What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
I was at a backyard BBQ, 12:30 am at my college the last weekend of the school year. I do not drink. I was with my Lacrosse team, plus several other kids about 40 in all. My friends that were with me were not drinking. We were planing on going to Denny's to eat when all of a sudden police came from nowhere. They told all the over 21 years olds to line up on one side and under 21 to line up on the other. We were told it was for a noise disturbance, but only an iPod with a little computer speaker was playing. There was no alcohol being served and if there was any it was BYOB. There were 7 cops in all. We were fenced in on private property non college. There were 4 cops on the inside of the fence, and 3 on the outside. They told all the 21 yrs. to leave. They let all the girls under 21 leave. What was left was 5 guys and me. They administered breathylizers to the other 5 first. One of the kids asked "what if I refuse" and they said they would take him to jail. When they got to me I refused, for one, I was not drinking and I did not have anything on me to warrent them to think I was. I spoke with one officer for a while and he did not smell anything on me, nor could he. I did not want to take the breathylizer. I was afraid of taking the breathylizer for many reasons. I would rather, if I had to, take a blood test. I refused so they wrote me a non-traffic violation underage. It was dark, I tried to read it but the officer told me to just sign it and he kept pushing me to sign. I read the citation the next day and it said that I admitted to drinking. I never admitted to drinking. The officer that wrote the citation was outside the fence and never had any contact with me or the other 5 guys. We all got a citation. Some were drinking, some were not. They all took the breathylizers, they all registed something but nothing above a .06 and I did not see anyone of them drinking. They may have but there was no continual flow of alcohol so whatever they had in their cups was just that. The officer that wrote up all the citations was outside the fence and never had any contact with any of us. I am pleading not guilty and I am going to court with this. I know I do not have to take a breathylizer, so why did they not opt to take me for a blood test. I was afraid to ask because everytime someone asked a question they would throw a threat out. I was scared. My question is how can they give me an underage when there is no proof of my drinking. I will be taking 3 students with me to court to testify that I was not drinking. How can an officer sign a citation and clearly lie about it and get away with it. What are these police officers teaching us students if we are going to witness them breaking the law? My lawyer says that at the time of the hearing they could say anything so we have to wait and see at the time of the hearing what their argument is going to be. I want to know what his plan is. He said there is no plan until we find out what the police officers say. If they say they did not see me drinking and tell the truth, I have no problem, but if they lie then we will worry about it at the time. I may have to change lawyers???? Thank you for your time.
I was at a backyard BBQ, 12:30 am at my college the last weekend of the school year. I do not drink. I was with my Lacrosse team, plus several other kids about 40 in all. My friends that were with me were not drinking. We were planing on going to Denny's to eat when all of a sudden police came from nowhere. They told all the over 21 years olds to line up on one side and under 21 to line up on the other. We were told it was for a noise disturbance, but only an iPod with a little computer speaker was playing. There was no alcohol being served and if there was any it was BYOB. There were 7 cops in all. We were fenced in on private property non college. There were 4 cops on the inside of the fence, and 3 on the outside. They told all the 21 yrs. to leave. They let all the girls under 21 leave. What was left was 5 guys and me. They administered breathylizers to the other 5 first. One of the kids asked "what if I refuse" and they said they would take him to jail. When they got to me I refused, for one, I was not drinking and I did not have anything on me to warrent them to think I was. I spoke with one officer for a while and he did not smell anything on me, nor could he. I did not want to take the breathylizer. I was afraid of taking the breathylizer for many reasons. I would rather, if I had to, take a blood test. I refused so they wrote me a non-traffic violation underage. It was dark, I tried to read it but the officer told me to just sign it and he kept pushing me to sign. I read the citation the next day and it said that I admitted to drinking. I never admitted to drinking. The officer that wrote the citation was outside the fence and never had any contact with me or the other 5 guys. We all got a citation. Some were drinking, some were not. They all took the breathylizers, they all registed something but nothing above a .06 and I did not see anyone of them drinking. They may have but there was no continual flow of alcohol so whatever they had in their cups was just that. The officer that wrote up all the citations was outside the fence and never had any contact with any of us. I am pleading not guilty and I am going to court with this. I know I do not have to take a breathylizer, so why did they not opt to take me for a blood test. I was afraid to ask because everytime someone asked a question they would throw a threat out. I was scared. My question is how can they give me an underage when there is no proof of my drinking. I will be taking 3 students with me to court to testify that I was not drinking. How can an officer sign a citation and clearly lie about it and get away with it. What are these police officers teaching us students if we are going to witness them breaking the law? My lawyer says that at the time of the hearing they could say anything so we have to wait and see at the time of the hearing what their argument is going to be. I want to know what his plan is. He said there is no plan until we find out what the police officers say. If they say they did not see me drinking and tell the truth, I have no problem, but if they lie then we will worry about it at the time. I may have to change lawyers???? Thank you for your time.