JamesOH

The following is a pretty detalied account of what happened,Im 19yrs old and this happened in Ohio, followed by some questions:

We were drinking at a friends apartment which had just recently been broken into and burglarized (my friend suspected his neighbors in the apartment adjacent to him). About an hour goes by and we see the kids come home, so we go over their apartment to confront them, while we do this my girlfriend goes to wait in my car - she was in the car with an open beer and the keys were in her pocket not the iginition - By the time we get to the kids they were already gone and the cops were pulling into the parking lot. At this point everyone ran and hid in the woods. About a half hour goes by, and then I realized my girlfriend was still in my car. At this point I hear the cops yell MY NAME and come out or we are arresting your girlfriend for th pot found in my car. I guess that while we were in the woods the cops had my girlfriend get out of the car searched it, and found 4 bags of marijuana in the trunk totalling around 100 grams (seperated by different potencies), 2 bowls, and some baggies all in a shoe box in my trunk. So after I hear this I came up and let the cops arrest me, and I took blame for everything that was mine. At this point they let my girlfriend go. They Towed my car. And brought me to a holding cell at the sheriffs office. Well at the sherrifs office I was polite and respectfull to the cops, they kept me their for about an hour. They never searched my person or read me my rights(which I know doesnt really mean anything) - After this a cop (different than the one that arrested me) gave me a ride to the Local Big Boy, he let me use his cell phone to call for a ride, and than gave me his card and told me to call him if I needed anything.

- Its about 3 days later now, I have talked to the cop that gave me a ride since then he says that I have not been charged with anything all that it says is that I was arrested, and he would like to see me get off with a warning, but he stated that he was not the arresting officer. They have put my car in the impound lot with a hold on it. - Its aboiut a 12,000 dollar car, and I have only paid off about 3,000.

- The reason for this post, is to ask for any legal advice, should I get a lawyer? Are there any steps I can take to get back my car? - How Likely is it that I will get back my car? The car is actually in my Dads name, but I still pay everything, does this change anything? Was everything they did legal? Why have I not been charged with anything yet? Why did they not bring me downtown, fingerprint me or anything? Why did they let me go after an hour?

- I also thought I should add that neither me nor my girlfriend have been arrested for anything before.

-Anything else you guys could suggest would be greatly appreciated, thanks for yolur time..