An Indiana man whose lawyer alleged police were harassing him because of his murder acquittal in late 2023 pleaded guilty Monday morning to a misdemeanor to resolve a case arising from a traffic stop.
Vontae Garrett, whose cause had been taken up by a statewide gun rights organization after a sheriff’s deputy charged him with improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle, conceded in Lucas County Common Pleas Court that he did not promptly return to the prior owner the license plates that were on a car he bought.
Judge Gary Cook accepted Mr. Garrett’s guilty plea to attempted receiving stolen property, a first-degree misdemeanor, and sentenced him to time served — two days in jail — and one year of probation. The probation will be terminated immediately once Mr. Garrett pays court costs and $12 in restitution to the car seller, the judge ordered…