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Hey Guys,

It has been a while since I have been around. Life dealt me some serious crap for the last couple of years and it seems like things might finally be getting better and falling back into place.

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I wanted to let you know after all this time, justice is finally being served and the DPS cop that hit Mark finally faced the courts and yesterday was found guilty of Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon. Since it was considered dangerous, the deputies came into the courtroom and took him away right then. He will now have to go to sentencing, but I think will get minimum of 5 years and a max of 15. Had to go back today to show proof of injuries to mark, pretty apparent with no leg.

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Reminder to wear your gear  :-\
I am not sure if everyone here knew that mark went through a lot more surgeries, due to bone spurs and ended up getting mersa and had a hard time getting rid of a bad infection in the leg. He finally got a new leg in January and is doing really good with it.

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He is doing better now :)
I wanted to say sorry to everyone for disappearing like I did. I lost my job a week before Marks accident and as some of you know, I crashed pretty bad myself as the fundraiser I did for him. I lost MY bike and sold for scrap and gave the money to Mark. With everything else going on and no work for 6 months. I lost my house and my truck too. I had to kind of restart from scratch, it wouldn't be a big deal if I was single but with three kids and being a single dad, it really sucked. I was working for duckduckdave, but the economy handed down some serious blows to everyone and left there in Oct.
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My Bike  :(

Since then I started my own business making kids beds and it's going pretty good and I am starting to get orders and working on beds and bedrooms. www.kidscustomplaybeds.com

After my crash and short term memory loss, I know I never finished sending out all the shirts. It wasn't to screw anyone over or because I didn't care, life was just kicking me in the balls and I was just trying to keep myself standing. 

Just wanted to say sorry for being MIA, and once I get my balls back, I will on a duc and riding with you guys again.  :)

P.S. I still have a box of the shirts, so if I owe you one, let me know and I will ship it. With moving and everything else I lost track of everything. Just PM me.

I just wanted to let you guys know, about the case and that some justice has been served.  [clap]

It felt good to know he didn't get away with it just because he was a cop. He ended up being treated like anyone else.

Thanks for all the support and being there when we needed it.

I miss my second family and friends.
Larry

Larry-

Thanks for posting the update.  Glad to hear the system caught up with that guy.  Also REALLY glad to hear Mark is doing better.  Take care man, we'll catch up soon. 

Larry my friend, it's great news for sure! Fran & I are so happy about the "guilty" charge. Just goes to show that sometimes, and not often enough, the right thing gets done. Give Mark my best. Doug.
PS: Remember this...if you start to experience DT's to ride,  I do have a 2nd Duc!

glad ur back  [thumbsup] and all is well...

im glad they found him gulity [beer] justice was much served...