I GOT ARRESTED!!!!

this is wat happend me and a couple of friends were chillin in my friends car listenin to music gettin ready to play some football and all of a sudden my friend yells cops we dont go time to dip so we just chill there and they say some one reported we were smoking and we all answered no. they asked us too get out of the car and they patted us all down they found a dutch and a couple of lighters and then they asked my friend if they could search the car and he was like sure i got nothing to hide and they found my bowl.. so they said someone better fess up to whos it is or ur all goin to jail so i addmitted it was mine and they cuffed me and put in in the car they then questioned my friends and let them go and one of the officers was asking me who were we gonna buy from and shit i made up some name and they said since i was being cooperative they wouldnt take me too jail so they took me home and they said they would talk to the states attorney or someshit and so i got charged with paraphenelia and possesion of weed cause there was res in the pipe im 16 does ny know wat i will get from this like cs or probation or even juve thanks it was the worst day but late that night my friend hit me up and was like sneak out ur house i got some headies u gotta try so i went over there and got ripped and went home and passed out so it was good enough


-Twisted Boy

Bad bad move. Never let the cops search your car. Cops do not have the right to go through your stuff without permission or probable cause.....that's why they ask if they can search your property most of the time, because they know they can't without permission.

The next mistake was confession. You admitted to having possesion of marijuana when they threatened to take you all to jail. How could they charge and take everyone to jail for a bowl of weed?

They didn't take you to jail because they it was only a bowl. They tried to squeeze information out of you as soon as they seen you open up.

You'll probably get a year's worth of probation or so. It wasn't a serious charge. You might get more though if they find out you were lying about the dealer.

what state. look on norml.org

you did the right thing. People underestimate the power of police officers, but you didn't, you cooperated, so they let you off easy. Cops hate nothing more than snobby arrogant teenagers who think they know the law, and they love nothing more than punishing them. It's just weed, so there is no need to act sketchy.
that's my two cents

you will probably only get probation cause a few of my buddies have gotten caught before and its not really a big deal.

hey pink floyd, this is america weed is catagorized in the same group as lsd. we also do have rights and as long as you prove you know what youre talking about or ask to speak to a lawyer and theyll find someone else to fuck with

I kinda agree with Pink floyd though.. I mean its really easy for cops to think of something thats " probable cause" for searching the car..so they would have probably searched his car anyways...and if you act like a dick to the cop, you might have it worse off then if you hadnt..Im not saying that you shouldnt stand up for your rights though:jointsmile:

all cops are dick cops no cop will let you off easier than any other. They are there to do only one thing get you in trouble and they do it well. In that particular case You shouldnt have let them searched your car. you should have said "no" because if you say no they either need probable cause(if you smoked in your car and they can smell it thats probable cause or if you leave anything where they can see it without actually searching) or they can call for backup and get a dog to sniff the outside of your car. and im pretty sure that resin left in the bowl has a different smell than weed so you would have been fine. Unless you smoked in your car or you left the bowl where they could see it. and then your stupid.

You should've watched 'Never get busted'

Unlucky

the bowl was hidden under a seat and they asked my friend to search the car cause they found blunt guts under the car so he was like sure search the car

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You should've watched 'Never get busted'

Unlucky

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Every one should watch that, you could even find it for free somewhere on the net. It really is a good video and shows you some very legit things to do.

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Every one should watch that, you could even find it for free somewhere on the net. It really is a good video and shows you some very legit things to do.

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yup, you could find it somewhee on here.

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Bad bad move. Never let the cops search your car. Cops do not have the right to go through your stuff without permission or probable cause.....that's why they ask if they can search your property most of the time, because they know they can't without permission.

The next mistake was confession. You admitted to having possesion of marijuana when they threatened to take you all to jail. How could they charge and take everyone to jail for a bowl of weed?

They didn't take you to jail because they it was only a bowl. They tried to squeeze information out of you as soon as they seen you open up.

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They had probable cause, someone reported them smoking.

i got this link off of this board so i don't think there is a problem in re-posting it but if there is im sorry...

Busted: The Citizens Guide to Surviving Police Encounters

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You'll probably get a year's worth of probation or so. It wasn't a serious charge. You might get more though if they find out you were lying about the dealer.

