I NEED HELP! A STATE TROOPER STOLE MY WALLET AND ARRESTED ME!

[BGDave]

Can't do it. Comment, that is.

 

[Bunnykid68]

You mean your clairvoyant powers aren't working today?

nahhh, im tired

 

[churchmouse]

You must be sure that the girl is pure... I can't imagine what you come across

I could do so much with this post....but I won't........................

I posted here again.

A lot of twists to this.

 

[BGDave]

For those who came in late we had;
1. Bad guy popo
2. Lawyer advice.
3. How to act when stopped.
4. How not to act.
5. Stop talking.
6. Spontaneous utterances.
7. Smokers suck.
8. Smokers don't suck.
9. Doubt creeps in.
10. Still going.
Miss anything?

 

[hoosierdoc]

Miss anything?

Can I be a judge in that pageant?

 

[ticktwrter]

This situation is probably the single greatest violation of my person in my life to date. I am overwhelmed with anxiety and frustration. I mean I feel like someone has run off with my prized possession while I watched and could do nothing. I need some insight and contact information for any potential source of help in resolving this matter.

On Friday night May 3rd my wife and I went to the Wicks pizza in downtown New Albany. We never go out as we rarely get a babysitter. We both had to work early Saturday so my mom kept the kids Friday night for us to pick up after work before Derby. We were standing outside and couldnt help but notice that several police cars were parked outside the restaurant with uniformed officers standing outside their cruisers waiting for people to leave.

My wife and I ate some pizza and in the 1.5 hours we were there she drank two draft beers. They were Kentucky Bourbon Ale beers, not that it matters. After dinner we went and danced for about thirty minutes. At 11:30pm it was time to head home as we both had to be at work Sat morning.

The police waiting outside were no bother to us because I do not drink. I dont drink at all and thus have no reason to worry about driving home. We live in Clarksville approximately 3 miles from restaurant.

As soon as we got on street from parking lot a police car was behind me. I was driving 23 in a 25 zone and doing my best to just avoid the red and blue lights in my rear view. Well it turns out my wife flicked her cigarette out the window and he hit his lights.

The officer was a state trooper named Michael Davis. Trooper Davis came to the car where I was ready with the window all the way down. He immediately asked if I had been drinking which I replied I had not but that my wife had and the alcohol he smelled was her in the passenger seat if at all. Trooper Davis took my licesne and my wifes license even though she was the passenger. He went back to his car.and wrote my.wife a ticket for throwing burning material from a moving vehicle.

Trooper Davis then informed my licesne was suspended for failure to provide proof of insurance to BMV after a stop sign ticket from 2009. Anyway that wasnt all. He told me that he didnt believe me that I hadnt drank and that my eyes were "crazy" and I was sweating. We had just left the dance floor at Wicks and Im a big guy so I sweat. I explained to trooper Davis that not only had I not drank tonight but that I was sober six years and didnt drink at all. I only told him Im sober because he made me feel like I needed an excuse for not drinking as it was impossible that I just wouldnt.

Trooper Davis then commands I exit the vehicle where he pats me down. He took my DPX Hest folder from my front pocket and my wallet from my rear. It is at this point he begins the sobriety test of the year. Again I am totally sober and alert and it was about 11:45pm. After 5 minutes I realize that this guy is wanting to arrest me. I maintain a very polite and submissive attitude as I just wanted to go home and have learned my lesson about being rude to cops regardless of their own attitude.

I realize this cop is for some reason wanting to arrest me and that this test was subjective. I turned to my wife in the car on street and asked her if she brought her phone. This was my signal to start recording this as I could sense trouble. Trooper Davis kept asking me what I was on and the more I said nothing the madder he got. His backup who had arrived well into the sobriety test took his flashlight and shined it on my wifes cell phone the entire time to blind her camera. As she would move the camera he would follow it with his light. We were parked under a street light and it was clear my wife was trying to record the investigation which these troopers didnt appreciate. My asking her to video the proccess was my only way of saying to this trooper that you will be accountable for this without saying anything to him.

Finally he says hold your head back for what you estimate 30 seconds to be. He checked his watch as though setting a timer and said go. I begin holding my head back and think why would I estimate 30 seconds. i mean I can count so I thought he wants me to hold my head back too long as a sign of impairment. I count out loud, 27, 28, 29, 30. I put my head forward and say did you want me to count to 30 or wait 30 seconds. I explain that they were totally different as I can count to 30 in 10 seconds but 30 seconds is 30 seconds and I would gladly do it as he preferred. This is when he stops playing with me and tells me he is tired of my smartass remarks which I assured him was only my attempt at being thorough and that I was very sorry if I came accross as rude in any way. I was sincerely trying to not give him a reason at all to want to arrest me.

