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Remington has been tried for the bank robbery? What was the sentence he got, I wonder? Do you happen to have a cite I can read?

This may have been mentioned and cited on one of the Smart threads; forgive me if I'm just not remembering it.

If he did get an especially lenient sentence, I'd be willing to bet that it was exactly for that reason: that he'd given information to police about the other bank robbers, and perhaps had been willing and able to testify about them at their trials. (Obviously, it later turned out he didn't have to testify at Ricci's bank robbery trial, because Ricci died.)

If Remington has really been in the slammer on the bank robbery case since Nov. of 2001--and I know you have your doubts about that--then he's already built up a year or so of credit against whatever sentence he got, or will get, for the bank robbery.

"If Remington has really been in the slammer on the bank robbery case since Nov. of 2001--and I know you have your doubts about that--then he's already built up a year or so of credit against whatever sentence he got, or will get, for the bank robbery."

Remington was in jail since the November 2001 Sandy bank robbery.

Ricci admitted to the Adams burglary and Smart theft on June 15th and consented to a search of his property which took place on June 19th -- which is when they found some of the items stolen in these thefts. Young was questioned by authorities on July 2nd and Remington on July 3rd. The burglary charges against Ricci were then announced around July 17th. Remington entered a guilty plea to the Sandy bank robbery in October and was sentenced December 18th to a 5 year term. The judge said he provided "substantial assistance" in the Smart case, though the prosecutor said none of it was related to Ricci or the kidnapping.

My assumption was the same as yours -- that Remington and his lawyer saw an opportunity to strike a deal when questioned by officials, and did. Sherlock's scenario makes sense as well -- although, since Remington was already being held in jail for the bank robbery, and obviously had not ratted on Young or Ricci in the 9 months he'd been in there -- I'm not sure why he would be offended by police approaching him with questions about working in the Federal Heights neighborhood. Remington's alibi for Elizabeth's kidnapping was airtight.