mercifull - A more serious post. You are 18 so you would be tried as an adult not a minor which will entail a more severe penalty. Also you weren't just an innocent bystander at all. You drove them there and back and you were with them while the crime was committed. You are what is known as an associate.

 

However its your first offence, you can probably convince them to drop charges to something like community service but youd probably have to grass your mates up big time to pull some kind of decent deal your yourself.

 

I hope this is a lesson to you.

 

 

 

oh believe me this is a lesson. and yes i am hiring a lawyer to plead with the judge to make the charges less severe.

 

 

 

Rebdragon - Might I ask what happened to the PC's ?

 

And did you get back the other stuff before or after you were charged?

 

 

 

the pcs the person had are trashed i dont no what happened to them but when i talked to my friend he said they were gone. so i just told him off and left.

 

i havent been fully charged but i asked the cop i talked to and he said i will prob be facing those charges. i gave the stuff back before.

 

keep in mind that im still not charged with burglary felony charges yet. but thats what the cop said ill prob be charged as.

 

 

 

and not a lot of thought went into this. i showed them a house that more than 80 years old and has not been lived in for over 40 years. thats all i wanted to show them and then my friend saw the building and he saw all the stuff inside and he broke in. i followed him last. i kept going in and out of the placing telling them this is stupid hurry up lets go come on man this is dumb.

Yup, that sucks. I have a clean record but know how your feeling. I do a lot of lock picking and twice have been called in the next day as a suspect, so like I said, I know what your feeling. I got off for free both times for one reason though, NEVER STEAL/BREAK ANYTHING. Sure picking your way into an abandoned hospital and having chair races down the hallways is one thing... but stealing laptops and a plasma TVs? *whistle* That's just dumb. Thats serious cash and the owners are going to be pissed.

 

 

 

Both times with me there was no real evidence (since we left everything the way it was) and there was no need to bring anything to court since nothing was missing and no one really cared. Oh and by the way, the first time I got caught it scared me strait for a good 3 years. Eventually I started doing it again and got almost caught again, this time I'm taking the sign. I no longer do stupid stuff like that, yes it's fun and it's a thrill but it's too risky. One felony and your future is pretty messed up. You can't get a government job, you can't go to college... heck, you can't even work at Target with a felony

Adding to Trapical's post: It does screw you up, and you don't even need to be convicted. Simply being charged with a felony has about the same effect. But, it's too late for you now. :-w

You're pretty screwed. I had a felony charge as a juvenile which has now been locked/erased, whatever you'd like to call it, and I'm on the straight path. I got charged with Intent to distribute and possession of a narcotic. A friend of mine was charged with unlawful conduct, unlawful possession of a firearm, intent to distribute, and a bunch of other crap. I got 150 hours of community service, had to go to a trauma center, random drug tests for 2 years , had to go to a boot camp and juvenile detention center for a week.

 

 

 

But, being your 18, you will definatly get the felony charge, as an accomplice to the crime. Can I just tell you that's pretty dumb what you did, we broke into an abandoned hospital and visited the morgue while there, was rather creepy. Was old embalming fluid (which my friend took to make wet), but other than that we left it all alone, raced down hallways in wheelchairs and threw random things at eachother. Had one friend lie in the pull out things in the morgue, and we all ran away and yeah he freaked. Haha, but we left everything alone for the most part. Never got in trouble for that.

 

 

 

Good luck in prison.

Your Guilty as charged

 

Your lawyer will probably advise you to plead guilty.

Question: In America, if you get a misdemeanor is that considered a criminal record?

I'm thinking 2 years in jail with a criminal record for life.

Thief, you deserve everything you get.

 

 

 

Practise your soap holding skills now.

You're an idiot. Being ANY part of a robbery labels you as an associate, and you can be thusly punished. You just F-ed up, bigtime.

 

 

 

+1

 

 

 

why are you asking whats gonna happen if ur dum enough to help in the first place

A more serious post. You are 18 so you would be tried as an adult not a minor which will entail a more severe penalty. Also you weren't just an innocent bystander at all. You drove them there and back and you were with them while the crime was committed. You are what is known as an associate.

 

 

 

However its your first offence, you can probably convince them to drop charges to something like community service but youd probably have to grass your mates up big time to pull some kind of decent deal your yourself.

 

 

 

I hope this is a lesson to you.

 

 

 

Yup, what he said.

 

 

 

My friend went to prison, no idea how long for, was charged as an associate for driving a car full of cocaine. He did have a previous conviction with drugs and there was a hell of a lot in the car when they were raided.

...and who says they don't make criminal masterminds like they used to? :roll:

"I didnt steal anything I just drove them away!"

 

 

 

then that makes you the driver. An integral part of any robbery strategy. You got caught red handed. face it.

You're an absolute muppet for being any part of that, and have absolutely no sympathy from me.

