Wow, what a poorly written and researched article...

From the article, it was his broker that pleaded:

I was just about to ask how there would be a plea deal in a case that was dismissed... All sorts of confusion is in the article.

Yeah, this article doesn't make any sense.

In fact, and I don’t know how I missed this, but the court even says “it is unwilling to punish a man.” So, at the risk of coming off like an asshole, you aren’t just wrong, you’re lazy.

Neither the original article, nor the court’s order, say anything at all about the defendant educating law enforcement about anything. In fact, as the court was dismissing the case against him, it wouldn’t have much grounds to subject the defendant to any punishment whatsoever. The defendant also didn't enter a plea…