Today it finally happened. I testified against the young man who tried to choke his girlfriend outside of my apartment. The incident happened in June of 2006 but due to the victim not showing up and then the accused not appearing it was continued three times. Of course I was compensated for my time with a check for $6.00 for each trip to court. When I receive this check combined with the first three I might buy one vinyl record.

I was pleased that the victim finally seemed a little more at ease when he was sentenced and she finally thanked me for intervening. I hope he is not too angry when released since he obviously knows where I live.