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keekeeree · Feb 27, 2003, 06:25 PM

So, who here is an honest joe and who's a rebel without a cause?

nonhuman · Feb 27, 2003, 06:37 PM

You only get in trouble if you get caught...

AKcrab · Feb 27, 2003, 06:37 PM

I got caught making fake ID's once... Police took me in for questioning (called me on the phone and asked me to come down, not like they cuffed and stuffed me), my buddy had already rolled on me, so I cooperated fully.

Nobody ever pressed any charges.
Go Figure.

Nicko · Feb 27, 2003, 06:47 PM

agreed...the trick is not to get caught

Montanan · Feb 27, 2003, 07:00 PM

When I was in high school, my buddies and I were cruising our town's main street one night ... I was driving my parents' big ol' 1968 Chrysler. Anyhow, one of the idiots in the back seat had a bunch of water balloons, which he decided to start hurling at passing motorists. Yep, you guessed it: the very first one hit a passing cop car square on the windshield!

In a matter of seconds, we were pulled over, and the cop had us outside, leaning against the hood of the Chrysler. Luckily, he didn't call our parents or take us in ... he just had us smash the remaining water balloons over each other's heads. So my biggest problem was trying to sneak in the house, soaking wet, without my Dad seeing me.

Of course the other kids who were cruising that night saw us get pulled over ... so we were folk heroes at school the next morning. My fifteen minutes of fame, I guess.

Teronzhul · Feb 27, 2003, 07:53 PM

Speeding tickets, in large quantities. Gravity seems to be greater inside my truck causing an adverse reaction pulling my foot to the floor. It is a true mystery. Also, I almost got arrested once for running around at 5 am in full camo trying to shoot some girl with a watergun. Apparently that kind of thing isn't funny a week after columbine...

macvillage.net · Feb 27, 2003, 07:54 PM

Remember: The only crime is being caught.

For example: most cities have no laws against driving under the influence... But they all have a law against being caught behind the wheel under the influence.

MacGorilla · Feb 27, 2003, 08:20 PM

Lets see...arrested for driving on a suspended license once. handcuffed, taken to the police station holding cell but released later to the custody of my Not Happy Wife. I plead no contest.

Ten years later, I got caught again for the same offense. I wasn't handcuffed but this time I got a lawyer and found out that is actually really hard for the state to convict someone for this crime so I threatened to take it to trial. They agreed to drop the charges if I paid $250 in court fees. Deal.

I've been a good boy since.

MikeM33 · Feb 27, 2003, 08:30 PM

I've had my fair share of "nearly incarcerated" experiences but so far I'm still a free man. As for the exact details of all those experiences I plead the fifth

MikeM

imaxxedout · Mar 2, 2003, 04:17 PM

Nope. Never. Except for the whole Secret Service thing.

- Ca$h

clod · Mar 2, 2003, 04:26 PM

Originally posted by imaxxedout:
Nope. Never. Except for the whole Secret Service thing.

- Ca$h

How did they find you in the first place? Did your ISP give them your info?

Saetre · Mar 2, 2003, 04:29 PM

Yes. Apparently cops don't like anarchists. Go figure.

engaged · Mar 2, 2003, 05:02 PM

Sort of, and spent the night in a cell.

Glanced at the wrong person walking home after a night out; got head-butted and then had my head bounced off the road a few times before an unmarked police car arrested him and took me to hospital. Luckily the headbutt had knocked me out so I never felt the road.

He claimed that it was a mutual fight and I was arrested too, spent the night in a cell before making my statement. I had witnesses who heard me decline the invitation to a fight, and it turned out he was a drug addict with supporting petty theft habit. I was released without charge and he pleaded guilty to grevious boldily harm. It went to court and he again claimed I'd wanted a fight, but by the time of the hearing he was inside for something else and witnesses backed me up.

It was an experience...

Spliffdaddy · Mar 2, 2003, 05:23 PM

couple of felonies - nothing violent.

Spliffdaddy · Mar 2, 2003, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by clod:
How did they find you in the first place? Did your ISP give them your info?

A rat fink that lost an argument to Ca$h decided to turn him in.

As soon as I remember the name of the rat fink I'll post it.

chris v · Mar 2, 2003, 05:35 PM

I was bad, bad, bad in my youth, but never once got caught.

