Have you ever been arrested?

[Phantasm]

I've been arrested once, on a drunk driving charge. It's a long story, but in a nutshell.

I wrote off my car(Tyre blow out- rolled the car- write off), got a lift home, phoned the cops to tell them where my car was and that it would be recovered by my recovery service. The cops told me that's fine - no other cars/property involved, so I had a few drinks to calm my nerves after the accident.

About 30 minutes later, 2 cops turn up at my door and breathalise me - inform me that I'm under arrest and take me to the station to confirm my breath test.

Obviously, I'm over the limit by the time they test me, and I'm charged with drunk driving.

In court, with witnesses to say I wasn't drinking before I got in my car, I was found not guilty and that was the end of it.

I still feel pissed off about how I was treated by the police, and if found guilty I would probably have been dismissed by my employer.

That was about 5 years ago, but I still feel pissed off about it.

Anyone else been arrested? How did it go?

[Wyldewode]

Nope. . . not even a close call. Perhaps I need more excitement in my life?

[JazFusion]

I've never been, but my husband had a BS arrest once. This was some 4 or 5 years ago. He was involved in an accident where he hit someone. It was just a fender bender, but he pulled into a parking lot to inspect his car instead of staying at the scene of the accident. I guess they traded information and what not. The person that he hit filed a report against him saying it was a hit and run. Nothing happened until 2-3 years later when the cops showed up at his door and arrested him. He spent a few hours in jail and was released, but had to walk back home for 3 hours in the snow because his $%&* brother wouldn't pick him up. The arrest was later thrown out since it was no longer valid after 2 years.

[Worm of Despite]

Long story, but when I was gaining 60+ pounds I finally broke and told my mom I felt like killing myself. She said, "Don't worry, I'll take you to see the preacher" (despite the fact I'm an atheist). Anyway: I go downstairs to take a shower, and she calls again, and I don't answer. She freaks, calls the cops, and two minutes later, as I'm toweling off, I hear a large man bellowing down the stairs: "MR. WILLIAMS!! DO YOU HAVE ANY WEAPONS ON YOU?"

[Menolly]

Yes, I've been arrested.
'nuff said.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

Nope, squeaky clean here... well, except for that one "White Van Kids Incident" back in high school. No arrest, but I did have to put my hands in the air...

dw

[Mortice Root]

Nope, no arrests. Worst brush with the law was for an underage drinking ticket, just after high school.

[Avatar]

Got deported from Belgium once for not having a visa, but that was the only time I actually got locked up.
Couple of brushes otherwise, but escaped unscathed.

--A

[thefirst]

Yep, was actually locked up for 12hours, apparently self-defense will get you arrested, but luckily, never officially charged.

[Cagliostro]

I've been shot at and had the cops hunting the streets for us with spotlights, but never been caught. I'm far too tricksy.

Just to clarify, was never shot at by the cops.

We used to throw wet toilet paper balls at cars as they crossed a certain bridge, and while people wanted to kill us, none of them successfully caught us.

Something we recited frequently during these times as we were hiding out was from Watership Down:

All the world will be your enemy, Prince Of A Thousand Enemies, for whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they much catch you. Digger, listener, runner, Prince with the Swift Warning. Be cunning and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

I'm really thinking Menolly hides a very dark past.

[stonemaybe]

I had a close call as a nine year old. Wasn't officially arrested, but as close as you can get! It's a long story, but here goes....

I grew up in Northern Ireland, during the Troubles. I lived in a cul-de-sac, and the road leading to my street had the entrance to a large army base/barracks, and a small hospital, leading off it.

Me and my friend used to pass time on car journeys by having a notebook, and writing down the car registration numbers we saw on our journey.

Most normal reg's were three letters and four numbers, eg KIW 3412. Army transport, however, was along the lines of HW 25 GF. Army jeeps and lorries were all over the place at the time, and we'd 'prize' those numbers for the difference. So in my notebook there were lists and lists of reg numbers, and every page or so I'd count them up and write '1500 car nos., 55 army nos.'

