This happened in Nashville, TN.
I was out at an event last weekend and went to the parking lot to grab my cell phone when I saw some friends hanging out in the parking lot. As I approached I noticed some of them were drinking. There were two females sitting in a car drinkin some beer whom I did not know, but one of my friends did. They introduced themselves and we all continued to just hang out there talking.
Well my friend walked over to his car and offered me a beer, which i foolishly took, and then even more foolishly decied to open. Not a bright idea, but at the time it seemed reasonable. I walked back over to where the two females were and continued talking. Now at this point its just me and the two females in the parking lot. Then not even 1 minute after i opened the beer, a cop pulls up in the parking lot.
The two hide their beer, but I hang onto mine. She tells us all to sit down and asks for our id's. Come to find out both of the girls were underage. I was then placed in a cruiser and asked questions about my job, name etc to go on the citataion. The charge is Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.
Now, I did not know these females, I did not buy them any alcohol, nor did they give me any of theirs and I had no clue how old they were. I just happened to be standing there next to them and i get charged with it. I mean the way I look at is if I were at a bar and some cops busted some females for drinking and took me in because I was next to them.
I have a court date in May, and I have a clean record. What should I do? I dont think I have done anything wrong!
I was out at an event last weekend and went to the parking lot to grab my cell phone when I saw some friends hanging out in the parking lot. As I approached I noticed some of them were drinking. There were two females sitting in a car drinkin some beer whom I did not know, but one of my friends did. They introduced themselves and we all continued to just hang out there talking.
Well my friend walked over to his car and offered me a beer, which i foolishly took, and then even more foolishly decied to open. Not a bright idea, but at the time it seemed reasonable. I walked back over to where the two females were and continued talking. Now at this point its just me and the two females in the parking lot. Then not even 1 minute after i opened the beer, a cop pulls up in the parking lot.
The two hide their beer, but I hang onto mine. She tells us all to sit down and asks for our id's. Come to find out both of the girls were underage. I was then placed in a cruiser and asked questions about my job, name etc to go on the citataion. The charge is Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.
Now, I did not know these females, I did not buy them any alcohol, nor did they give me any of theirs and I had no clue how old they were. I just happened to be standing there next to them and i get charged with it. I mean the way I look at is if I were at a bar and some cops busted some females for drinking and took me in because I was next to them.
I have a court date in May, and I have a clean record. What should I do? I dont think I have done anything wrong!