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    Default Loitering Ticket With Accusation of Vandalism

    So I live in Milwaukee, WI. Yesterday I was charged with loitering for walking in an alleyway.

    They brought me in for vandalism (which I didn't do), it's still pending but they let me go with a $73.00 ticket for loitering.

    Now to my knowledge, loitering is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. During the whole time I was walking I stopped one time. I wasn't delaying or procrastinating anything. They picked me up for suspected graffiti , now if I had just committed that offense, I wouldn't be standing around waiting to get caught.

    Alleyways are meant for better integration of automobile and foot traffic in a neighborhood, waste collection, or rear access for fire engines and parking.

    I'm almost positive that the vandalism charge will get dropped, what 'm concerned with is the ticket. Do you think I can get the ticket dropped? I personally don't think I deserve this ticket, especially since I did nothing wrong.

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    Default Re: Loitering Ticket With Accusation of Vandalism

    The question is not how "loitering" is defined in the dictionary. The question is how it is defined in the statute or ordinance under which you are charged. What's the specific statute or ordinance under which you are charged?

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