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Well, now we know what happened with the Shinders collapse:

[Shinders owner] Weisberg, a lawyer by trade, was arrested in June 2006 after officers with the Anoka-Hennepin Drug Task Force pulled over his van. During the search, officers found methamphetamine, Ecstasy, a submachine gun, ammunition, a police scanner and other items, according to a police affidavit.

His lawyer, Minneapolis attorney Joseph Friedberg, had sought to have Weisberg examined for his competency to stand trial. But a court-appointed psychologist evaluated him, and Hennepin County Judge H. Peter Albrecht ruled Monday he is competent.

The brief hearing was conducted in the judge’s chambers and not in open court, a move the judge later said was an oversight.

Asked about the ruling on his client after he left the courtroom, Friedberg remarked, “They’ve determined he’s more competent than his lawyer.”

And

…Anoka-Hennepin Drug Task Force stated that when the van was searched, officers found what they said was about 6.1 grams of methamphetamine, a quantity equivalent to six packets of artificial sweetener. They also found three tablets of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as Ecstasy, and two collapsible nightsticks, a police scanner, ammunition, a digital scale and “a case containing needles.”

Behind the van’s front seat, they found a Kel-Tac .40-caliber submachine gun.

Hooray for (not?) crazy lawyers/comic shop owners!

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Posted on December 18th, 2007 at 6:35 pm.
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