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This is Trisha Nelson writing this for my fiancee, Corey Perry. Corey and I have worked our butts of to get to where we are today, and we were finally starting to become financially stable prior to this. We do not like accepting charity, but we have no options at this point. We are in financial ruins.

In October a thug from Chicago tried beating Corey's brother up in a parking lot. He had Corey's brother on his back on the ground punching his face. Corey went to pull the guy off of his brother, and got sucked into the fight. The guy noticed Corey had his gun on his side and started grabbing for it. The thug wrapped his hands around the slide and pulled the trigger. Nobody was hurt, the bullet hit the ground. Corey was a legal conceal and carry holder.

Because of that event, Corey was on trial February 23rd to March 2nd. The state of Minnesota tried him for three felonies and a misdemeanor. The jury finally got the verdict on Monday afternoon. He was found guilty of terroristic threats, which is a felony (absolutely no threats were made, the only thing he said to the guy was "are you OK, sir? Please check yourself and make sure you're OK." after the gun went off), and carrying while intoxicated, which is a misdemeaner (he was in no way over the legal limit while carrying, and he was not acting intoxicated in the slightest bit. The arresting officer indicated that he was in no way intoxicated, Corey had two beers over several hours through the day).

All the physical evidence supports Corey's side of the story as well as multiple eyewitnesses. The prosecutor went crazy during trial, screaming at Corey's brother and I when we testified. He also chased Corey's dad out of the court room, getting in his face and screaming at him for telling him he should show some respect for those who have served in the military. Corey's dad is an older man with a cane, and his brother was a military police in the Marine Corps.

Corey is currently out of jail on bail, and goes back for sentencing in April. We have VERY solid grounds for an appeal, but it will cost at least an extra $10,000. When all is said and done we will be at least $50,000 in debt thanks to the lawyer fees, expert witness fees, and other fees they will be sticking him with from this event.

This event has ruined Corey and my lives and has effected our relationship negatively. We are stressed, depressed, and worried about the unknown. Corey is working on getting a second job to help pay for this, and I am working all the overtime I can and have been working non stop all January and February. Any amount will help a ton, much thanks in advance!