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RAS JOSH WENT TO JAIL YESTERDAY

Well. yesterday I was sitting here doing some internet Jah Roots work when I had a knock at my door. I answered and it was a police officer at my door. He asked who I was,I told him and he immediately said you are under arrest. I asked what for he said "a warrant for dangerous drugs". I couldnt for the life of me figure it out.
ONLY 1 time in my life have I ever been to jail and it was when I was 19. I was with some friends who got busted with a few ounces each and I had a little less than an 1/8th. I went to jail with my friends that day when i was 19 but it was for about 30 minutes. I was not booked,nor had any photos or fingerprints taken.I was simply released and told to stay out of trouble.
So Now skip back to yesterday and I am asking the cop what dangerous drugs I had a warrant for he says "I dont know, all I know is that you have a warrant that was issued in 2001 for DANGEROUS DRUGS"
So I call my wife from my house before he takes me to jail and tell her to come get me.The cop informs me that the bail is only $500 dollars which is extremely low for a FELONY DANGEROUS DRUGS warrant. We get to the jail and he pulls my original warrant out from 2001 and it says NOT Dangerous Drugs or Felony but RATHER YET, Misdemenor controlled substance charge from 2000. I am like what..... I thought there is NO WAY this can be from when I was let go 6 years ago. My friends that I got busted with in 2000 had already gone to court,done their sentences and community service and had moved on with their lives as it has been 6 years. But surely enough I am told this is why I am there.So I try to get a copy of the original police report after sitting 4 hours in jail with a bunch of meth heads and drunks,ut am told that the case is so old that the paperwork has been sent to Jeff City our Capital here in Missouri for ARCHIVES,Isaid are you kidding me??? Dude I got arrested for this shit yesterday but they cant even tell me why exactly.The jail was completely ASSHOLES TO MY WIFE AND VERY VERY DISRESPECTFUL. Also taking 45 minutes to get my release sheet signed by a sergeant so I can leave,who was sitting there eating before she would sign it. They wonder why criminals stay criminals,its not like they are trying to help these people.I saw only mockery,bulliness,and judgement on every person in there by our fair Springfield Police.
So now I have a court date for 2 weeks from now for a charge of less than 4 grams of marijuana from over 6 years ago that I will probably end up having to take drug classes for.MONEY IS AWESOME,there is murder and rape going on but the police would rather issue tickets and serve warrants that will keep them RICH AND IN CONTROL.
YAY !!
So anyways thanks to my wife and good friends I was out in only 4 hours ,but why was i there 6 yrs later and for less than an 1/8th of weed after I had been let go and not booked on the original date ?????????

Blessed LOVE,
Ras Josh

Nobody Home

Sounds crooked. Also sounds like double jeopardy. Get a lawyer.

Buzzby

Your case got lost. It got found. They wanted to deal with it before the statute of limitations ran out. It's not personal.

Who ever suggested to you that it's the cops job to help criminals? They investigate them. They arrest them. They collect evidence against them.

Criminals stay criminals because it's easier than working for a living, not because the cops aren't polite. Marijuana users keep using it after they get busted because they can't figure out a good reason that using it is a crime.

Cops deal with the scum of the earth every day. Doing that gives you something of a jaded attitude towards people who have broken the law.

Double jeopardy is getting tried twice for the same crime. The OP was never tried for the possession bust. He got caught with a misdemeanor amount of pot. The punishment is minimal and there is no doubt that he had the weed. What's a lawyer going to do for him?

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420godfather

...I think we get your point...the same post in three different threads is a little too much! That's just MY opinion !
and it is not dble. jeopardy!

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Nobody Home

All I know is my roommate and I got caught with paraphenelia, he got a lawyer, I didn't. I had to see a PO and get evaluated; my roommate got off with a disturbing the peace violation.

carlover_36

Always, Always request a lawyer or hire a lawyer. No matter how minor the offence is. Just a opinion.

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kinghelwig

get a good public defender and try to get the case reduced because of the length of time it has been since original case,the statute of limitations veries on different charges,who knows it may get thrown out,if not make sure your lawyer gets the best deal he can,it's not like you killed someone although they may act this way,go with the flow,no matter how ridicoulous it seems just do it and get on with it. kinghelwig

q-tip

I got caught for the first time last thursday. I have been smoking since I was 16, about once or twice a week, sometimes less, sometimes more. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I got this keychain that had a container in it, and I thought it would be cool to keep some bud and papers in it, so I shoved about 1.5 grams and 2 papers in it, and I stupidly put it on my keys last thursday befor going to an Aesop Rock show. I had only been to one concert before that, and they didn't have metal detectors, or search you. This one they did. So after going through the metal detectors, a security guy asks me to empty my pockets, which I did. When I handed him my keys though, which had the bud, I was reluctant to let go, and he thought I was trying to take the weed back, which made it look worse. So he takes me, while my friends are watching, back to some empty hallway and starts talking to me about how marijuana is bad, he knows people who are addicted, and why do i do it. He also threatened to either call my parents or take me to juvy, but luckily he did neither, and eventually just let me go to the concert. He did take down my drivers liscense number though. What do you think he will do with it? I'm just glad he didn't call my parents though, i got really lucky. He also took away a sharpie that had a joint in it, even though i didn't tell him about it. Oh well, I know to be a lot more careful in the future.