 

 

 

Sadly though, you might get off.

You're an absolute muppet for being any part of that, and have absolutely no sympathy from me.

 

 

 

Sadly though, you might get off.

 

Lol, that absolute muppet thing made me laugh...so do they not keep you in a prison or police station when they arrest you, because if they did you couldn;t post this, right?

:lol:

 

 

 

Maybe not much jail time, but don't drop the soap... Assisted robbery and 18... Gl finding a job. :|

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously, though, talk to your lawyer. You might get a reduced sentence if you testify against your buddies... Unless you don't want them to (possibly) beat the crap out of you when they get out.

 

 

 

Seriously, though, talk to your lawyer. You might get a reduced sentence if you testify against your buddies.

 

 

 

In my opinion a member of the public or a witness has every right and a responsibility to testify against somebody who committed a crime.

 

 

 

However, if two people commit a crime fully knowing the possible result and then one of them turn on their accomplice to save their own backside, they are scum. It's just like the old cliche - if you can't do the time don't do the crime. Selling out an accomplice to me, is a terrible way to do things.

1. what do you think my charges will be? fine amount / jail time. just tell me what you think.

 

Payment of damages done to company, return the goods and 90 days in jail.

 

 

 

2. have you ever been convicted of a crime? if so how serious was it? what happened to you? what did YOU do.

 

Me convicted? I believe in the policy of rules are made for a reason.

 

 

 

3. do you think i could ask the judge for community service hours instead of a felony / jail time? but i would still pay the fines? like im talking 1,000+ hours of service.

 

Yes, I'd rather do something like 2years of community service then 90 days of jail.

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: I hope you learn your lesson and assisting a horde of thieves is very low.

 

But you are rightfully charge because you willingly(when I say willingly, they didn't stick a gun to your head and say drive) assisted a crime, Nixon didn't break into the Watergate but he still got in trouble when he tried to cover the trail. Ommition=Commition, but you did kind of both.

 

 

 

Edit: I hope you learn your lesson and in my opinion helping a band of thieves is pretty dam low.

You drove the getaway car....thats bad enough as it is :?

Bloodredsword that reminds me, in the old action movies the person driving the car was referred to as the partner-in-crime by the thief :P

So, if you are locked up, you won't be able to post here again?

 

 

 

Win win as far as tip.it's concerned. \

 

 

 

Seriously, though, talk to your lawyer. You might get a reduced sentence if you testify against your buddies.

 

 

 

In my opinion a member of the public or a witness has every right and a responsibility to testify against somebody who committed a crime.

 

 

 

However, if two people commit a crime fully knowing the possible result and then one of them turn on their accomplice to save their own backside, they are scum. It's just like the old cliche - if you can't do the time don't do the crime. Selling out an accomplice to me, is a terrible way to do things.

 

It's actually fairly commonly done, I see no problem with it, it helps bag the more serious parts of the crime, get them for sure instead of a possibility of them walking.

Now I am not a lawyer, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night. But...

 

 

 

Your more immediate problem is getting bonded out of jail once the charges are actually filed... unless you don't have a problem waiting in jail between your actual arrest and the trial date.

 

 

 

If you drove the car and you knew what your buddies planned to do, then you are guilty in the eyes of the law. Matters not if you ever lifted a finger at the crime scene.

 

 

 

You may get the charges lessened or dropped if all the goods are replaced... but you said the PCs are already trashed so that's out.

 

 

 

I have no good news for you. My advice is to drop some cash on a good lawyer. And they don't work cheap.

Here is a list of things you can do to help your situation:

 

 

 

1) Rat your friends out. They are dumb as hell. You should never talk to any of them again. This will make the penalty less severe.

 

2) Co-operate to the fullest extent possible.

 

3) Try talking to the person/group pressing charges and try to explain your situation.

 

4) Fix your grammar. It is atrocious.

So, if you are locked up, you won't be able to post here again?

 

 

 

Win win as far as tip.it's concerned. \

 

 

 

I'll second that

well, your getting charnged for being an acompless.

 

 

 

As for what will happen, you MIGHT get off because its a first time, but for something as serious as this, i doubt it, theres a good chance you are going to jail for a few years.

 

 

 

My story:

 

 

 

its nothing big, at all, but i was arrested for being an acompless myself. I was with my cousin, and his friend, in Zellers, and his friend opened some licorice ans started eating it. i didnt know he did this, as we walked out side, 5 security guards charged at us, and then took us to the back, took our pictures, called the cops, a hour or so later, we were all released, cept the guy who did it. i was banned from Zellers, and the bay outlets for 6 months ACROSS canada! if i stepped foot in the parking lot, they could call the cops. but this was bull, and i was in there several times with my dad...

 

 

 

 

 

My parents also thought this was bull. :P