So heres the story. Me and two of my friends (all over 18) pulled into the gas station. When we rounded the corner, we found that the road was blocked by TXU trucks and we could not get around unless you went over a curb and over grass. I drove forward and my front tire hit the curb and the workers started to freak out. I decided then not to go over the curb so I backed up and was facing the exit when one of the workers was being a complete dick so I flicked him off. He then ran in front of my car and would not let me go around and proceeded to call the cops on us. After 5 minutes (the guy was still in front of my car) the cop showed up. I talked to him briefly and went back to my car and not a minute later a canine unit showed up. Me and one of my friends talked to the canine officer who said that our eyes were red. He then gave us sobriety tests that we both passed and then made the other kid get out the car and made us sit on the curbs. He then went and got his drug dog and walked around my car. He never gave us a probable cause to use his drug dog. He found a pipe and I got charged with a paraphernalia.

We think the workers held us illegally. So, basically 3 things have to happen for false imprisonment. To prevail under a false imprisonment claim, a plaintiff must prove: (1) willful detention; (2) without consent; and (3) without authority of law. Now the latter 2 things are quite obvious from my story. The first 1 is true because I never ran over the guy to get out, therefor I stayed there willfully. Then the case with the police is that they searched my car without probable cause, because the case with the workers did not involve drugs or anything else illegal. Am I just grasping at straws or do I have a strong case for both of these things? By the way I live in Texas and I was arrested over a year ago for a DUI and a paraphernalia charge.
Wicked Rebel Reviewed by Wicked Rebel on . Need Help; Paraphernalia So heres the story. Me and two of my friends (all over 18) pulled into the gas station. When we rounded the corner, we found that the road was blocked by TXU trucks and we could not get around unless you went over a curb and over grass. I drove forward and my front tire hit the curb and the workers started to freak out. I decided then not to go over the curb so I backed up and was facing the exit when one of the workers was being a complete dick so I flicked him off. He then ran in front Rating: 5