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  1. #1
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    Default False Arrest

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Maine

    I was catching a ride home with a friend there were 3 other people in the car,
    cops pulled us over because the license plate wasn't in plain view.
    The driver gave him permission to search the car they found soboxin
    in the back seat cuffed us 2 in the backseat said we were in reaching
    distance, and getting a class w drug charge, let the driver and the passenger go.

    When we got to the police station all they did was repeatedly ask me who
    I bought it from and after that didn't work they tried to get me to say it
    was the other guys which it was, but i didn't say anything.

    After about and hour they started acting like I was their best friend
    saying they knew it wasn't mine and that this "wasn't a false arrest"
    and that they "did me a favor by getting me closer to my home".

    Any wrong doing? A little mad right now, we were on the side of the
    road for 20min+ searched me 4 times, was almost hit by a car twice,
    and at the police station after they knew I wasn't going to let up
    started asking me about "known dealers" and if I had any information.

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    Default Re: False Arrest

    You were arrested and later released based on what seems to be good probable cause to believe you were in possession of a controlled substance. As all that is required for an arrest is the establishment of probable cause no "false arrest" would seem to have occurred.

    The police did what they are expected to do - they investigated. As a result fo the investigation, they determined that you did not have the requisite knowledge of the presence of the substance (or could not prove that knowledge element), and they let you go.

    If you feel they did something outside of policy or somehow put you in danger unreasonably, you need to start with a personnel complaint.

    - Carl

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