What is the name of your state? Ohio
Myself (Age 19) and two female friends of mine also aged 19 travelled by taxi last night to a local bar which is heavily populated by underage/college kids. Before we got in the taxi we asked the taxi driver if it would be ok if we took our beers with us. He told us yes as long as we left the car with them when we got there.
As we got to the bar, there were most likely fifty people outside, many of them obviously even under the age of 18 very visibly drunk stumbeling around. The second we stepped out of the taxi a police officer tells us to freeze. Panicking i dropped my beer can and kicked it away, not un noticed by the cop unfortunately. He took all of our licenses and made us sit in the back of his cop car for about 25 minutes. He was a real dick, but what can you expect from Cincinnati police after all?! He gave us all citations for Underage Possesion, telling us we all have to appear in court.
He did not however breathalize any of us, and none of us were visibly drunk, ie. not stumbeling or slurring speech or anything, could have been passed off as completely sober. This is all of our first offences, nothing in our past.. what exactly can we expect as punishment?
I have had friends who have had this offence in the past and they told me to plead "No Contest" when i go to court, and you are apparently offered eather to go into a course called Diversion and do 30 hours of community service or pay a fine in the region of $200. They said nothing goes on your permenant record or your drivers license, so I was wondering if someone could expain this truly?
I appreciate and thank you for your advice and help in advance!
Myself (Age 19) and two female friends of mine also aged 19 travelled by taxi last night to a local bar which is heavily populated by underage/college kids. Before we got in the taxi we asked the taxi driver if it would be ok if we took our beers with us. He told us yes as long as we left the car with them when we got there.
As we got to the bar, there were most likely fifty people outside, many of them obviously even under the age of 18 very visibly drunk stumbeling around. The second we stepped out of the taxi a police officer tells us to freeze. Panicking i dropped my beer can and kicked it away, not un noticed by the cop unfortunately. He took all of our licenses and made us sit in the back of his cop car for about 25 minutes. He was a real dick, but what can you expect from Cincinnati police after all?! He gave us all citations for Underage Possesion, telling us we all have to appear in court.
He did not however breathalize any of us, and none of us were visibly drunk, ie. not stumbeling or slurring speech or anything, could have been passed off as completely sober. This is all of our first offences, nothing in our past.. what exactly can we expect as punishment?
I have had friends who have had this offence in the past and they told me to plead "No Contest" when i go to court, and you are apparently offered eather to go into a course called Diversion and do 30 hours of community service or pay a fine in the region of $200. They said nothing goes on your permenant record or your drivers license, so I was wondering if someone could expain this truly?
I appreciate and thank you for your advice and help in advance!