KBW
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Speaking with my lawyer in the morning but figured I'd ask here before hand. I was out with my fiancee and friends Friday evening when I was not paying attention and had to swerve around a car parked on the side of the road and wrecked into a bank. Officers smelled alcohol on my breath and I told them how many I'd had to drink (3 in 4-5 hours and I produced my tab). They cuffed me, questioned me for ~20 mins, put me in the back of two different police cars before driving me to take a breathalyzer. I was never once told why I was being cuffed or arrested or given the Miranda Warning before being questioned or arrested. After passing the tests the officer put me in the back of his car again and took me to the police station. When I asked him politely why I was still in handcuffs he would not answer and waited to give me my ticket until he had already placed me in a cell. I was ticketed for public disorderly conduct. In the morning when the judge had the bail hearings the officer told him I was very cooperative and polite which the judge taped. How do I get a public disorderly conduct if I pass all alcohol tests and was polite? Before the officers arrived I was in my car so I wasn't disorderly before they showed up.
Once I was in the jail they made me put on the orange jumpsuit and refused to allow me to have a phone call. My fiancee immediately went to the station and they would not allow her to post my bond and told her that I'd have to be there until the judge showed up the next afternoon at 2pm. I got in a wreck YET I was not ticketed for any traffic offenses. I do not understand this at all.
When I was released I went to the front and asked them about my vehicle and it was impounded. When I wrecked I moved my car into an adjacent parking lot owned by my father's friend and got permission to park there. My fiancee was the one that called in my wreck so we were in no way trying to get away. The lady working at the front desk would not give me an explanation of why my vehicle was impounded or why I have to pay $420 to get my keys back.
Any advice on what I should do?
also to add I did zero damage to the bank (thankfully as it opened less than a month ago and is beautiful)
Once I was in the jail they made me put on the orange jumpsuit and refused to allow me to have a phone call. My fiancee immediately went to the station and they would not allow her to post my bond and told her that I'd have to be there until the judge showed up the next afternoon at 2pm. I got in a wreck YET I was not ticketed for any traffic offenses. I do not understand this at all.
When I was released I went to the front and asked them about my vehicle and it was impounded. When I wrecked I moved my car into an adjacent parking lot owned by my father's friend and got permission to park there. My fiancee was the one that called in my wreck so we were in no way trying to get away. The lady working at the front desk would not give me an explanation of why my vehicle was impounded or why I have to pay $420 to get my keys back.
Any advice on what I should do?
also to add I did zero damage to the bank (thankfully as it opened less than a month ago and is beautiful)