A Massachusetts man was broke and didn’t have money to post bail. He did a have a new pair of Nikes he could put up as collateral, though, and the judge accepted.
Reports Metro West Daily News:
A Framingham man told a Framingham District Court judge on Friday that he had no money to post bail, but he had something else he could give – shoes.
Jason Duval, 39, told Judge Douglas Stoddart he would provide the new Nike sneakers he got for Christmas, valued at around $85, in exchange for his release.
“OK, we’ll take them,” Stoddart said.
Framingham Police had arrested Duval at his 27 Henry St., apartment on Thursday on a Natick District Court warrant that originally charged him with two counts of possession of a Class B substance, possession of a Class C substance and driving to endanger.
Unable to pay the $450 in court fees, he was looking at a few days in jail. He reportedly pinned his brokeness on going through a divorce.
Duval will get his kicks back after he pays back $100 (in weekly $25 installments over a month) and completes 10 hours of community service.
Saved by Nike Air.
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Photo: Framingham PD
