Inspection "Problem" in Wake County?

DickRasmussen · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:41 pm

Any chance this is true?

http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=8029

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:44 pm

I don't see why not, with the exception of if you read between the lines, it sounds to me like the guy was a complete ass to the cops, so they decided to stick it to him. And they did and his mouth cost him $2700 and a lot of explaining.

--Donnie

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:11 pm

There are two groups of people I never mouth off to.

1. People who are alone with your food
2. The police

JasonWatts · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:10 pm

Donnie,

did you read his second post? He goes into more detail about it. it sounds like the cop was looking to put someone else in jail, but needed a "witness" what better way to get a witness then to threaten the witness into ratting out the inspector.

I can see it happening as I believe there are very corrupt people, but I still find it pretty far out there. (not saying disbelief)

steve remchak · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:08 pm

well as Roger is a member of THSCC, Ya'll could ask him.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:10 pm

steve remchak wrote:

well as Roger is a member of THSCC, Ya'll could ask him.

I was thinking that exact same thing :?:

DickRasmussen · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:16 pm

Hey Roger,

Is the story true or did you use some "editorial license"? :lol:

Michael Westerfield · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:42 pm

Donnie Barnes wrote:

I don't see why not, with the exception of if you read between the lines, it sounds to me like the guy was a complete ass to the cops, so they decided to stick it to him. And they did and his mouth cost him $2700 and a lot of explaining.

--Donnie

Someone has to keep cop's god complex in check.

ColinOConnell · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:55 pm

JamesMilko wrote:

There are two groups of people I never mouth off to.

1. People who are alone with your food
2. The police

I include hotel maids to that list. They are alone with my toothbrush and morning coffee.

Roger McDaniels · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:42 am

True story, and Donnie is more or less correct.

I run a couple of other web sites, Carolina Hondas, and Imports NC, and have gotten used to dealing with the police over the years. We have a number of thieves on CH that brag about their exploits and try to sell stolen parts in the classifieds, so I work with different regional PD's and Sheriff's departments, giving them administrative access to the site so they can investigate car theft, and we have a forum moderator that is dedicated to spotting thieves and reporting them to their respective PD's. I had gotten entirely too comfortable around police officers and thought that I could handle myself in a police interrogation (I also used to perform police interrogations, but that was a long time ago). As my lawyer made abundantly clear to me, I was an idiot. As soon as they told me that I could remain silent, I should have known to do so. Any information that you give to police, even telling them that you did nothing wrong, can be used against you. I won't go into details, because I don't want these guys coming after me again, but they took my exculpatory statements and re-arranged them in the worst possible way, handily summarizing the excruciating details of my protestations of innocence into a concise confession. If I had remained silent, then I could have probably saved myself $2700. While I still believe that some of the police officers acted unprofessionally, it is in the end my own fault that I wound up getting charged.

All charges were dropped, and I agreed to plead "responsible" to a non-criminal infraction of allowing my inspection to expire, for which I gladly paid the maximum fine of $50.

Moral of the story: STFU and hire a good lawyer.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:22 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

Yeah its 45 mins long but worth the watch. NEVER TALK TO COPS

DickRasmussen · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:09 am

Roger,

Thanks for the "rest of the story" and the good advice!

Dick

clinehall · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:48 pm

Man, you guys need a special place of Honor in the Lemons Hall of Fame.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:09 pm

For getting the only state sanctioned BS inspection?

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