One summer day we were bored and decided to get out our notebooks and go to the hospital carpark and 'take' all the car numbers. We did that then we were still bored so we sat on the wall at the entrance to the hospital and wrote down the ones of cars driving up and down the road.

A while later a green Ford Capri (i'll always remember cos my friend was thriled that it was a capri) drove past, stopped, and reversed back to us. The guy got out asked us what we were doing, we told him, and he told us to get into the car, and he took us into the army barracks. We'd both grown up in the street, but never been into the barracks so we were excited as well as being scared!

He took us to some officer types who asked us all sorts of questions and looked at our notebooks (probably noticing my '55 army numbers!), asked us who'd told us to take the numbers etc. they then called the police (RUC) as they couldn't actually arrest us or anything, being army. At this stage were were scared stupid because we were literally 50 yards from our homes, but the police station was way over the other side of town and they were talking of taking us there.

In the end, the police decided to take us home first to talk to our parents. So we arrived home in one of the grey armoured RUC vans that they used then, and unluckily for me, my uncle's family was visiting us at the time, and me arriving home in a police van was NOT good! But, then amazingly luckily, my mum who managed a bar at the time, was recognised by the policeman taking us, and he knew we weren't the republican type family from that, so we were just let off.

I was a bit annoyed at my mum at the time though, because the policeman gave her back my notebook, but she ripped out all the pages and gave them back to him!!!!

It was probably lucky as well, that I was a catholic and my friend was protestant.

[Menolly]

I'm really thinking Menolly hides a very dark past.

I've shared some of my past with one Watcher only.
And I trust that Watcher implicitly.

But even he doesn't know why I was arrested.

[danlo]

I'm really thinking Menolly hides a very dark past

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most people who hide in central Florida do...

[Cagliostro]

I'm really thinking Menolly hides a very dark past.

I've shared some of my past with one Watcher only.
And I trust that Watcher implicitly.

But even he doesn't know why I was arrested.

Wow, so I'm right then?

Stonemaybe - what a fascinating story. Why were you jotting down reg numbers? As a lark? I'm very intrigued by Ireland and hope to visit one day. But yeah...don't really want to get involved in the politics. I just want to enjoy some beer and good song.

[stonemaybe]

Why were you jotting down reg numbers

as i said, it was just a way to pass time on long boring car journeys, that sort of grew to become a type of hobby to fill time.

[Menolly]

I'm really thinking Menolly hides a very dark past

.

most people who hide in central Florida do...

B"H I'm in North Central Florida...

Wow, so I'm right then?

*sitting on hands*

[matrixman]

Closest I came to being arrested: back when I was 11 or 12, a school pal of mine got caught shoplifting at a department store. Unfortunately for me, I had been tagging along, so I got nabbed as well. Needless to say, that was a humiliating experience. That day taught me that I needed to choose my friends very carefully.

[MsMary]

Never been arrested.

[Marv]

Yes, yes i have. Twice. The first time was for mail theft, which was a joke. My mates and I found a ditched mail bag and decided to look through the unopened mail. We were then walking across a car park to get to school and some over zealous policeman decided that we must be trying to steal cars so he told us to stop...so we ran (as you do). They caught me a and one of my mates and traced the mail bag back to us. Turned out that mailman had been ditching bags of mail for weeks.



The second time was for drunk and dissorderly. It was a really rough night at a party. The police showed up and started arresting folks. I was one of the unfortunate folks to spend the night behined bars.

[drew]

Never arrested, but pulled over lots of times.

Now some of them were my fault; speeding...no seatbelt...unlicenced car...stuff like that.

But for about a year, I got pulled over more than a half-dozen times while driving to work in the middle of the night, being told that I looked suspicious. Now the car WAS pretty old, an '81 Monte Carlo, and this was in the mid-90's. one day, the cops even came into the warhouse I was working in, asking me about the car.

Once, in Jr High, I was almost arrested, being caught breaking into teachers cars, looking for money to buy smokes with; luckily, the Principal never called the cops, as I ended with not very much money.

Irronically, years later, I bought one of those cars I was caught breaking into as my first car...a 1981 Monte Carlo...