provided to the grand jury is mentioned in a single

paragraph.

    In March, 2006, Forde was arrested on the warrant.      He was

held without bail pending trial, and declined to speak with

police.   In August, 2006, Forde changed his mind and decided to

speak with police.    He told them about Brown's and the
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defendant'sinvolvement in the events of January 9 of that year.

Forde said that he had changed his mind about testifying against

the defendant and Brown because the defendant had sent him a

number of threatening letters and Brown had broken a previous

agreement in which he was to continue selling drugs and giving

some of the money to Forde.

    In November, 2006, Forde testified before the grand jury

about the events on the evening of January 9, 2006.   Following

this testimony, the district attorney offered him a plea

agreement under which Forde was to receive a sentence of eight

months of incarceration (the amount of time he already had

served), followed by a term of probation on the lesser included

charge of accessory after the fact, and the Commonwealth agreed

to enter a nolle prosequi