Brandon Smith is in jail accused of ripping off Bill Jordan’s pinky while snagging his iPad outside a Denver Apple store. Smith is also now accused of putting out a hit on Jordan from jail to stop the trial.
Smith spoke to CBS about the whole mess the day before his appearance in court. (Yes, CoM has gone all iCrime central this week with the news of Apple-related mayhem. Once you get started, it’s hard to stop).
Smith has still not confessed to the crime — either the iPad theft or the murder plot — but did say:
“I’m sorry for whatever, and for him losing his finger. That’s awful from just a theft. That’s a bad theft gone wrong, you know what I’m saying.” And adds that if he could give him his own finger he would.
Smith, who just turned 21, says he was jacked up on drugs (speed and heroin) at the time of the crime and while he admits to desiring Apple’s latest device, he still will not say he committed the crime.
“I wanted one but I’m not going to say that I ripped one off and everything.” Smith also denies writing the hit letter, saying his cellmate did it. Smith’s brother turned him in after seeing the video surveillance footage on crime stoppers.
Ugh. Maybe he should think about changing lawyers for a more coherent strategy (is he apologizing to the victim for the crime or not?) before appearing in court today.
Via CBS
