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I once told a girl that I was dating that I couldn't go out for some BS reason. Then later on that night I ran into her at a bar, and man, if that wasn't jail then I don't know what is!!!
I dunno, Coulda been worse. I have a few friends who knocked up chicks they were dating, and then had to get married. Instant 18yrs-to-life sentence!
You don't know what is......until you've spent time in the 'Big House' (Ok, maybe medium house......) I served my time....all 2 hours.... that's right.... no time off for good behavior. You guys that haven't - have no idea.
Three separate holding tank episodes for misdemeanors, namely, disobeying the police (I admit I have a problem with authority figures). Comes to about four hours total in the pokey, i.e., not enough time to instigate a riot, try the food, or make new acquaintances...
LOL..... Actually the cop that started this mess was a real problem. So, when I got to booking and this other officer was around, I was in a much better mood. I didn't like being with the arresting cop alone - He was trouble. Actually was on Admin. leave when my court date came around. Not to mislead you guys.... this was a minor situation where my license was suspended for a FTA (failure to appear) because the court date went to my parents house when I was in college and I didn't get it. The cop was from the campus police.
you guys that are married are doing jail time, ADMIT IT . me i was locked up for 8 hrs for solicitaion of an under cover cop, that sucked !!!! and YES IT WAS A FEMALE, DAVE. but that was when i was younger.
Actually, here's my story... Get a speeding ticket in Northern Louisiana while driving to Texas for a vacation. Nothing major, maybe 82 in a 70. This was while I was still in college. Well here in New Orleans Tulane University has a lawyer that all of the students use to get out of minor offenses, and some major. Anyways, I think 'what the hell', I'll give this guy the ticket, he claims he can get it dropped if I pay $250. Sounds good to me, done and done! Or so I thought..... 8 months later I decided to make a fast food run. I decide on McDonald's or some garbage. On my way I get pulled over by NOPD, they ask me to get out of the car and if I have a license. I said 'of course, here you go sir.' He gives me this odd look as if I am trying to pull something and I ask him why he had pulled me over. He says, 'well son, while you were stopped at the last red light I ran your tags and found the driver to have a suspended license.' I say, 'Suspended? From what? This is news to me!' Officer, 'Oh really? Then I guess you are forgetting the UNPAID ticket you chose to neglect. Real smooth.' This is the moment when the wheels start turning. Apparently the moron lawyer LOST my ticket and FORGOT to tell me!!! Thus resulting in the suspended license! Officer, 'well, you are going to have to step over here with me, you have the right to remain.......' Me, 'whoa whoa, what in the world is this? You are not going to give me a citation for this?' Officer, 'no, you will get a citation in addition to going to jail' WWWWWTTTTTTFFFFFFF??!!! So I get the distinct pleasure of going to general population in New Orleans Central Lockup with every thug, druggie, and prostitute you can imagine. And the processing takes so long that I have to wait 6 hours before I can even make a phone call. Luckily I knew the cell number for my family lawyer in town, who in turn calls a judge(at 10pm), who calls the jail to tell them to get me the hell out of there. I thought, 'thank god! I can get out of this POS!!!' Wrong.... 5 more hours of fun. Let's just say that the next day the crappy lawyer got MORE than an earfull from me. So he refunded the $250 and got the arrest taken off of my record and the charges dropped. That was the first and last time his services were used needless to say..... P.S. Word to the wise, if you or anyone you know decides its ok to take a leak somewhere off or on Bourbon St. during Mardi Gras tell them DO NOT DO IT!!!!. Piss yourself before you dare try public urination during Mardi Gras. Some people that went to college with me did it on the Thursday before Mardi Gras, guess when they got out??? The following WEDNESDAY!!!!! I also love how you can be arrested for driving on a suspended license, but California wants to GIVE licenses to ILLEGAL aliens! Go figure
I was going to say the same thing. I never received my notice for the suspension because every year in college my addressed changed from moving apartments. 2 lessons here: 1. Be sure you know who is handling your situaiton and be sure to follow up, even if you look like a pest. 2. Always have the post office forward your mail! DOH!!!
In college I had about seven different addresses. So, I did the smart and responsible thing using my parents address for all important mail...........Didn't work All joking aside.....those of you younger guys should keep this in mind. It was not fun going through this. In fact, being in someone elses control is scary. Keep your jail (holding cell) time to a minimum as it doesn't take much to have a bad story get much worse. Yes, call your parents or anyone that can get you out quick.
One other thing. I accidentally left out the SCARIEST part, which can happen to anyone. That evening I was wearing some pants that have a pocket which tends to let items slip out of(keys, cell phone, whatever...). Well, we arrived to central lockup and as I am getting out of the cop car(cuffed) I thought I felt my phone slip out of my pocket. So I immediately turn my head to the side to see if it fell onto the back seat. Not 1 second passes... Officer, 'what are you looking at son??' Me, 'I think my cell phone might have fallen out' Officer, 'Cell phone my ass, you trying to hide something underneath the back of the seat?' Me, 'Sir, you have GOT to be joking' Without hesitation the officer removes the entire back bench and searches it with his flashlight. My phone was in my pocket the whole time, but then it dawned on me and I thought, 'Holy f-ing ****, if this guy arrested a crack dealer before me, and that crack dealer hid his stash in the seat, then its gonna get pinned on me!!!!!!' Thank god he didn't find anything, and I DON'T want to know what would have happened if he had found something illegal. So even if you haven't done a thing, these situations can still get you screwed. Pay your tickets! Lol
No question.......we've walked the same road. These are all things you don't think of until your in that situation.
Wait, you have no insurace or you just didn't have proof of it? Also, since I was fully unaware of when my license was suspended I was ignorant of the fact that had I caused an accident my insurance company would have just laughed at me and left me with the bill. Talk about a rude awakening!
