He was laid off from his 17-year job and, with unemployment hardly a survivable wage, took the first job that came his way. He developed a growth on his chest - the sort of medical condition that could be life-threatening - and earned two ruptured disks in his back, along with problems with his left foot.
After depleting his life savings and realizing he had, literally, nowhere else to turn, James Verone of North Carolina committed the crime, hoping he could get the medical care that he so desperately needs.
Although not a Chester story, recently, my relative turned himself in for bench warrants, not because he was afraid to get caught, but because the pain of his bad teeth got so bad that he needed to get them fixed. Going to jail gave him a clean bill of health and he's back on the street after his 6 month stint.
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