Help the seasoned detective finish her rather poetic case report by choosing the grammatically correct words.

The suspect's initial alibi was fraught ___ glaring inconsistencies, all of which seemed to stem ___ a misguided attempt to protect his hopelessly clumsy brother.

The correct answer is with / from.

The adjective fraught (meaning filled with or destined to result in something undesirable) is followed by with. Do not confuse it with "full of"!

The verb stem (meaning to originate in or be caused by) pairs with the preposition from.