Once, my car was searched and the cops found a home made billy club in the back. Felony. I pled down to a misdemeanor because of the Zig-Zag papers they also found. Bullshit case.
In 1965 I was 20 years old, had been drinking beer all afternoon & night. About midnight I was driving home & went off the road, striking a utility pole. My '56 VW was in tough shape but the cop just put me in the backseat of the cruiser. He asked if I'd been drinking and after initial denials I fessed up & he said he'd check the NO box. Thank you. He asked what happened & I said I fell asleep. He said "That's driving to endanger. I'd say you skidded on ice". That's right sir! The yow truck pulled the car out of the ditch. One headlight gone; one pointed at treetops. The cop said, you ok to drive? I assured him I was, paid the tow truck driver $20 and went home.
Better lucky than arrested.
Yes, wrongly though. Was for misdemeanor petit larceny. DA kept offering my attorney a plea deal because he knew he couldn't prove anything (because truthfully, I didn't do it). I took it to court and won. Cost me $3500 (plus all the time out of work dealing with it) to prove my innocence. Now, I will tell you, that was the real crime.
No, but I've been with friends who have gotten arrested (for public intox., underage consumption, fighting and fake ID).
One time I was helping a relative clean up an old house in a crappy area of a small town far from where I live. Leaving, down the road I pulled over to change into a clean pair of flip flops from my muddy shoes (which were in the trunk) for a long drive home. Apparently I pulled over in front of a drug dealing spot and a yocal sheriff followed me for 15 miles before he finally found a reason to pull me over which happened to be at the end of the county line. I don't think I've ever gone under the speed limit for 15 miles in my life. Those 15 miles must have taken me at least 40 minutes to drive.
He fought to search my car and luckily Mrs S was with me and called her relative which was a detective and finally the officer let us go but had to be convinced by the detective.
I did nothing wrong but in a small town like that sometimes that doesn't matter. I really wanted to say "listen fuck stick do you really think someone driving a $65,000 new car is going to stop and buy some $10 crystal meth?"
Depending on what else they find, rolling papers (like zig zags) are considered drug paraphernalia.
As for billy clubs, I thought it was common knowledge that they are illegal. I think the reasoning is there is no lawful function of it. Whether you call it self defense or not, billy clubs are just used to beat people up, and nothing else.
This all happened from ages 18-21 I've cleaned my act up since then...plus having the Lord come into my life really helped in controlling my anger issues
Closest I ever came to being arrested was as a teen. Some friends and I had a fire extinguisher filled with water that we were using like a high pressure squirt gun. We went forth looking for victims and hit a couple that was a surprisingly attractive woman with a dorky guy wearing a cowboy hat.
Alas the woman was wearing a bra when we soaked her but we did knock the cowboy's hat off his head. It was brilliant! There was also a cop only a few cars behind us.
I thought sure we were going to be arrested but the cop just made us empty the fire extinguisher.
Only a few times. I've cleaned up my act - and it's all good now. Stupid shit - back when I thought I was running with a cool crowd - who turned out to be anything but cool.
The State boys tried one time. They searched the car, looking for Pot. They didn't find it so they gave me a traffic ticket for not wearing my glasses while driving. :)
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Better lucky than arrested.
I'd be curious to know that they could charge you with over a home made billy club, as lots of people have stuff like that. And zig zap papers?
I don't know what law is being broken.
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One time I was helping a relative clean up an old house in a crappy area of a small town far from where I live. Leaving, down the road I pulled over to change into a clean pair of flip flops from my muddy shoes (which were in the trunk) for a long drive home. Apparently I pulled over in front of a drug dealing spot and a yocal sheriff followed me for 15 miles before he finally found a reason to pull me over which happened to be at the end of the county line. I don't think I've ever gone under the speed limit for 15 miles in my life. Those 15 miles must have taken me at least 40 minutes to drive.
He fought to search my car and luckily Mrs S was with me and called her relative which was a detective and finally the officer let us go but had to be convinced by the detective.
I did nothing wrong but in a small town like that sometimes that doesn't matter. I really wanted to say "listen fuck stick do you really think someone driving a $65,000 new car is going to stop and buy some $10 crystal meth?"
@OP what's zig-zag papers?
SJG
As for billy clubs, I thought it was common knowledge that they are illegal. I think the reasoning is there is no lawful function of it. Whether you call it self defense or not, billy clubs are just used to beat people up, and nothing else.
Nice thing about KY is that the concealed carry law covers "weapons," not just guns.
It's much better to be a leader instead of a follower.
Of course SJG has been questioned many times.. Probably anytime an underage asian girl goes missing they head straight to pick him up for questioning.
Are you gonna share the details - PL enquiring minds want to know
and i'm a young, black male ;-)
Brilliant strategy!
Alas the woman was wearing a bra when we soaked her but we did knock the cowboy's hat off his head. It was brilliant! There was also a cop only a few cars behind us.
I thought sure we were going to be arrested but the cop just made us empty the fire extinguisher.