Hi. I don't know where to start. Myself briefly. age: late 20's / male / an international student (f-1 visa) / living in Ca.
Last midnight, I picked up a prostitute and insisted just BJ. I drove around and parked in apartment parking garage (No gate) It was quiet and I thought it was safer, but wrong. Minutes later, 3 undercover cops popped out and arrested both of us at scene. Probably a tenant called the cop or we were caught on a security camera. I am not sure. Anyway this was my first arrest. I've never been arrested or convicted before. They searched inside my car to find drugs or something. I wasn't intoxicated or possessing drugs. I didn't harm her physically either. She wasn't even naked. (I was half-naked) She isn't a minor (19yrs. police checked her ID and later verified it at the station.) One of the officers told me that we were arrested for "lewd conduct." At a station, I was fingerprinted and they took a mug shot. They say I am a sex offender. omg, Joking right? My face will be posted on the web. I don't get it. Sex offender registration program.. Megan's law...and so on. (later I researched about it.) I don't think those things belong to me. I want to believe that the officer was scaring me or assuming... After an hour I was released. They didn't ask me any bail so I paid nothing. (Is this normal?) All I got was a citation saying "VIOLATION 647 (a) PC (Lewd Conduct)." I need to appear in court next month.
please enlighten me...
thx
Last midnight, I picked up a prostitute and insisted just BJ. I drove around and parked in apartment parking garage (No gate) It was quiet and I thought it was safer, but wrong. Minutes later, 3 undercover cops popped out and arrested both of us at scene. Probably a tenant called the cop or we were caught on a security camera. I am not sure. Anyway this was my first arrest. I've never been arrested or convicted before. They searched inside my car to find drugs or something. I wasn't intoxicated or possessing drugs. I didn't harm her physically either. She wasn't even naked. (I was half-naked) She isn't a minor (19yrs. police checked her ID and later verified it at the station.) One of the officers told me that we were arrested for "lewd conduct." At a station, I was fingerprinted and they took a mug shot. They say I am a sex offender. omg, Joking right? My face will be posted on the web. I don't get it. Sex offender registration program.. Megan's law...and so on. (later I researched about it.) I don't think those things belong to me. I want to believe that the officer was scaring me or assuming... After an hour I was released. They didn't ask me any bail so I paid nothing. (Is this normal?) All I got was a citation saying "VIOLATION 647 (a) PC (Lewd Conduct)." I need to appear in court next month.
please enlighten me...
thx