My question involves criminal law for the state of: Pennsylvania.

Hi everyone.

A while ago my friend had a nervous breakdown in our house which lead to ambulance and police both being called. We didn't have our heat turned on because the last tenant of the house left a $600 bill and the gas company refused to continue service until it was paid.

Because we didn't have heat the police called in someone that took pictures of the house and told us we had to get up to codes before we were allowed to live there. The man was accompanied by a police officer, and I was forced to escort them through the entire house.

When they got to my room the police officer spotted a glass pipe on my desk and said he knew there was more paraphernalia in the house and stated if I gave him everything we had in our possession he would not press any charges, he would simply take the pipes and leave.

I ended up giving him a total of 6 types of paraphernalia and he left. About a month later I got paperwork in the mail stating I was being charged with 6 counts of paraphernalia.

First off, only 1 of those pipes were mine, the rest were other peoples, we just all hung out in that one room because we didn't have heat so we had space heaters in that one room rather than trying to heat an entire house.

I gave him all 6 pipes because he told me I would not be charged. And I also had a friend there at the time the officer told me this.

So my question is this: Is a police officer around to blatantly say he will not charge you if you give him everything you have in your possession, just so he can charge you with more counts instead of just what he found?

The officer had NO warrant and only that 1 pipe was out in the open, everything else was in drawers and out of sight.

I just don't feel like going down for 6 counts of paraphernalia when only 1 was mine and I was told by an officer of the law that he would not press charges on me.