Minnie pearl
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
I was out of town I lied to my husband and rented a hotel for the night. When my stay was over it started snowing really bad so I pulled over at a gas station that was well lit got a soda went back to my vehicle to wait for snow to ease up or find an excuse as to why I'm not coming home I was tired bored my keys weren't in ignition I had dose off woke up to a flashlight in my face rolled down window asked is there a problem and was asked if I was drunk I said no I wasn't I blew a clean test then three more cops show up one really amps up in intensity asking if I had hit a guardrail and left the scene I reply truthfully no my 17 yr old wrecked my car a couple weeks before he says he's an accident expert I'm lying why am I in town I say I needed time from home he asked for my phone called my husband and told him I was not where I told him I was and had been with someone in town . They gave me field sobriety I passed still insisting I'm breaking some law he goes and gets my laptop looks through it tells me it would be best for my life if I threw the laptop away since it seemed to be causing issues in my marriage then he took me back to the hotel I stayed in the night before and walked me into the room took my truck keys and said they would be returned next morning never aressted me never gave me a ticket they searched my truck doing a tiny piece of what looked like maraujana I had a case of beer in the back of my car not opened it was an import I'd never saw at home so I purchased it and they confiscated it the next day I got back to my truck I was told I was to appear in court for this crumb of supposed pot so I went to court the court apt attorney told me take a diversion and I'd be on supervised probation with monthly fines and drug screens all screens paid by me I was never aressted never read my rights how is this possible I being new to trouble of any kind did what the appointed lawyer told me now this is wear it gets interesting I completed everything moved on with life I just got a letter from a class action lawsuit over the city extorting people for probation fees and fines even jail time if fines couldn't be paid they've agreed to a settlement of 14million 300.000$ and I'm being asked to enter in the case because I qualify how did this happen was it illegal what they did to me did they extort me and involve my husband who was home two hours away I wasn't breaking the law was I I'd like to know a legal opinion about this incident.