The police are not on Ron's side and I know for a fact they are not on Ronald's side. There is no conspiracy between the police and Ronald to "get Misty."
Ronald REFUSED to cooperate with the police - if Ronald and the police were friendly, why would he not cooperate?
I also found out today that Ron took a polygraph with Misty. His polygraph came back inconclusive, Misty failed.
Police have no love loss for Ron, they gave him a deal because he talked, and it was the only way to get him to talk.
They've had Misty talk, they had Tommy talk, Ron lawyered up before any of them, and has talked less. They gave him a deal simple to get him to talk.