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Sentenced to College - Chapter 11
The jury trial, Day 2, continued
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—Joy
January 25, 2000 – Day 2, CONTINUED
After J.C. Penney store manager W.E. completed his testimony, state prosecutor Connie Crowell called her second witness to the stand—M.P.—one of three Kandi Mall security guards who responded to W.E.’s call for backup support on the day of the incident.
After being sworn in, 25-year-old M.P. stated that he lived in Little Falls (about 85 miles north of Willmar), was in construction, and currently managed a 48-unit town home complex. However, eighteen months earlier, he’d been working as a supervisor for Tri-State Security and was assigned to mall security at the Kandi Mall in Willmar.
M.P. said it was around 5:40 PM on February 17, 1999 and he was about ready to leave for the day. Just as his two other staff arrived, he received a call from the store manager at J.C. Penney who needed assistance with an attempted shoplifting. All three security personnel responded to the incident.