Morgan Stanley Exec Pretty Pleased To Have Cab Stabbing Charges Dropped

You may have asked yourself can a Wall Streeter get an even break these days? Well rest assured, gentle readers, according to none other than dealbreaker’s own Bess Levin, the criminal case against a former Morgan Stanley executive charged with stabbing a cab driver following a fare dispute was dropped Monday after a Connecticut state’s attorney revealed that the driver never turned the knife over to police..... The driver, Mohamed Ammar, “had the knife the whole time,” said supervisory assistant state’s attorney Steven Weiss. “He had ample opportunity to tell police and he didn’t do that.” [...] Weiss emphasized that Jennings didn’t immediately call police and described him as uncooperative. But he said Ammar couldn’t adequately explain why he never gave the knife to investigators, even after an interview and a search of his cab. “I simply can’t go forward when I have a witness who didn’t cooperate with police,” Weiss said of Ammar. Jennings attended the brief hearing and thanked his family and attorney. “Obviously it feels good,” he said outside court................................................................................................... http://dealbreaker.com/2012/10/morgan-stanley-executive-pretty-pleased-to-have-stabbing-charges-dropped/