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pmonreal · Aug 21, 2011, 10:39 AM

I local newspaper wrote an article about a citation I received at my home on a saturday morning for have music to loud inside my house. The paper reported I was detained and released which is not true.

Fr_Chuck · Aug 21, 2011, 10:49 AM

Were police officers at your home ? Did they issue you a ticket ? Did they then leave without taking you with them?

It sounds more like a point of view

pmonreal · Aug 21, 2011, 11:14 AM

I was not detain or taken to jail I was giving a citation at 10 am for having music on inside my house

Fr_Chuck · Aug 21, 2011, 11:21 AM

Detained is a sujective term, when the police were with you, that can be considered for form of detention, it was not as if you were free to just walk away.

Yes it is worded poorly, you can ask the newspaper to retract it. But that only puts it back in the newspaper

odinn7 · Aug 21, 2011, 11:52 AM

If the police were there because of you and you weren't free to go while they were there, you pretty much were detained. Detained doesn't have to mean arrested and/or taken into custody.

I've been in the paper before too... let it go and move on.

pmonreal · Aug 21, 2011, 11:59 AM

This is exactly how it reads: arrested Sunday aug 14 at her residence on a charge of disorderly conduct after police were called in regards to loud music. Monreal was issued a criminal citation and was released.
Being new in this town I believe this will make it hard to get a good job here.

AK lawyer · Aug 21, 2011, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by pmonreal

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Being new in this town i believe this will make it hard to get a good job here.

Did you admit the charge of disorderly conduct?

On your employment applications, if asked, describe exactly what happened and the outcome of the charge. And, as suggested, get the newspaper to publish a retraction (stating the correct story), if you are not concerned that this will merely give the story more publicity.

ScottGem · Aug 21, 2011, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by pmonreal

This is exactly how it reads: arrested sunday aug 14 at her residence on a charge of disorderly conduct after police were called in regards to loud music. Monreal was issued a criminal citation and was released.
Being new in this town i believe this will make it hard to get a good job here.

Sorry, but I see nothing false in that blurb. Granted it might have been worded less harshly, and you can request that the paper correct it by saying you were not arrested just that a citation was issued. But don't be surprised if they refuse and I doubt if a court will compel them to.

As for employment, it may well be, You can simply tell prospective employers that you really didn't realize your player was on that loudly, that it would disturb others. That if whoever reported it had simply asked you to lower the player you would have complied.

But if the town is that small, I would bring it up during interviews.

ballengerb1 · Aug 21, 2011, 03:41 PM

Yep, sounds like you were clearly detained which carries a lower burden of proof than an arrest. Detained Vs. Arrested

AK lawyer · Aug 21, 2011, 04:45 PM

So the misleading part of the story is the suggestion that OP was taken into custody (i.e.: "arrested"). But how does the manner that the officers decide to handle it (arrest v. issuing citation) make any difference employment-wise?