At this point he shoves the breathalyzer in my face and I blow a 0.000. He shoots the mouth piece from the breathalyzer unit into the lawn next to us. He immediately puts me in handcuffs. He says I am now going to take a blood test at hospital and refusal to do so would be like admitting guilt to DUI. I was not at all concerned about a test as I know Im good to go. My wife upon seeing this begins to get very upset. She has watched the entire incident and cant believe what is happening. I am trying to tell her to shut up and chill because I didnt want them to treat her as they had me.

Trooper Davis places me in his cruiser hands cuffed behind back knuckle to knuckle. He also grabbed the keys from the car which were my wifes keys and took them with me to hospital. His partner took my wife in his car and dropped her off at a Waffle House in downtown New Albany wearing a skirt and looking good as it was a special evening for us. He told my wife she was being placed in a secure location and then he left. My wife was about to call a cab when she realized she.had no house key or office key for work. Also the cops had taken us both away leaving the windows down and doors unlocked in my wifes 2009 Scion XB. Meanwhile I am at Floyd Memorial emergency room totally unaware of what is happening to my wife.

For almost two hours I wait in the ER with my hands cuffed behind my back knuckle to knuckle but also he made my arms wrap around a arm rail on the bed I was sitting on. I asked trooper Davis where my wallet was to which he responded it was in my car. I finally take blood test which was negative and we leave. I asked him if he was going to take me back to car which he responded with I was going to jail for driving on suspended. I asked him why would he want to do that? I said I have never met you nor ever wronged you and asked why would he want to cause me such a big problem. He said driving on suspended was an arrestable offense.

It was 11:30pm when trooper Davis pulled me over and now at 2:38am I was booked into Floyd County jail. When we were at the jail I again asked the trooper where my wallet was and he replied with he put it in my car. After the corrections officers proccessed my information I requested to use the phone to call someone to come get me. This is when I am told I have a 12 hour hold because I am charged with DUI.

Trooper Davis then went to meet my wife where she was waiting for her keys. Its hard to explain but my wife had a large key chain with keys for work, home, storage and some additional odds and ends. Trooper Davis for whatever reason gave her keys back to her in a loose pile where he had broken every single key ring on the chain. I mean literally it was demented bizarre. It is a perfect example of the type of individual I was dealing with.

The car was towed at Davis order. He had my wife removed from the area for no reason at all. Truly she had only two beers and was most definately fine to drive herself, but the option of allowing her to do so was never discussed nor possible with the keys being held hostage elsewhere.

My wallet was all I could think about for the next 12 hours in jail. As soon as my wife paid the $150 bail we went to meet the impound driver. My knife was sitting on consle but no wallet. The $300 cash I had to pay daycare was the least of my problems as far as losing the wallet. My insurance cards, commercial licesenses, social security card, check cards, bank acct info. I am not a man who loses his wallet so keeping valuable information in it was natural.

After I see the wallet is not in car I call the ER to see if trooper Davis had left it there which he had not. Called the jail and no wallet. Went back to.exactly where it all went down and found plastic breathalyzer tip but no wallet. Finally I contact trooper Davis via telephone and he says he never touched my wallet.

So Im already out $300 cash in wallet, $150 bail, $150 impound and have a court date 5/13/13. This situation has really hurt me not only fi.ancially but morally. Its been just totally insane and I dont know how to proceed with this.

I suppose I definately need a lawyer, but I am short on cash after all this and feel like Im going to get screwed more if I dont get good representation.

I needed to get this off my chest. It has really got my head down and it has taken a heavy toll on me as far as my stress level.

I call BS. Anyone able to put such a story together is more than smart enoug to know not to write about it and GET A LAWYER

 

[churchmouse]

For those who came in late we had;
1. Bad guy popo
2. Lawyer advice.
3. How to act when stopped.
4. How not to act.
5. Stop talking.
6. Spontaneous utterances.
7. Smokers suck.
8. Smokers don't suck.
9. Doubt creeps in.
10. Still going.
Miss anything?

Thanks for the readers digest style up-date. I have not the energy to read the whole thing.
Seems there is more to this.
I have been stopped for street racing and my license was suspended. (1970) and I knew it. Paid the fines/fees and served the time. Problem solved.

 

[CathyInBlue]

When the bloodwork does actually come back and it's pure as the driven snow, the DUI charge evapourates, no? Who's gonna prosecute such a charge with zero physical evidence and only a corrupt cop's hunch?

As far as I'm concerned, taking the wallet from a secure place (his pocket) and leaving it in an insecure place (dash of unsecured, unattended vehicle) and it subsequently disappearing is no different from outright theft. It matters not that the cop was not himself engrossed by the actual theft. It was an unreasonable action when a reasonable action, securing the vehicle, was immediately available.

This story is why I carry multiple audio and video recorders on my person.

