Those are my thoughts exactly, but he never actually said that. He did say he'd be sending me a "fee agreement" This was 1:30pm yesterday and have had no communication since.

I'm searching for more local people that will have worked with the local state police and magistrate before. I think I would have a better bet of getting liniency that way, since there are no major strings that can be pulled, even by a hot-shot big city lawyer.