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i got 6 months probation, had to take 4 drug classes, $150 fine, and 24 hrs community service

this was for a paraphenelia citation. which sounds like what you got, not arrested. you'll be ok. you can also get your record expunged once probation is up. just dont fuck up.

always remember, a parked car is easier to catch than one in motion.

probable cause would of been the dutch or the blunt guts

you will be fine.

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thats not probable cause, its not illegal to gut a cigar. fuck the cops.

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some places(i've heard in maryland), blunt guts are considered paraphenelia. bullshit, yes.

Everybody thinks that you can say no to a cop when they ask to search your car. They think if you say no that the cop just walks away. They call the dogs and then detain you and your car until the K9s arrive. The dog will sniff around, find a seed or a tiny piece of bud then bark and sit and then they have every right to rip your car apart in a search.

The police did have probable cause, the smell of MJ is probable cause. The phone call and description was probable cause. You say no and then they find something you are going to jail son.

officer I do not concent to any searches. and a PHONECALL isn't probable cause buddy. I could make a phonecall right now that my neighbor was smoking pot, and that isn't probably cause. they need HARD evidence, not just a phonecall.

and it isn't illegal to open up a blunt. dumping it on the ground might get you a littering charge or some shit like that

smell of weed is probable cause

It also depends on if you are in a consent to search state or not. Some states the cops do not need reasonable cause to search, they can do it on a whim.

But from what you said, they didnt have any probably cause to warrant a search of your vehicle. Alot of cops ask because they hope for people to answer like you did, or get scared and fuck up. Play it calm and cool, dont be a dick to the cops, and everything should be ok.

They can only do what the law allows them to, keep up on your local laws, and you will be alot safer in the long run.

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Everybody thinks that you can say no to a cop when they ask to search your car. They think if you say no that the cop just walks away. They call the dogs and then detain you and your car until the K9s arrive. The dog will sniff around, find a seed or a tiny piece of bud then bark and sit and then they have every right to rip your car apart in a search.

The police did have probable cause, the smell of MJ is probable cause. The phone call and description was probable cause. You say no and then they find something you are going to jail son.

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exactly, i can't believe some people here actually think that saying "no" to a cop will result in them walking away.

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all cops are dick cops no cop will let you off easier than any other.

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Well last time i had a run in with the cops they found a quarter of mids and a dugout. All he did was pour it out and give us a "warning".


What a prick!

Most of those "police and your rights" videos on youtube or other places are wrong. Cops and lawyers laugh at those videos all the time. I read on here that some cop was going to make one but for the most part they are shit.

There is more than just probable cause to search without a warrant. Exigent circumstances also come into play.

FYI for the most part cops can search you at will. Many times it falls under the guise of protecting themselves from an individual with weapons so they get to pat you down.

It is a thin line between cooperating and being hard and you never know what the cop is going to do. I have cooperated only to have the cops arrest me then lie to a judge to make things look like something it wasn't in order to get a warrant only to have to tell another judge they lied. I have cooperated with cops before only to have them let me go completely. You can analyze the situation, how many laws you are breaking, quick impressions of the cop, whether cooperating is going to help, and still be wrong. I usually don't cooperate at all. Not cooperating and being hard might get you arrested and harsher treatment from the cop but it may make it harder to convict you later on because you didn't consent to a search or make statements that can be used against you later.

my friends have gotten caught a couple of times. they always get caught when i stay behind with the rest of the people. one time they caught caught in the middle of winter in a car at a gold course and they had to stand outside for an hour while getting searcehd. they found a dub, and a pipe on one of my friends and they all got summons' for trespassing and possesion of marijuana. they had to go to court and nothing happened to them. this happened in ny by the way. another time they got caught ata beach and they were taken to jail until there parents picked them up. another time my two friends were blazing in a car and like 10 minutes later a cop car pulls up. he finds mad books on growing, a knife, pipes, and a baseball bat in his car. one kids was 16 and the other was 18. the kid that was 18 gave a fake adress and name and nothing happened to him since he had no id. nothing happened to the other kid.

A while ago, my friend got a speeding ticket. My other friend was in the back with a huge bong in his hand. The cop saw him and just laughed. He only got a ticket for speeding and tinted windows. Most cops down here in Southern Cali are pretty cool.

That fuckin' sux dude but it sounds like you should be okay.

What really kills me is that while these cops are harrassing you and your friends for a little weed, some fuckin' child molester or rapist is getting his jollies off somewhere and getting away with it.

The priorities of LE is pretty fucked up, if you ask me.