I walk the straight and narrow, now.

CV

Fallout · Mar 2, 2003, 05:48 PM

A cop saw a friend and I passing a joint around. He took the joint away, dropped it into a sewer, warned us, and left. I'm damn lucky we weren't searched, because I had about 5 grams chillin in my jacket pocket. I almost definitely would've been arrested for that.

I've done many other illegal things, but never got caught for any of them. Nothing serious though.

keekeeree · Mar 2, 2003, 05:49 PM

I've been cuffed before.

Story starts out me and the girlfriend at the time were driving home after the bars shut down. I get escorted back to the cop car and given a battery of DUI tests. They decided I'd had to much to drink and they were going to take me in. Had to get out of the car, hands on the hood for a pat down. Hands out front for the cuffs. As they were putting them on, I looked over at my girlfriend who had this freaked out look on her face. She said later that she was freaking seeing me get cuffed, but relaxed when I looked at her and grinned

See, I'm a life-experience junky and this was a totally new experience for me. Sure, it was gonna cost me, but didn't mean I couldn't enjoy the experience.

So anyway, now I'm cuffed, placed in the back of the cop car. They leave me alone to make sure my girlfriend has a ride home (by this time my brother has realized I've come up missing and tracked us down). While I'm sitting, I start inspecting my new wrist accessories. Then I start fidgeting with them, realizing they're pretty loose. Hmmm....loose enough that I slip my hands out of them! I spin the locking piece around and put them back on as loose as they go (one click).

And then we're on our way to the hospital for a blood test. As we're driving along, I get inquisitive (having never sat in the back of a cop car before) and start asking all sorts of questions. What's this, what's that etc. Then I pause for a second and say, "Hey, I got another question." "What's that," says the cop. "Is this glass (divider glass between the front and back of the car) bulletproof?"

His response? "Um...I guess I really don't know." (I think that would be a little bit of trivia I'd want to know as a cop).

Well, while all this is going on, I'm slipping my cuffs on and off just messing with them. When we get to the hospital, I have to be careful so they don't slip off of me. Then we head down to the cop-shop. Here I get fingerprinted, mug shot taken then sat on this bench with a couple of other DUI captives waiting for their rides to come get them (while I'm sitting there, they bring in this one guy whose obviously been crying. "My wife's gonna kill me," he says).

My brother finally shows up to collect me, and a cop comes over, tells me to get up and he'll get the cuffs off and I can go. So, I stand up, slip them off, and hand them back to him while he's still digging for the key

He's got this perplexed look on his face, says, "Umm..thanks." And I'm free!

Spliffdaddy · Mar 2, 2003, 06:13 PM

sitting in my pickup truck at a parking lot. waiting for the hook-up. smooth hookup. homeboy riding shotgun counting the loot. truck in reverse. felt cold steel against my left temple. don't much matter who it was. i was their bitch for the time being. hoped it was the cops, tho. might live thru it that way. hit the gas and die she said. show me your hands. homeboy had some cold steel of his own. cold enough he wet himself, i reckon. funny the things you notice when you might gonna be dying shortly. felt relieved when i heard a walkie talkie. thugs don't use those thing. pulled thru window while truck still in reverse. watched said truck strike shopping cart return corral. didnt wanna die reaching for the shift lever.

no big deal that time. probation and a lot of weekends in jail.

homeboy wet himself. i still laugh about that.

MacGorilla · Mar 2, 2003, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by Spliffdaddy:
sitting in my pickup truck at a parking lot. waiting for the hook-up. smooth hookup. homeboy riding shotgun counting the loot. truck in reverse. felt cold steel against my left temple. don't much matter who it was. i was their bitch for the time being. hoped it was the cops, tho. might live thru it that way. hit the gas and die she said. show me your hands. homeboy had some cold steel of his own. cold enough he wet himself, i reckon. funny the things you notice when you might gonna be dying shortly. felt relieved when i heard a walkie talkie. thugs don't use those thing. pulled thru window while truck still in reverse. watched said truck strike shopping cart return corral. didnt wanna die reaching for the shift lever.

no big deal that time. probation and a lot of weekends in jail.

homeboy wet himself. i still laugh about that.

Translation?