This story is also why, when detained by a cop for reasons I know to be bogus, I will happily waste as much of their time as I can, even to the point of arrest. As long as a corrupt cop is giving me a hard time, he's not out there giving someone less capable of absorbing and deflecting it a hard time.

 

[atvdave]

Can I bum a smoke off anyone????

 

[IndyDave1776]

Can I bum a smoke off anyone????

I would offer to help, but I am out of town and don't smoke--but I would help if I could!

 

[Benny]

Can I bum a smoke off anyone????

Sorry, just tossed my last one out of the car window. Damn near spilled my beer in the process.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Sorry, just tossed my last one out of the car window. Damn near spilled my beer in the process.

You would have us think you are drinking and throwing out cigarettes while driving. Tell us the truth. You're really sitting in the car (and throwing things out) in the driveway making motor sounds, aren't you?

 

[tyrajam]

Sorry, just tossed my last one out of the car window. Damn near spilled my beer in the process.

Kind of sad that this fit seamlessly into this thread

 

[Benny]

You would have us think you are drinking and throwing out cigarettes while driving. Tell us the truth. You're really sitting in the car (and throwing things out) in the driveway making motor sounds, aren't you?

Kind of sad that this fit seamlessly into this thread

Well, others are bragging about being so ****faced they had to close one eye while driving home...I figured I could at least make a joke about it.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Can I bum a smoke off anyone????

Well, I guess I could spare one.... I just left a massage parlor.

 

[Trigger Time]

Well, I guess I could spare one.... I just left a massage parlor.

What number is that on the menu? Every time I try to get the #69 lunch special I end up with extra soy sauce. Wtf?

 

[forgop]

Can I bum a smoke off anyone????

You might see if there's anything left from the one the OP's wife threw out the window.

 

[armedindy]

dirty pigs

 

[tom1025]

This situation is probably the single greatest violation of my person in my life to date. I am overwhelmed with anxiety and frustration. I mean I feel like someone has run off with my prized possession while I watched and could do nothing. I need some insight and contact information for any potential source of help in resolving this matter.

On Friday night May 3rd my wife and I went to the Wicks pizza in downtown New Albany. We never go out as we rarely get a babysitter. We both had to work early Saturday so my mom kept the kids Friday night for us to pick up after work before Derby. We were standing outside and couldnt help but notice that several police cars were parked outside the restaurant with uniformed officers standing outside their cruisers waiting for people to leave.

My wife and I ate some pizza and in the 1.5 hours we were there she drank two draft beers. They were Kentucky Bourbon Ale beers, not that it matters. After dinner we went and danced for about thirty minutes. At 11:30pm it was time to head home as we both had to be at work Sat morning.

The police waiting outside were no bother to us because I do not drink. I dont drink at all and thus have no reason to worry about driving home. We live in Clarksville approximately 3 miles from restaurant.

As soon as we got on street from parking lot a police car was behind me. I was driving 23 in a 25 zone and doing my best to just avoid the red and blue lights in my rear view. Well it turns out my wife flicked her cigarette out the window and he hit his lights.

The officer was a state trooper named Michael Davis. Trooper Davis came to the car where I was ready with the window all the way down. He immediately asked if I had been drinking which I replied I had not but that my wife had and the alcohol he smelled was her in the passenger seat if at all. Trooper Davis took my licesne and my wifes license even though she was the passenger. He went back to his car.and wrote my.wife a ticket for throwing burning material from a moving vehicle.

Trooper Davis then informed my licesne was suspended for failure to provide proof of insurance to BMV after a stop sign ticket from 2009. Anyway that wasnt all. He told me that he didnt believe me that I hadnt drank and that my eyes were "crazy" and I was sweating. We had just left the dance floor at Wicks and Im a big guy so I sweat. I explained to trooper Davis that not only had I not drank tonight but that I was sober six years and didnt drink at all. I only told him Im sober because he made me feel like I needed an excuse for not drinking as it was impossible that I just wouldnt.

Trooper Davis then commands I exit the vehicle where he pats me down. He took my DPX Hest folder from my front pocket and my wallet from my rear. It is at this point he begins the sobriety test of the year. Again I am totally sober and alert and it was about 11:45pm. After 5 minutes I realize that this guy is wanting to arrest me. I maintain a very polite and submissive attitude as I just wanted to go home and have learned my lesson about being rude to cops regardless of their own attitude.

I realize this cop is for some reason wanting to arrest me and that this test was subjective. I turned to my wife in the car on street and asked her if she brought her phone. This was my signal to start recording this as I could sense trouble. Trooper Davis kept asking me what I was on and the more I said nothing the madder he got. His backup who had arrived well into the sobriety test took his flashlight and shined it on my wifes cell phone the entire time to blind her camera. As she would move the camera he would follow it with his light. We were parked under a street light and it was clear my wife was trying to record the investigation which these troopers didnt appreciate. My asking her to video the proccess was my only way of saying to this trooper that you will be accountable for this without saying anything to him.

