Jail: A Short Story

everybody was already seated and buckled in. So I took deep breaths and tried to calm myself when

I see the officer get out of his car and start walking towards my car. I get real nervous. “Son, do you know what time it is?” he asked. “Yes sir, I was just dropping a friend off and on my way back home.” I tell him. “Well you were speeding back there, may I see your license and your proof of insurance?” I hand him both and he walks to his car. “This sucks” I say to myself. Now that I’m getting another ticket

and the same thing happened. The next morning is Sunday and the same police officer came with a

called me "Officer" and tried to pronounce my name, so it was obvious that she

Law enforcement agencies in Scottsdale, and throughout the state of Arizona, often conduct sobriety checkpoints. The purpose of these stops is to identify suspected drunk drivers and get them off of the roads. As a result of these, and other traffic stops, more than 29,000 people were arrested for DUI in 2014. Not all of these are cut and dry cases, however. In order to protect themselves from unwarranted arrests, it is important for Arizona drivers to understand their rights at DUI checkpoints.

The other cop gets out to help search my car. While searching my car, I turn my head to watch and that new cop starts yelling at me not to move. Then the cop who worked with the K-9, after searching my vehicle, walked up behind me and started reading my rights like he was arresting me. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I'm just messing with you." Then he starts to give a taunting

The deputies informed me her trial would be that coming Monday. I thought my mom would be home in a mere four days; I didn’t tell anyone because everything was going to go back to normal come Tuesday. I have never been more

and I made a dash towards the register and tried to pry it open with a crowbar. But sadly are idea kind of back fired and we ended up having to blow up the cash register with dynamite, that we had brought just in case. We then took as much money as we could fit in our Jones BBQ and foot massage to go bag and headed towards the door. We ran to T-Dawgs fresh whip but when we got there the Chinese lady that had been in the restaurant had dragged T-Dawg out of the car and was beating him. Jr. and I were in a hurry so sadly we had to leave T-Dawg in the parking lot with the Chinese lady because the cops were coming and fast. Jr. tried to gun it but instead of pushing the gas pedal he pushed a switch which made the hydraulic lifts on the car start jumping. We didn’t know how to turn it off so we just gassed it with the car still jumping.

The defendant was then placed under arrest for felony DWLSR W/ knowledge. Post Miranda read by card, the defendant stated that he promised he wouldn't drive again if I "just let him go."

I then activated my emergency lights and pulled my vehicle behind Officer Nguyen's vehicle. I then got out of my vehicle and was a back up officer while Officer Nguyen initiated contact with the suspect.

An Arrest:  Don’t make any statements until you have consulted with a criminal defense lawyer; anything you say can be used against you in court.

I folded the note as carefully as I could with my hands that were shaking like an elevator carrying too many passengers. I handed the note back to the cops, but they said I could keep it, they had pictures.

If you find yourself in trouble with the law, the first thing the police will usually do is read you your "rights" which means your Miranda Rights which start out with "You have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law; you have the right to an attorney at all stages of the proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you free of charge."

Since I didn’t post bail I spent over a month in the same county jail they came to get me for a psych evaluation before my formal hearing.

my heart sank and the tears rolled down my face as if I was trying to fill a river. I knew I