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Mr. Billy Blackburn Jr., the unshot half of the duo that assaulted the guy at the gas station, was indeed arrested for carrying a concealed knife on 16 Jul 11, and he bailed out of jail two days later (bail was $1500). He was assigned a public defender, but then the public defender was replaced by another attorney.

He went to trial on 26 Jul 11, charged with misdeanor attempted carry of a concealed weapon (knife), to which he pled guilty, and jaywalking, which was dismissed. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, of which 88 days were suspended, and he was credited with two days he spent in jail. He was fined $100, assessed court costs of $111, plus a $10 processing fee, and has a balance of $221 to be paid by 25 Aug 11. However, there was also a fine amount of $25 suspended, not sure how that figures in. The judge ordered the knife destroyed.

He has some other outstanding warrants per the website, but comments in other forums indicate the website can be substantially out of date. The warrants are for failure to appear and collections, and are at least three years old. There is one recent entry for a collection that was "served," so maybe he paid everything up recently.

Apparently no legal movement on charging him or his buddy for the gas station event.

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Interestingly, his 2009 conviction for not having required lights on his bicycle cost him $274.30.
WHOOPS, CORRECTION: The Billy Blackburn who got nicked on his bicycle was NOT the subject of this post. I didn't check the birthdate initially. The bicycle offender has a birthdate 24 years prior to BB Jr, as well as a long list of misdemeanor interactions with the law. I suspect the acorn did not fall far from the tree.

I can find no articles about the arrest, just the booking link above, and Jumping Frog's comment on it being a misdemeanor. As noted, under Ohio law carrying a concealed weapon without license (or under a few other exceptions) is a midemeanor unless the weapon is a loaded firearm or the ammunition is 'close at hand.'

So the fact that he got arrested on a misdemeanor level CCW indicates that he was probably arrested not for carrying an unloaded gun with no ammo close at hand, but some other weapon, such as a knife...

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