barriefields
Feb 20, 2012, 10:29 AM
My sister was pulled over and arrested last week. Now she is dragging her *** about getting a lawyer, she seems to think that somehow the court system will feel sorry for her or take it easy on her because she is currently in a form of addictions treatment. And she has kids and in school, etc.
She was released that night or that day with a promise to appear (?) and her car was impounded. We aren't on the best of terms, so she hasn't been really chatty about her charges. I heard from another family member that they were 'driving with a suspended license' (which none of us even knew about), 'driving without insurance', and 'possession of stolen property'. Which I think it must be for a blackberry she had because she has since gotten a new phone. She does have a previous DUI charge and I think that suspended license penalty might be for that. She told us when she started driving around again, that the situation had been cleared up and she was getting her license back. So I don't know for sure if her license was still under suspension for that or this was something new, like she couldn't afford to get it renewed.
Anyway, I have been trying to look up potential fines and that sort of stuff so that someone can show her how serious this is.
She was released that night or that day with a promise to appear (?) and her car was impounded. We aren't on the best of terms, so she hasn't been really chatty about her charges. I heard from another family member that they were 'driving with a suspended license' (which none of us even knew about), 'driving without insurance', and 'possession of stolen property'. Which I think it must be for a blackberry she had because she has since gotten a new phone. She does have a previous DUI charge and I think that suspended license penalty might be for that. She told us when she started driving around again, that the situation had been cleared up and she was getting her license back. So I don't know for sure if her license was still under suspension for that or this was something new, like she couldn't afford to get it renewed.
Anyway, I have been trying to look up potential fines and that sort of stuff so that someone can show her how serious this is.