On 8/31/15 me and 4 other friends(all adults) went to a spot that we heard about for a little cliff diving. We parked on the side of the road at a yellow gate that appears to be keeping vehicles out of a dirt trail. We walked down the road approx 30 feet to another trail that is not blocked and there were NO signs stating we were not allowed to trespass. we walked up to the spot, got unpacked and i jumped in, got out and we were all talking and was about to jump in and a cop came up the trail. One of my friends was smoking some marijuana but he was the only one smoking it and the only one that has a charge for that.(hes in a different boat than the rest of us) The cop stated we were not allowed to be there because it was RAC land and made us walk back up the trails to my car, he breathalyzed me and one of my other friends because he thought he smelt alcohol on us and because i was the driver but we both blew 0's , He asked to search all of us, we complied nicely and he didn't find any evidence on the rest of us, Asked to search my car, i gave permission because there was nothing to hide and he didn't find anything. He took our info and sent us on our way saying he would send the Simple trespassing fines in the mail, We are in college right now so they went home to our parents. Got them today 9/8/2015 and they do not have an amount to pay since it has up to 90 days for simple trespass. I read the law on simple trespass and we did not know we weren't supposed to be there, we did not threaten an owner because there are no houses/businesses around, we did not start a fire, did not damage land in any way, and did not take anything from the premises as the law states. The four of us that did not get fined for the pot want to fight this because there's nothing there stating that we can not be there. The cop wrote on the ticket that it was advertised in the loacl paper but we are not residents of this county or anywhere near the place of incident, just looking for your guy's/gal's opinions on this matter. Thanks alot, Eric
(b.1) Simple trespasser.--
(1) A person commits an offense if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place for the purpose of:
(i) threatening or terrorizing the owner or occupant of the premises;
(ii) starting or causing to be started any fire upon the premises;
(iii) defacing or damaging the premises; or
(iv) unlawfully taking secondary metal from the premises.
(2) An offense under paragraph (1)(iv) constitutes a first degree misdemeanor. An offense under paragraph (1)(i), (ii) or (iii) constitutes a summary offense.
(b.1) Simple trespasser.--
(1) A person commits an offense if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place for the purpose of:
(i) threatening or terrorizing the owner or occupant of the premises;
(ii) starting or causing to be started any fire upon the premises;
(iii) defacing or damaging the premises; or
(iv) unlawfully taking secondary metal from the premises.
(2) An offense under paragraph (1)(iv) constitutes a first degree misdemeanor. An offense under paragraph (1)(i), (ii) or (iii) constitutes a summary offense.