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tdelo
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- Jurisdiction
- California
A friend of mine was recently stopped by highway patrol, within a quarter mile of an extensive off road area. Instead of yielding he made the decision to ,for lack of better words, leave the officer in the dust climbing hills where he new the patrol car could not follow. He abandoned the vehicle and there was an extensive helicopter man search for the driver to no avail. Said person returned the next day to retrieve the vehicle only to find officers waiting. He was detained read his rights and "charged" with misdemeanor evading (no ticket was given). They read him his rights and he refused to answer anything, and then was released to retrieve his vehicle. The question at hand is without positive Identification (middle of night with dust everywhere) will charges stick if he remains silent. Or will he need to explain he was not driving and how that came about....