I'm inclined to think that Ron may have gone home & helped clean up the guns, drugs, etc...& then went & did the ciggy run. not because he participated in the murder, but because he was looking out for his hide. Now, that's just a halfhearted guess, because I have no idea, but I do believe he played some role in the clean-up/cover-up, & that's why LE has been so hard on him, in the plea deal. He could've gotten a lot less, so I'm thinking LE holds him responsible for a big part of this case being derailed. I know you don't agree, & that's cool, but for him to have gotten that 15 years, says to me at least, that Ron was more than an innocent bystander.