ya? I got stopped once cause my daughter got out of her car seat and was playing with the temporary tag I had stuck in the rear windshield. Turned out I had a warrant I had no clue about. (A police officer was really pissed off that a previous charge was dismissed - without prejudice - and refiled the charges.)
Lara, who was two, got absolutely hysterical and is still afraid of policemen. And this, mind you, was uptown Montgomery County, MD, they let me take Lara to daycare instead of calling foster care, and I was immediately released on my own recognizance. You really can't get much more lite when it comes to an arrest, but I am still highly bent out of shape over it. Oh yeah, and when it went back to court it was dismissed AGAIN, with prejudice this time. Dana On 7/21/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > hehehe oh yeah. Did you ever see Trading Places? > > > > Of course! Great movie. It reminds me of a slightly funny story: > > 8 years ago I had a warrant out for my arrest due to a speeding ticket > that I forgot to pay. A client turned it up during a background check > (er, um, ah, yeah, ahhh..., is it hot in here?) and so I trudged off > to the county office to see what the deal was. > > They gave me a few options, one of which was to "wait" until a trial > time opened up that day. What the heck, I thought, I'll wait - let's > just get it taken care of. Well, they threw me into the general > lockup with my suit, but sans my belt, shoes, and other stuff! > > Hanging out in a general lock up in a suit is not fun at first. > However I turned on the charm and was soon known as "the counselor" > dispensing legal advice to the soon to be convicts. > > Anyway I met all kinds of "colorful" people. Various low-grade > criminals who were looking at 5-10, a "rock star" (term I learned for > crack user), and this really smart guy who turned out to be an > international heroin smuggler. > > After about 5 hours they chained 10 of us together and then frisked > us. They led us to a holding area and one-by-one we were brought in > front of the judge. After hearing my tale the judge was laughing so > hard that he said I'd suffered enough and dropped the whole thing. > > When I left I felt like I'd been in jail 5 years! I really felt like > freedom was gift even though I'd only been in the pokey a few hours. > It was a great experience. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165843 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
