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boxington
11/15/18 3:52:31 PM
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https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/how-a-selfie-saved-a-williamson-county-man-from-99-years-in-prison/269-613848030

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas The morning of September 22, 2017, Cristopher Precopia went to work at a lumber yard in Georgetown.

By the end of the day, he was in jail facing 99 years in prison.

But he didn't know why.

Why had police come to his work and arrested him? Why was he being accused of these horrible crimes? Who was accusing him?

She said he broke into her home in Temple.

She said he sliced an "X" into her chest with a box cutter.

She said it happened on Sept. 20, 2017 around 7:20 p.m.

She was his high school girlfriend. The two dated several years earlier, but he couldn't remember the last time the two had contact.

Now Precopia was facing a felony charge: burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit other crimes.

"I had no idea why everything was happening, and I was lost," he said.

Precopia was taken to the Williamson County Jail, where his parents posted a $150,000 bond. Then they began fighting to prove his innocence.

Precopia knew he didn't do it. He knew he couldn't have done it.

On the night of the alleged attack, he was with his mother, Erin, at a Northwest Austin hotel about 65 miles from the accuser's home.

"I'm thinking, 'this is awesome. By the grace of God, she said it happened on the day when I can say totally, 100 percent, where he was at," Erin Precopia said.

There were sworn affidavits from several people who were with him that evening.

There were pictures to prove it, and they were posted on Facebook. Timestamped. Geo-located.

An alibi.

"Most of the time, we deal with gray matters," attorney Rick Flores said. "It's not normally black or white. But this is one of those cases where I could definitely prove he did not commit this offense."


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SauI_Goodman
11/15/18 3:54:50 PM
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Chances are he would have gotten off with lack of evidence. Faulty arrest - faulty victim.
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Manocheese
11/15/18 4:00:21 PM
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"Believe all women! Men need to shut up!"
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PSXer_D5_MkIII
11/15/18 4:02:17 PM
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He probably faked the geolocation info so he'd have a good alibi
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im not 13
11/15/18 4:03:40 PM
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awesome999
11/15/18 4:06:07 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
Chances are he would have gotten off with lack of evidence. Faulty arrest - faulty victim.

It might also be years until innocence is proven though

The guilty until proven innocent would have kicked in then
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im not 13
11/15/18 4:07:00 PM
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awesome999 posted...
It might also be years until innocence is proven though

The guilty until proven innocent would have kicked in then


What about the litigation costs? What if they got a crappy lawyer because the family couldn't afford it?
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ImTheMacheteGuy
11/15/18 4:10:30 PM
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"by the grace of god..."

lol
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awesome999
11/15/18 4:11:07 PM
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im not 13 posted...
awesome999 posted...
It might also be years until innocence is proven though

The guilty until proven innocent would have kicked in then


What about the litigation costs? What if they got a crappy lawyer because the family couldn't afford it?

It's RIP innocent man's future at that point

America is stupidly anti poor

Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."
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im not 13
11/15/18 4:13:57 PM
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awesome999 posted...
Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."


****ing incredible...

So another person can do the same thing...
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boxington
11/15/18 4:15:17 PM
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TheRealDill1999
11/15/18 4:17:12 PM
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im not 13 posted...
awesome999 posted...
Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."


****ing incredible...

So another person can do the same thing...

It was likely an innocent mistake on the woman's part.
No harm. No foul.
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im not 13
11/15/18 4:17:54 PM
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boxington posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwwlAkTt60" data-time="


I just watched that...so they don't automatically get the bond they paid back? After 9 months of turmoil?

lol, im mad tbh.
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Twin3Turbo
11/15/18 4:24:05 PM
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im not 13 posted...
boxington posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwwlAkTt60" data-time="


I just watched that...so they don't automatically get the bond they paid back? After 9 months of turmoil?

lol, im mad tbh.

That's what I was confused about. I thought whatever money you put up for bond was paid back unless you didn't show up.

Or did they go through a bail bondsmen and are trying to recoup that fee?
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DemonBuffet
11/15/18 4:29:59 PM
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TheRealDill1999 posted...
im not 13 posted...
awesome999 posted...
Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."


****ing incredible...

So another person can do the same thing...

It was likely an innocent mistake on the woman's part.
No harm. No foul.


Not sure if sarcastic, trolling, or just being a naive moron
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Tsuyoi3
11/15/18 4:31:10 PM
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So...she just carved an X on her chest, assumably disheveled her house up, and randomly accused a former boyfriend from several years prior in a different city?

...wtf!?
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Middle hope
11/15/18 4:31:30 PM
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#believeallwomen
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TheRealDill1999
11/15/18 4:39:10 PM
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DemonBuffet posted...
TheRealDill1999 posted...
im not 13 posted...
awesome999 posted...
Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."


****ing incredible...

So another person can do the same thing...

It was likely an innocent mistake on the woman's part.
No harm. No foul.


Not sure if sarcastic, trolling, or just being a naive moron

You're absolutely right. I didn't read this closely enough. Clearly, the victim was harmed. Unfortunately, she misidentified her attacker. Hopefully, justice is served eventually.
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PBusted
11/16/18 11:00:34 PM
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TheRealDill1999 posted...
DemonBuffet posted...
TheRealDill1999 posted...
im not 13 posted...
awesome999 posted...
Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."


****ing incredible...

So another person can do the same thing...

It was likely an innocent mistake on the woman's part.
No harm. No foul.


Not sure if sarcastic, trolling, or just being a naive moron

You're absolutely right. I didn't read this closely enough. Clearly, the victim was harmed. Unfortunately, she misidentified her attacker. Hopefully, justice is served eventually.


The attacker was you. They should lock you up
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Lordgold666
11/16/18 11:02:36 PM
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These kind of stories genuinely hurt to read
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LimboTraveller
11/16/18 11:35:10 PM
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fake news , no fucking way you got 99 years of prison time for that.
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Vicious_Dios
11/16/18 11:42:51 PM
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...
"by the grace of god..."

lol


You seem upset at that particular line.
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kingdrake2
11/16/18 11:45:12 PM
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they should of had tests of the weapon used to prove he was the accused who did the crime. they have nothing if it isn't true.
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mario2000
11/16/18 11:45:20 PM
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great to see our resident redhats are using this as an opportunity to express their vicious misogyny
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GiggetySplicer
11/18/18 11:32:40 PM
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LimboTraveller posted...
fake news , no fucking way you got 99 years of prison time for that.

Yeah that is super harsh
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ssj3vegeta2
11/18/18 11:35:38 PM
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Mist_Turnips
11/18/18 11:49:52 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
ImTheMacheteGuy posted...
"by the grace of god..."

lol


You seem upset at that particular line.

Neckbeards typically are upset when someone says God.
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PBusted
11/20/18 6:46:57 PM
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TheRealDill1999 posted...
DemonBuffet posted...
TheRealDill1999 posted...
im not 13 posted...
awesome999 posted...
Also, this "Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't been charged with a crime."


****ing incredible...

So another person can do the same thing...

It was likely an innocent mistake on the woman's part.
No harm. No foul.


Not sure if sarcastic, trolling, or just being a naive moron

You're absolutely right. I didn't read this closely enough. Clearly, the victim was harmed. Unfortunately, she misidentified her attacker. Hopefully, justice is served eventually.


The attacker was you. Hopefully you get locked up for your crimes
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Reis
11/20/18 6:48:08 PM
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nice
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Banjo2553
11/20/18 7:18:55 PM
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You know RealDill is trolling you guys, right?
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