Drinking in Public Fine (Camden Show) $533 Unreal!!!

pjroo3
pjroo3 Posts: 61
edited July 2008 in The Porch
Wow... Camden is now my least favorite place in the universe. Went to Camden 1 and was tailgating along with everyone else. I was on my second beer when a policewoman grabbed my beer and proceeded to write me a ticket (along with about 1000 other people). She checked a box that made it a mandatory court appearance. Well, today was the court date for everyone at the June 19 show. Tons of PJ fans at the court house. The fine for "Drinking in Public" was $78 which sucks, but no biggie. Well.... when they read us our fines today, they say that they have been amended and it has now been changed to "Inappropriate Behavior" which is $500 plus $33 court fees. I was shocked! Big bummer for anyone caught up in this crappy situation. I will never attend another show in that city! Well unless PJ is there and I will not enjoy myself in the parking lot.
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  • PearlJamOnToast
    PearlJamOnToast Posts: 172
    pjroo3 wrote:
    Wow... Camden is now my least favorite place in the universe. Went to Camden 1 and was tailgating along with everyone else. I was on my second beer when a policewoman grabbed my beer and proceeded to write me a ticket (along with about 1000 other people). She checked a box that made it a mandatory court appearance. Well, today was the court date for everyone at the June 19 show. Tons of PJ fans at the court house. The fine for "Drinking in Public" was $78 which sucks, but no biggie. Well.... when they read us our fines today, they say that they have been amended and it has now been changed to "Inappropriate Behavior" which is $500 plus $33 court fees. I was shocked! Big bummer for anyone caught up in this crappy situation. I will never attend another show in that city! Well unless PJ is there and I will not enjoy myself in the parking lot.

    What a fuckin scam.......

    ETA...question was the beer in a plastic cup or were you advertising it?
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    another slap in the face for the average law abiding citizen....
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Geeze. What was their justification for changing the charge to inappropriate behavior?
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • ClaudC
    ClaudC Posts: 2
    Yeah, they probably planned the whole thing so they could make some money
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  • faithful227
    faithful227 Posts: 352
    What a bunch of shit. That's ridiculous. Way to take advantage of the situation. Bastards!!!
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  • 4Powers20
    4Powers20 Posts: 1,231
    I had no issues drinking right out of the bottle in the lot at Camden. That sucks.


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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    can you say cash cow ??

    what a scam ! taht really sucks
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    That's nuts. I've never seen anyone busted fro drinking in Camden over the 10 years I've been going to shows there.

    Were you in one of the main lots?
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  • Tremendous Upside
    Tremendous Upside Posts: 118
    pdalowsky wrote:
    another slap in the face for the average law abiding citizen....

    except for the whole breaking the law part
  • Kingmidget
    Kingmidget Posts: 628
    Tremendous Upside wrote:
    except for the whole breaking the law part

    Well...then they should have only paid $78..no????

    What a scam
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    You didn't plead guilty, did you?

    You can probably get that reduced.
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    Camden is the the worst city in America along with Hartford.
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  • disilluzion
    disilluzion Posts: 1,015
    pdalowsky wrote:
    another slap in the face for the average law abiding citizen....

    Law abiding? I wouldn't consider public intoxication as law abiding. I do disagree with the "inappropriate behavior" charge, but a law was broken.

    Hell, even drinking on your front porch is public intoxication if the public can see it. The law is messed up but it's still a law...
  • over bends
    over bends Posts: 1,568
    With all the shit that goes on in Camden, good to see law enforcement doing their duty of raking money out of out of towners who are trying to get buzzed in a parking lot before they see a show.

    +1 for the police on this one.
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  • Super_Fan
    Super_Fan Posts: 249
    You should have gotten an attorney but you never know when you will get a crazy Judge. Sounds like the judge was a renegade and F you all in the butt.
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  • Kingmidget
    Kingmidget Posts: 628
    over_bends wrote:
    With all the shit that goes on in Camden, good to see law enforcement doing their duty of raking money out of out of towners who are trying to get buzzed in a parking lot before they see a show.

    +1 for the police on this one.

    Does sound like a good use of their time considering what the COULD have been doing...geezz
  • PJBuckeye
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    To the Po-Po: Way to SERVE and PROTECT.
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  • Brain Of E
    Brain Of E Posts: 499
    sucks to be you
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  • billyruff
    billyruff Posts: 538
    Up here in Canada you can get arrested if you DON'T have a Beer Eh!!!
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    pjroo3 wrote:
    Wow... Camden is now my least favorite place in the universe. Went to Camden 1 and was tailgating along with everyone else. I was on my second beer when a policewoman grabbed my beer and proceeded to write me a ticket (along with about 1000 other people). She checked a box that made it a mandatory court appearance. Well, today was the court date for everyone at the June 19 show. Tons of PJ fans at the court house. The fine for "Drinking in Public" was $78 which sucks, but no biggie. Well.... when they read us our fines today, they say that they have been amended and it has now been changed to "Inappropriate Behavior" which is $500 plus $33 court fees. I was shocked! Big bummer for anyone caught up in this crappy situation. I will never attend another show in that city! Well unless PJ is there and I will not enjoy myself in the parking lot.

    THAT is CRAZINESS!!!!
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