Originally Posted by
justplainme
He explained to me a little more about what went wrong. Evidently 11 years ago he stole a case of baby formula for his 2 month old baby son (which was evidently valued at more than $250, which in his home state constitutes a felony). . .he got caught and arrested, [_______________] sat in jail for a few weeks, was released, put on probation, made to pay thousands of dollars in fines which he couldn't pay. . .so he finally just didn't show up for his appointments so a warrant was issued.
Please fill in the blank above. Does the phrase, "tried and convicted" seem correct?