Guess what will be missing real quick?
The real knife will end up ‘missing’, or switched with a legal one.
>> Guess what will be missing real quick?
If it *is* missing the officers walk. But I can see this prosecutor “losing” it (or causing it to be “lost”) in an attempt to save face.
An official photo(s) of the weapon should have been taken and attached to the charging documents filed with the Court after his arrest. Or at least filed with the official police arrest report. Photos of weapons confiscated are usually taken alongside a measuring guide to show the exact size of the knife, etc. I would think this would be standard procedure for a police department. We used to do it in the prison system, and attach a photo to the misbehavior report we submitted. Inmates found in possession of weapons could be brought up on outside charges. It depended on the DA, and the NY State Police BCI would handle those type of charges.