DTWinckler
Junior Member
I live in Cedar Rapids Iowa and last Saturday I had some good friends over, we ended up getting some alcohol and started to have a small party (me and maybe 6 other people) I'll state now that we all are underage. At the beginning of the night my friend clogged up the toilet when he used it, we figured it was no big deal because it wasn't overflowing at the time, so we wouldn't use it.
After a couple hours we all decide to go to bed (around 1am-2am). I wake up to the news that a cop and firefighters are in our apartment because the toilet that backed up was overflowing and leaking into the apartment below us. He said that he knocked on our door repeatedly and that they were going to break the door down, but it was unlocked. He walked in and woke my friend on the couch up by hitting him, then proceeded to harass (In my opinion) my friends by saying something along the lines of 'wake up retards!'. The name calling continued throughout the time he was there, even my neighbor thought he was going overboard with the name calling and she's the one that called them. He then wrote me a ticket for disorderly house and that we were having an underage drinking party. Considering we were not drinking at the time, and we were sleeping even, I don't believe that I was running a disorderly house, but I'm no lawyer. The officer did ask me if I had been drinking and I told him yes I have been. I figured if I lied to him I'd be in more trouble.
I was very cooperative with the officer the entire time and if I recall correctly the name calling kept going on.
I'm wondering if we can get these charges dropped because he walked into our apartment without consent or a warrant and verbally harassed my friends. I know I'll need a lawyer if I plan on pleading not guilty but I am curious if it will even be worth it to hire a lawyer.
I hear the fine can get up to $750.00 and I would not enjoy loosing the case with a lawyer and end up paying the fine plus the cost of the lawyer.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
After a couple hours we all decide to go to bed (around 1am-2am). I wake up to the news that a cop and firefighters are in our apartment because the toilet that backed up was overflowing and leaking into the apartment below us. He said that he knocked on our door repeatedly and that they were going to break the door down, but it was unlocked. He walked in and woke my friend on the couch up by hitting him, then proceeded to harass (In my opinion) my friends by saying something along the lines of 'wake up retards!'. The name calling continued throughout the time he was there, even my neighbor thought he was going overboard with the name calling and she's the one that called them. He then wrote me a ticket for disorderly house and that we were having an underage drinking party. Considering we were not drinking at the time, and we were sleeping even, I don't believe that I was running a disorderly house, but I'm no lawyer. The officer did ask me if I had been drinking and I told him yes I have been. I figured if I lied to him I'd be in more trouble.
I was very cooperative with the officer the entire time and if I recall correctly the name calling kept going on.
I'm wondering if we can get these charges dropped because he walked into our apartment without consent or a warrant and verbally harassed my friends. I know I'll need a lawyer if I plan on pleading not guilty but I am curious if it will even be worth it to hire a lawyer.
I hear the fine can get up to $750.00 and I would not enjoy loosing the case with a lawyer and end up paying the fine plus the cost of the lawyer.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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