A Life of Crime: Because of his crimes, Jared was able to survive long periods of homelessness. For these same crimes, he was imprisoned and much of his early works were lost. Because of his crimes, he nearly died, soon afterward creating positive changes throughout his life and relationships. For these same crimes, he would die at the age of thirty-two. The life of crime he lead is integral to defining and remembering him. A synopsis of his crimes have been included as a part of his memorial.



Drugs: The comedian Bill Hicks, when performing his "Relentless" stand-up, said: "I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years... rrreal fucking high on drugs."

Even when limiting himself to legal drugs, such as coffee, cigarettes and alcohol, Jared's doctor told him that the amount of caffeine he was drinking was enough to kill a small elephant. He is also the only recorded person who could smoke a cigarette as fast or faster than fellow Trochlear artist San Jaya Prime. These, along with alcohol and marijuana, were the primary drugs for his last two-years. This was not the trend previously.

Jared Newby's drug of choice was methamphetamine (aka, speed; glass; crystal-meth). He dabbled often with hallucinogens, and smoked marijuana since his teenage years, but it was speed that gave him the extra hours and drive to create music, design graphics and much more. He began dealing the drug after leaving Dallas, transporting it between Houston and Austin, Texas. Demand determined the destination. After his release from prison in 2004, he overdosed on a batch of methamphetamine resulting in hallucinations, blackout and nearly death. This overdose created the drive in Jared to change the course of his life. The damage, however, had already been done.

Jared had a genetic pre-disposition to heart failure. The years of using methamphetamine (and other drugs) only compounded this. Approaching three-years from the time of his overdose, Jared's heart began to fail. After being in-and-out of the hospital on two occasions, his health failed completely. His parents were at his side when he passed.



Fraud: Jared was tried and found guilt of check fraud. He had been printing fake checks, then cashing them at independent convenience stores throughout Texas. It is unknown how many of these were printed and cashed, although Jared stated that he lived for a few years doing this. The prison sentence was for three-years. Jared did not continue printing checks following his parole, relying instead on income from his music, social security and odd jobs in Austin, Texas.



Petty and Non-Petty Theft: Even before leaving his home of Oklahoma City, Jared had become adept at stealing from department and grocery stores. After leaving Oklahoma for Texas, this soon became a survival trait. There were many times when Jared did not have a house, nor any job to secure a form of shelter in his future. This meant getting meals from a 7-Eleven when they threw out their nightly food from the shelves, or accepting a plate of slop from a church, or stealing himself his meals.

When he did have a roof over his head, he would take DVDs and CDs from stores (among other items). While dealing drugs, he considered it a fair trade to break into someone's house and rob them if they had not paid him in time. This got him into a few fights, breaking off a few relationships very violently. Because of this, sections of Dallas, Houston, El Paso and Austin he considered "unfriendly territory", meaning that there were known threats in the area of those neighborhoods.

Following his release from prison, Jared avoided any theft in order to maintain a clean parole. When he was no longer a thief among thieves, he found that the thieves had become an annoyance to him. It wasn't so much the fact that an item here-or-there would disappear from his porch or patio, but that they would take items that they could not sell or were worthless to another person. He lived most often in low-income neighborhoods, and made a call to the police only once. After that call, he stopped contacting the cops.



Assault: It is unknown to what extent Jared Newby committed assault. It has been mentioned by some who have known him, but was an aspect of his past missing entirely from his final years. The majority of assaults were committed while dealing drugs. Some were in self-defense, others not. Jared maintained that he had never killed anyone.