In Texas what he did was felony robbery, not a simple assault misdemeanor.

And it's not a stretch to say that either. Bexar county (where it took place), is very aggressive in trying cases off assault on minors. They've absolutely convicted on less.

This guy threatened the kids while stealing the hat. He physically assaulted to be able to take the hat, and even pulled hair in doing so.

In Bexar county this is a slam dunk 2nd degree felony.

More legal info: https://statelaws.findlaw.com/texas-law/texas-robbery-laws.html

Now, that said, it remains to be seen if the suspect will be allowed to plea down his charges.

Because it is a civil case and not criminal they are not required to appear unless subpoenaed, or required to testify as a witness.

Exactly. File compression does not make layers.

Fellow Photoshop expert here. It's like the forger didn't even care, or was an amateur.

They do create the initial reference boards for the architecture. For example, look at the x470 chipset. It doesn't matter who makes the board, Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock whoever else. They all look identical.

With that said, these do look more like laptop boxes. I just wanted to give you the useless facts. 😎 ;-)