Driver Sentenced to Maximum Penalty for Hitting and Killing 13-Year-Old Alex Mackiewicz

(Douglas County, CO) On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 53-year-old Ruben Morones was sentenced to one year in jail and a $1000 fine after pleading guilty to careless driving resulting in death in the crash that killed 13-year-old Alexander Mackiewicz in Highlands Ranch on March 6th, 2024.

The Douglas County Traffic Team conducted the investigation and determined Morones ran a red light, hitting Alex who was crossing the street in the crosswalk.

Sheriff Darren Weekly’s statement to the court:

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳. 𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 6𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘢𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘳. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 13-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳.

𝘐𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘥. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 31 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.

(𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.)

𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 2 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘗𝘙 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘰𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥” 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵…. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺…” 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.

𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬e 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘣y 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 “𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱! 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱….” 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 24 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 7 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘴.

𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘻 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘳. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 $1,000 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 12 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘪𝘭.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘻, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 12 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘫𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘳. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴.

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶.