Downs was acquitted on a more serious charge of criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault. Jurors deadlocked on a charge of reckless endangerment. The judge declared a mistrial on the endangerment charge, and prosecutors said they wouldn’t retry him.In other words, the prosecutors threw the book at him.
Had I been on the jury, I would have gone for the criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault charge. Even if he only offered a dollar, it's still assault for hire IMO.