tonight, a friend, my brother, and i were all arrested. we were driving around (friend was driving, his car), and were pulled over for not having breaklights. the cops pulled my friend out of the car and talked to him for a while.....then they asked my brother and i to get out.
2 cops searched the car (my friend consented), and claimed to find pieces of marijuana shake on the floor (i dont know if they did or not, all he said was to vacuum out the car when we left, they didnt make a big deal out of it). then they asked to pat us down. they patted down my friend first, found nothing, then patted me down, and found nothing again. then they patted down my brother and found his cigs. (hes 17, in ohio its illegal to possess tobacco if you're under 18 ) . then they emptied out his pockets and found a bowl. after this, they told him to take off his shoes and found a bag of pot. he was placed under arrest.
then they came back to me and asked that i take off my shoes. i said that i did not consent to the search, and asked him what reason he had to search me. he said that it was "beyond consent.." because our stories didnt match, he found drugs in the car (not my car or drugs), and on another person. i said that i still didnt consent, but he told me i had to take off my shoes. i had a pipe in my shoe. i was arrested. then they found my friends bag in his shoe. we were all taken down to the station, my brother was released to my parents, iwas released on signature bond, and my friend posted bail. basically i want to know if they performed an illegal search on me since i refused to consent.
thanks in advance for all replies.
[ 26 September 2002: Message edited by: dexeder ]
[ 26 September 2002: Message edited by: dexeder ]
2 cops searched the car (my friend consented), and claimed to find pieces of marijuana shake on the floor (i dont know if they did or not, all he said was to vacuum out the car when we left, they didnt make a big deal out of it). then they asked to pat us down. they patted down my friend first, found nothing, then patted me down, and found nothing again. then they patted down my brother and found his cigs. (hes 17, in ohio its illegal to possess tobacco if you're under 18 ) . then they emptied out his pockets and found a bowl. after this, they told him to take off his shoes and found a bag of pot. he was placed under arrest.
then they came back to me and asked that i take off my shoes. i said that i did not consent to the search, and asked him what reason he had to search me. he said that it was "beyond consent.." because our stories didnt match, he found drugs in the car (not my car or drugs), and on another person. i said that i still didnt consent, but he told me i had to take off my shoes. i had a pipe in my shoe. i was arrested. then they found my friends bag in his shoe. we were all taken down to the station, my brother was released to my parents, iwas released on signature bond, and my friend posted bail. basically i want to know if they performed an illegal search on me since i refused to consent.
thanks in advance for all replies.
[ 26 September 2002: Message edited by: dexeder ]
[ 26 September 2002: Message edited by: dexeder ]