SARG
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Sorry ............. The story smells a tad like baloney.
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rmully
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This poor guy has to spend all this money for a lawyer just to not get sacked by the "legal" system. This is one of the things wrong with this country...prove you are not in the wrong at your own expense.
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Will you post the arrest report that the judge will be reading? We need to rule out there was a pubic safety issue involved based on the police report.
Is it common practice for people to operate heavy equipment when legally drunk? It sounds dangerous for your friend at least.
Is it common practice for people to operate heavy equipment when legally drunk? It sounds dangerous for your friend at least.
deepNdirt
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I agree with things are not adding up about this story.....? I have always said there are 3 sides to every story... His side... the other person side and then there is the truth!....... How did your friend feel about the officer making him get off the roadway with his tractor? what was your Friends response? how bad did your friend get in the officer face etc,etc,....... Now did this turn into a "I'm right your wrong" discussion? there is one thing I have learned over my "run in with the Law" You never start something with the law you cannot finish, You'll always wind up in Jail no matter how right you think you are.....
or he thinks he is no matter what the circumstances were! if your Friend became unruly, Not saying he did! but if the police didn't like the way he approached him? then things could have lead to an arrest simply from 1 wrong word being said, or an attitude etc,etc, then all the officer has to do is find something ( which drinking and driving a tractor ) would have been all the officer needed to make an arrest........
I look back in time of being young and cocky and thought I could take on the world, But can now reflect that I'm older, I could have saved myself a lot of grief if only I kept my mouth shut this is what I predict.. He'll get a lawyer and fight the charges will get them reduced to a lesser charge pay a fine, have a big-ol- lawyer expense Yata! yata! costing him more and more money in the end, the story on how the dent got in the tractor was either already on it ( would claim the officer ) or was accidental put on while loading or unloading it from the roll back,..... how it wound up on the officers property? there was no room to store the tractor at the impound yard so the officer agree to let them drop it off at his place for safe storage,............the bottom line is---> Police can be vindictive and will push their weight around to every inch of the law.. and some even go further,
or he thinks he is no matter what the circumstances were! if your Friend became unruly, Not saying he did! but if the police didn't like the way he approached him? then things could have lead to an arrest simply from 1 wrong word being said, or an attitude etc,etc, then all the officer has to do is find something ( which drinking and driving a tractor ) would have been all the officer needed to make an arrest........I look back in time of being young and cocky and thought I could take on the world, But can now reflect that I'm older, I could have saved myself a lot of grief if only I kept my mouth shut
this is what I predict.. He'll get a lawyer and fight the charges will get them reduced to a lesser charge pay a fine, have a big-ol- lawyer expense Yata! yata! costing him more and more money in the end, the story on how the dent got in the tractor was either already on it ( would claim the officer ) or was accidental put on while loading or unloading it from the roll back,..... how it wound up on the officers property? there was no room to store the tractor at the impound yard so the officer agree to let them drop it off at his place for safe storage,............the bottom line is---> Police can be vindictive and will push their weight around to every inch of the law.. and some even go further,
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But if guilty we have just spent a ton of money. We have legal aid up here and it just cheeses me off as to who they look after with my money.
:ashamed:dmccarty
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Get a MS lawyer.
In NC a city or town police officer can make an arrest up to one mile from the city/town limits. But this was a deputy so I would think his jurisdiction is the county line.
IF the deputy made an arrest outside of his jurisdiction I would think that the case would be thrown out since by definition the deputy cannot arrest outside of their jurisdiction.
In NC a tractor is a vehicle. Operating a vehicle while under the influence is against the law. The only "out" he might have is exactly where was he operating the vehicle aka the tractor? If he was mowing along his driveway or roadway I think he is SOL at least in NC.
If he was mowing a pasture that would be an interesting case.
It really gets down to the specifics of the case and MS law thus the need for an MS lawyer.
IF the tractor was taken to a deputy's property and used I would consider that theft and pursue accordingly. The guy who hauled off the tractor would know where he took it.
Later,
Dan
In NC a city or town police officer can make an arrest up to one mile from the city/town limits. But this was a deputy so I would think his jurisdiction is the county line.
IF the deputy made an arrest outside of his jurisdiction I would think that the case would be thrown out since by definition the deputy cannot arrest outside of their jurisdiction.
In NC a tractor is a vehicle. Operating a vehicle while under the influence is against the law. The only "out" he might have is exactly where was he operating the vehicle aka the tractor? If he was mowing along his driveway or roadway I think he is SOL at least in NC.
If he was mowing a pasture that would be an interesting case.
It really gets down to the specifics of the case and MS law thus the need for an MS lawyer.
IF the tractor was taken to a deputy's property and used I would consider that theft and pursue accordingly. The guy who hauled off the tractor would know where he took it.
Later,
Dan
brin
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Sounds fishy to me..there is no drivers license required to drive a car, truck, tractor or any vehicle on your own property and the same goes for drinking while driving on your own property...It is private property...unless this is not the USA anymore..Something is wrong...has to be more to it..Would not happen here in Georgia.
20 20
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I do agree, allthough I have seen folks in wheel chairs get a DWI from the US KGB. If the story is true then it just shows what a sad state of justice our country is in, and at what lengths the system goes to, to make a $$$$$$$
Wacky
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Maybe he didn't like the color of said tractor? No, really, how is he to prove the deputy took it to his house to do some yard work and THEN impounded it?:confused2: Hire a lawyer pay him or her to get it reduced, that is really the only way out. A law enforcement officer is not that dumb to arrest outside of his jurisdiction for such a serious offense, risk appearing in court to explain himself, or I am pretty sure the Sheriff would have his job.
No, really, how is he to prove the deputy took it to his house to do some yard work and THEN impounded it?:confused2: Hire a lawyer pay him or her to get it reduced, that is really the only way out. A law enforcement officer is not that dumb to arrest outside of his jurisdiction for such a serious offense, risk appearing in court to explain himself, or I am pretty sure the Sheriff would have his job.
dcyrilc
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Maybe he didn't like the color of said tractor?
I don't know about MS, but around here all the agencies have cross-jurisdictional agreements and can issue citations and make arrests across city or county boundries.