{"id":3652,"date":"2011-06-13T13:39:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:09","slug":"boston-police-in-court-over-old-cell-phone-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/boston-police-in-court-over-old-cell-phone-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Police in Court over Old Cell Phone Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Prison.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1228\" title=\"Prison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Prison.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1228 lazyload\" title=\"Prison\" 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