Finally he says hold your head back for what you estimate 30 seconds to be. He checked his watch as though setting a timer and said go. I begin holding my head back and think why would I estimate 30 seconds. i mean I can count so I thought he wants me to hold my head back too long as a sign of impairment. I count out loud, 27, 28, 29, 30. I put my head forward and say did you want me to count to 30 or wait 30 seconds. I explain that they were totally different as I can count to 30 in 10 seconds but 30 seconds is 30 seconds and I would gladly do it as he preferred. This is when he stops playing with me and tells me he is tired of my smartass remarks which I assured him was only my attempt at being thorough and that I was very sorry if I came accross as rude in any way. I was sincerely trying to not give him a reason at all to want to arrest me.

At this point he shoves the breathalyzer in my face and I blow a 0.000. He shoots the mouth piece from the breathalyzer unit into the lawn next to us. He immediately puts me in handcuffs. He says I am now going to take a blood test at hospital and refusal to do so would be like admitting guilt to DUI. I was not at all concerned about a test as I know Im good to go. My wife upon seeing this begins to get very upset. She has watched the entire incident and cant believe what is happening. I am trying to tell her to shut up and chill because I didnt want them to treat her as they had me.

Trooper Davis places me in his cruiser hands cuffed behind back knuckle to knuckle. He also grabbed the keys from the car which were my wifes keys and took them with me to hospital. His partner took my wife in his car and dropped her off at a Waffle House in downtown New Albany wearing a skirt and looking good as it was a special evening for us. He told my wife she was being placed in a secure location and then he left. My wife was about to call a cab when she realized she.had no house key or office key for work. Also the cops had taken us both away leaving the windows down and doors unlocked in my wifes 2009 Scion XB. Meanwhile I am at Floyd Memorial emergency room totally unaware of what is happening to my wife.

For almost two hours I wait in the ER with my hands cuffed behind my back knuckle to knuckle but also he made my arms wrap around a arm rail on the bed I was sitting on. I asked trooper Davis where my wallet was to which he responded it was in my car. I finally take blood test which was negative and we leave. I asked him if he was going to take me back to car which he responded with I was going to jail for driving on suspended. I asked him why would he want to do that? I said I have never met you nor ever wronged you and asked why would he want to cause me such a big problem. He said driving on suspended was an arrestable offense.

It was 11:30pm when trooper Davis pulled me over and now at 2:38am I was booked into Floyd County jail. When we were at the jail I again asked the trooper where my wallet was and he replied with he put it in my car. After the corrections officers proccessed my information I requested to use the phone to call someone to come get me. This is when I am told I have a 12 hour hold because I am charged with DUI.

Trooper Davis then went to meet my wife where she was waiting for her keys. Its hard to explain but my wife had a large key chain with keys for work, home, storage and some additional odds and ends. Trooper Davis for whatever reason gave her keys back to her in a loose pile where he had broken every single key ring on the chain. I mean literally it was demented bizarre. It is a perfect example of the type of individual I was dealing with.

The car was towed at Davis order. He had my wife removed from the area for no reason at all. Truly she had only two beers and was most definately fine to drive herself, but the option of allowing her to do so was never discussed nor possible with the keys being held hostage elsewhere.

My wallet was all I could think about for the next 12 hours in jail. As soon as my wife paid the $150 bail we went to meet the impound driver. My knife was sitting on consle but no wallet. The $300 cash I had to pay daycare was the least of my problems as far as losing the wallet. My insurance cards, commercial licesenses, social security card, check cards, bank acct info. I am not a man who loses his wallet so keeping valuable information in it was natural.

After I see the wallet is not in car I call the ER to see if trooper Davis had left it there which he had not. Called the jail and no wallet. Went back to.exactly where it all went down and found plastic breathalyzer tip but no wallet. Finally I contact trooper Davis via telephone and he says he never touched my wallet.

So Im already out $300 cash in wallet, $150 bail, $150 impound and have a court date 5/13/13. This situation has really hurt me not only fi.ancially but morally. Its been just totally insane and I dont know how to proceed with this.

I suppose I definately need a lawyer, but I am short on cash after all this and feel like Im going to get screwed more if I dont get good representation.

I needed to get this off my chest. It has really got my head down and it has taken a heavy toll on me as far as my stress level.

Like others have said. Delete your post.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

THERE SHOULD BE A CIVILLIAN REVIEW BOARD FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT. IT IS THE ONLY WAY A COP WOULD EVER BE HELD TRULY ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS.

Most departments do have civilian review boards. You still haven't answered my question as to whether or not you made a complaint to ISP IA or if you are only wanting "justice" from the members of INGO.