Originally posted by: weflyhigh
I bought a new bowl the other day and I went with two friends to smoke it outside. We sat on the curb behind our dorm and packed it then lit up the first hit (me)...
I passed the bowl after a very mild hit and moments later a bike cop comes riding up to us from the darkness a far distance away
My friend placed the bowl behind him and the cop stopped and asked what we were doing. I think we replied nothing and then he asked what he saw light up. The first thing I could think was to say that we were smoking a black and mild, which a case of was in my pocket. He asked where it was and I said I had finished it and tossed it. This conversation was like two seconds...
Us, being idiots, had a ZipLock bag in front of us with literally a tenth of a gram in it (yes like nothing, but still visible)
He shined his light on it, at which point we were screwed/obvious what we were doing. He shined the light all around us and saw the piece, grabbed that along with the bag.
He then called for backup and another cop arrived. They took our license numbers, campus ID numbers, SSNs, phone numbers, and asked the other two kids their weights.
The bike cop said he saw me smoking the bowl and that we could all be held for possession since we were within arms reach of it.
He pulled me aside first and asked my involvement. I was really unsure if I should have said anything or what... I kinda said that it wasn't my weed but that the clean new bowl was mine (I was kinda dodging the question, asking a lot of questions of my mine like punishment and stuff)
I then went back to the curb and my other friend (who hid the bowl behind him) was pulled aside. Apparently he claimed full possession of it, so that we would not face any charges (it originally was his weed) because that it what the cop told him... The third kid did not get questioned I don't think
The cop gave us his card with the case number on it, said he would call when anything happened. He said they would mail something to our home address, and inform us when doing so.
Then they just let us go.
OKAY so now my questions:
What should I do in this situation?
I have heard before that if you get an underage or something you should call the police officer the next day and like talk to him/apologize?
What legal trouble am I looking at? Is this like peeeeermanent? Will I put this on every application for the rest of my life?
Am I going to get in any trouble even if my friend did take all of the blame? How will that all work out?
What are the possible outcomes?
EDIT: Currently in PA if that matters
UPDATE1 (3 days later):
Just an update, the cop hasn't contacted me or my friend that took the blame yet
Think we should call and ask about our case (he gave us the like report number on his card) or just ignore it and wait or what?
UPDATE2 (December now):
A few weeks ago, my friend who "took the blame" got contacted by the courthouse/police and went and got a mugshot and scheduled a court date
Then me and my friend got contacted by our school's Judicial Affairs
I made a meeting with them and they asked me about the day and I told a story
Then I got the punishment:
I have to write an essay about what I learned from the experience
I got a disciplinary warning (no probation, even)
I hope my other friend doesn't get in too much law trouble, though.. we'll just wait and see