. In exchange, prosecutors dropped charges that he lied to the FBI and he will serve no more jail time after spending nearly a year behind bars.
"This outcome was not, of course, the one most desired
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Ah yes, a politically correct demo-crazy is what's being practiced in this nation anymore with all the unelected federal activist judges around. I'm surprised the court didn't give the guy a medal of honor for having the cajones in attempting to send so much money to a terrorist org. in the Middle East.
Well I won't be buying any Ice Cream on the streets of Lodi this summer.
Yeah, it sucks that it is illegal to carry cash. And it is pathetic that this is all they could get the guy on.
Of course, he's going to get deported as well, right? I won't hold my breath.
No wonder the goons laugh at us.
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