Engel314's Blog

Hey, 
I was at the hoedown tonight, and drove in a van with a bunch of people. I was planning on having a few beers, as I am 22 and legal to drink, and therefore did not want to drive. As we parked on Cobo Roof, several people in the car, there was at least ten people in the van, started bringing out alcohol and pouring it in containers. My phone rang, and I answered it. It was my mom, she just got her surprise mother's day gift. Anyways, I sat down because I could not get out of the car. Caught up in conversation, not a minute later a cop was pulling me out of the car. I had to put my hands on the hood. I thought I was fine, didn't drink anything and had nothing on me.
However, they only stopped three of us. The two other people were brothers and the age of 16 and 19, and were the owners of the van. The both had been drinking. The 19 year old was the driver and only had a sip, blew a .01. But as the gave him the breathalizer they said the batteries were dying and they did, so I don't know if they got a real reading. They did not give the 16 a breath test, and wrote them both for MIP's and called their parents.
Now for the fun part. They wrote me up for furnishing alcohol to minors, and I didn't buy, don't know where they got it from, they had it mixed in a coke bottle. Also, the wrote me for disorderly conduct and drinking jack and coke in public. So thats two tickets for being sober. I asked the officer politely if I could speak without being disrespectful and she said yes. I asked her if she seen me with any alcohol or drinks, and she said tell it to the judge. All the cops told me to tell it to the judge, and they would not give me a breath test to show I was sober and would not let me talk.
Also, on my tickets they did not write their badge numbers or print their names, I got a signature I can't read. So is that ticket valid?? Any advice on what to do??