Okay, so.
As many of you know, I just bought a beast of a new camera, and I paid quite a pretty penny for it as well ($600). And I got this for a little more than half price. So anyways, me and my friend went out on the night of the 29th to an industrial construction site and we took all of our camera equipment with us. The complex was pretty big and only the skeleton of the struction has been built. No detailing has been done, and almost no electrical, except for few and far between lights, were up. We were looking to take low light shots with very long shutter speeds. If you know anything about shutter speeds, then you know you need very specific lighting conditions as to not over-expose the shot. Anyways, we were about an hour into shooting/exploring when alfa147x sees a ***ett Police unit pull into the lot and stop at my car, which just so happens to have been the only one in the lot. So we're like, oh crap. A few quick thoughts run through my head, and I knew we couldn't run and hide, because they see my car, and they KNOW someone's inside. So I put my lenscap on and I walk outside to the approaching officers and identify myself. I tell him what we're doing, and long story short, we end up in Hand Cuffs about six minutes later.
The charge - Loitering / Prowling
Wtf. THATS NOT ALL
He could have let us go and been like, Guys, seriously, yall need to leave. But no, he had to be a little dick about it and go show off "Department Policy and Procedure" in front of his brand new, fresh-out-of-the-academy trainee.
Then he searched my car and found a credit card that I had found at a gas station months before. To explain, I found an old lady's Credit Card at the Kroger Gas Station at Suwanee Dam and Peactree Industrial. I tried to turn the card in, but they didn't want it, so I called the number on the back of the card and made sure the account was closed. I know how these days people get screwed with Credit Fraud, so it was in fact already closed, so I just put it in my center console and forgot about it. I have never tried to use the card for any reason whatsoever as well.
Anwyays, he finds the card and he's like "Wtf" So he asks me about it and I tell him the truth. Even after tell him, he decides to tack on another bullshit charge. This one was a felony.
FELONY THEFT OF LOST/MISLAID PROPERTY.
To shorten this story, me and my friend were obviously in the wrong place at the wrong time. My bond, with fees, was a little over $5,000. Luckily, we used a bondsman and I got out on only $512 bail. I spent almost 12 hours in jail. This pretty much ruins my future in Criminal Justice - what I've always wanted to do since I was old enough to remember and watch the tv show COPS. This also ruins my chances to join the Armed Services anytime soon, which is also a dream of mine. Hopefully I can get this bogus bullshit dropped, because we're hiring an Attorney to fight this.
So this is why I went to jail. And yes, I smiled in my Mugshot, because this is so much BS.
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