00:00What do you mean? Well, I hadn't quit long enough that I should have had a clean test.
00:04So you lied to her? Yes. Where did you get the drugs? An app called Grindr. When this drug
00:08defendant asked for treatment instead of prison, the judge caught him lying about his meth use
00:12and turned his agreed deal into a longer prison sentence. So your honor, we do have an agreed
00:16to your recommendation for prison for Mr. Ruth. Mr. Ruth Pryor has done treatment. He did treatment
00:21at Walbrook Recovery. He indicated he was sober for a year. He indicated that once these charges
00:27came to, he did become stressed. He did relapse a couple of times. So that is the reason for
00:31testing positive. I would just like to say that I think that I would benefit more from treatment
00:36than prison. Treatment for what? For addiction. Well, you tested positive when you were referred
00:42for a PSR on April 22nd. When that was addressed with Ms. Warren, you indicated you don't know how
00:49that could be possible because you hadn't used since March of 2025. Why did you tell her that?
00:54Did you use or do you not know how you tested positive? I had used, your honor. Why did you
01:00tell her you didn't? That you had no idea how the positive test would have happened because you
01:04weren't using? Because honestly, I thought I had quit. What do you mean? Well, I had quit long
01:09enough that I should have had a clean test. So you lied to her? Yes. Did you have some
01:14equivocation on that? I wasn't actively using. I don't know what that means. If you use, then you're
01:19active. You indicated that the drugs, a large amount of drugs found in your bedroom were not
01:24yours. But you decided you did things illegal in the past. You had been on drugs, but the drugs
01:29weren't yours. So if the drugs weren't yours, it resulted in the felony to charge. Why did you
01:35plead guilty to this case? Because I had have drugs and I was holding myself accountable for the drugs
01:41that I had in there. These drugs weren't yours? Those particular ones at that time. In your bedroom
01:46weren't yours? At that particular time, no. Okay. Whose were they? There were three other
01:50active users. Active mean using? Yes, sir. Stop with the active and inactive. What's an inactive
01:56user? There's no such thing. Correct. So how am I supposed to sentence somebody for a crime that
02:01they say they committed that they actually didn't commit? How am I supposed to do that? Because I
02:04hadn't committed that crime. But you're not charged with in the past committing that crime. You're
02:09charged with in this situation committing that crime. The real answer is you're lying to me,
02:14okay? Because you lied to her. You're lying all over the place. And where did you get the drugs when
02:19you started using again? I found them online. How did you find them online? What website did you go
02:24to to say, where do I find a meth dealer in my area? Where? It was an app called Grindr.
02:30Grindr?
02:31Mm-hmm. Isn't that some kind of app or something? It is someone that was advertising that he had drugs.
02:36Who was advertising that? The gentleman that I found online on that app. I don't believe that. So far,
02:42you've told me nothing that I can reliably believe. I don't know why you come in here
02:47and spew the nonsense that you do and expect any consideration for that. So I'm not going
02:52to go along with the agreed sentence. I'm going to sentence you to 30 months in prison.
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