Kenneth · Mar 2, 2003, 07:03 PM

Never (so far and I'm just 23). Once in awhile, I drive over the speed limit by 15 or 20mph on the highway..coz a long drive back home (250miles). Never got caught... I saw cops anyway as well as others pull-over. In Hong Kong, you have 15 points. If they deduct all 15 pts.. you will supend for diving.

I do "stuff" on the Net.. yea.. those kind of "stuff" (think about it).

Who love to run away from the law here? I wonder.

chris v · Mar 2, 2003, 07:32 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
Translation?

"I was eating some cookies and watching Beverly Hillbillies when the doorbell rang. It was the girlscouts--would I like to buy some cookies? Cookies? What was their game? Sure, I said, not wanting to cause trouble, as I was in it deep at this point. "That'll be three dollars," she said. This little kid had the goods on me! Slowly, slowly, I reached for my wallet, smoothe-like and handed over the dough, trying not to shake. If I acted nervous it would have been curtains for yours truly. "Thanks," she said, and I slammed the door closed, sweat breaking on my brow. Whew."

CV

Spliffdaddy · Mar 2, 2003, 07:42 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
Translation?

i read your book and the same thought crossed my mind

macvillage.net · Mar 2, 2003, 08:03 PM

Kind of want to get arrested once (any ideas on a good way to?)

I pay taxes for this fvcking judicial system... and never get my moneys worth.

I think everyone has the right/duty as an American to get arrested during their life, and ensure that it works, and they get their money's worth.

Saetre · Mar 2, 2003, 08:11 PM

Once I got arrested for "sleeping while under the influence". Apparently my sleeping was completly out of control so I need to be arrested. Who knows how many people I would have slept on if they didn't stop me!

**** the police.

pooka · Mar 2, 2003, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by macvillage.net:
Kind of want to get arrested once (any ideas on a good way to?)

I pay taxes for this fvcking judicial system... and never get my moneys worth.

I think everyone has the right/duty as an American to get arrested during their life, and ensure that it works, and they get their money's worth.

I've been there seven times. I suggest you try it. But you might want to save a up a little cash first. See... you don't get to use the system for free.

Gotta get an attorney unless you want 15 years for molesting a dead horse. And when you're found guilty of whatever you've done (trust me, you'll be found guilty) you'll probably have to pay "court fees". Oh, and most employers don't pay for court days. You'll probably have to pay for the lunch that your attorney takes the assistant DA to. "Negotiation fees" and all. **** adds up quick.

dtriska · Mar 2, 2003, 08:47 PM

Originally posted by Spliffdaddy:
A rat fink that lost an argument to Ca$h decided to turn him in.

As soon as I remember the name of the rat fink I'll post it.

The answer would be in here somewhere.

I Bent My Wookiee · Mar 2, 2003, 08:57 PM

What? No computer geeks here got in trouble for hacking or credit card fraud?

wdlove · Mar 2, 2003, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by macvillage.net:
Kind of want to get arrested once (any ideas on a good way to?)

I pay taxes for this fvcking judicial system... and never get my moneys worth.

I think everyone has the right/duty as an American to get arrested during their life, and ensure that it works, and they get their money's worth.

No thank you, I think I'll pass on that experience! Being on a jury is close enough to see how our judicial system works.

I've been in a couple of accidents, not arrested or given a ticket.
I got one ticket for wreckless diving when I was 18. Working at a funeral home, the funeral director kept after me via the radio. "You have to get to the cemetary befor we get there." It made me very nervous and I accidentally went right through a red light. Luckly the funeral director paid my fine at the court appearance!

malvolio · Mar 3, 2003, 01:28 AM

Twice, when I was much younger. The traditional DWI, and common trespass (also while drunk).
I've learned to do my serious drinking at home.

imaxxedout · Mar 3, 2003, 11:39 AM

Some dumbass who didn't like me on these forums decided to call up the secret service and report me as a 'threat' to the president.

Yeah, don't worry, I won't let this dueschebag go unpunished.

- Ca$h

wdlove · Mar 3, 2003, 12:40 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by imaxxedout:
Some dumbass who didn't like me on these forums decided to call up the secret service and report me as a 'threat' to the president.

Yeah, don't worry, I won't let this dueschebag go unpunished.

- Ca$h [/QUOTE

I'm sorry to hear that, a terrible thing to do to someone. I hope that you were able to clear your name successfully!