“Peter, I know you understand so just stop. You’re 18. You’re being held until your bond hearing. Hopefully it’ll only be a few days.” His dad said. “I can’t do anything until they set bond. This is a consequence. We’ll get a lawyer, but you aren’t a minor anymore so you’re in the adult system, which means you don’t get released to your parents. This is far more serious than the juvenile system you’re used to. Just be careful. The men you’re in jail with aren’t very forgiving. And you’re not going to get much help from the jail staff.”Peter didn’t respond right away. He knew he made a mistake trying to sell the stuff at the pawn shop. But he had no idea someone would engrave their name on lawn equipment, and pawn shops weren’t supposed to care that much about where the stuff they bought came from. The books he’d read all said pawn shops were excellent places to fence stolen goods. It was stupid of him to take advantage of the open garage door he saw, but only in hindsight. Had he thought it through he would have known he wouldn’t have any place to hold the lawnmower and weed eater until he could sell it, and he
