Lawyers Tony and John List claim that Chester Township police chief Booker Wilson will be completely vindicated of charges that he used a worker's comp check stolen from an inmate at the Minsec halfway house in Chester to buy a Cadillac Escalade in Chester County.

They don't seem to be disputing that the Wilson gave the check to a car dealer friend to purchase the car. Their defense is that Wilson was just "helping out" the inmate, Vaughn Moore, by having Moore endorse the check over to him and cashing it.

Wilson then used the check to buy the SUV. The car dealer, Wilson's friend, testified Wilson told him he cashed the check for "one of his guys." He also said there was nothing "unusual" about accepting third-party checks to buy cars.

Moore, who is now back in prison, claims he never got the check, which was mailed to him at MinSec by the state.

While attempting to paint Moore a liar, the defense also claims Wilson may have been "duped" by another inmate who stole the check and pretended to be Moore.

The check is in the amount of $6,657.

A reasonable question is does Wilson often carry that kind of cash on his part-time job at Minsec so that he can cash checks for convicted criminals?

It would also seem Wilson ought to be able to produce a bank statement that shows a withdrawl of some amount close to $6,000 that he used to pay Moore (or his imposter) for the check.

If not, Booker Wilson's vindication might be a long-time coming.