The Plan
Notes From the Underbelly
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936)
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
Helen Rowland
(1876 - 1950)
March 15th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Hey Jeremy, is there something is should know? Found this while searching for your blog…
“In the summer of 2000, Putnam and two friends, both cocaine dealers,
decided to rob a marijuana dealer named Ebrima Jawara. They purchased
walkie-talkies. Putnam’s two friends, Jeremy Niemi and Aaron Haug,
obtained three firearms. On the night of August 16, the three went to the
Country Club Apartments in Everett, where Jawara lived with his girlfriend,
Maria Berg. Niemi was to determine if Berg was home with Jawara at the
time. Haug later testified that he and Putnam were to ‘take {Jawara} down’
while Niemi acted as a lookout. Report of Proceedings (RP) (May 3, 2001)
at 508.
After the three arrived at the Country Club Apartments, Haug and Putnam
left to purchase duct tape. Niemi went to the window of the apartment
where his ex-girlfriend, Rachel Mathiesen, lived. Niemi and Mathiesen
chatted for a while, and then Putnam joined Niemi at the window…”and on and on and on