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Quick background: My car was totaled in the spring and I purchased a used car. I was told by Michigan Secretary of State that the registration was around $350.00.   Due to family issues and a low paying job I was never able to come up with that money at one time so I was buying temporary monthly plates. From then until now I have gotten 3 expired registration tickets and a speeding 5 over ticket from four different district courts in Michigan. I  have not paid any of the tickets and I have one final court date coming up for the last ticket I received.

My question is, if I can get the money together for the court date coming up, should I be worried about getting arrested for the other unpaid fines or can I get that one taken care of no problem and then focus on the remaining fines at hand? Obviously like most others in our working class, if I go to jail my life is over, I’ll lose my job, bills will get backed up and no one in my family or among my friends has money to lend me…I would really appreciate help, I’m very frustrated and scared.

Thanks again.

ON Thurs Wednesday night (before thanksgiving) @ 1:55 am I was walking down an alley in downtown Detroit, aprrox. 1 block from greek town casino. This alley is right beside the Detroit Police Dept HQ. Parking lot.  It was a very Rainy night as well.

A police car rolled up behind me, and the female passenger asked me “what are you doing”

I didn’t answer, or just said, “going to greektown”.

She then asked “give me your ID”

I gave her my ID.

She then asked, “What’s that in your coat?”

So I handed her a beer that was in the inside pocket of my coat.

We had NO verbal conversation, whatsoever, other then that. (Should I have been informed I was under arrest?)

She wrote me out 2 tickets and then dumped the 1/2 beer out in the alley, she then attempted to give me back the empty bottle, but I declined the empty bottle and walked away. I believe I said “I don’t need that”.

Upon reviewing the tickets, I was given 1 ticket for urinating in public view. However, I do not believe that I was urinating as I was somewhat behind a dumpster, but I really don’t think I was actually urinating.  I believe I was walking and i stopped when she asked me “what  are you doing?”. It was very rainy, so I don’t know how they could have viewed me urinating from behind a dumpster.

My 2^nd ticket was for CONSUMING alcohol in public view, however, I was not consuming the alcohol. It was in my inside pocket, and the officer asked me “what’s in your coat?”.

So if she asked for the beer, out of my pocket, then I couldn’t have been consuming it.

I have no criminal record, at all. I’m in my 30’s.

How can I get out of this with no record?  (expunged/deleted/like it never happened)

Over here in Ontario, this is just a ticket.

I know some people will pay a fine & go to a class what is that usually about? How many Classes?

Lastly, how or when would this actually “HIT” my record.

While camping my 20 year old son had his first seizure and fell into a bonfire. When he began to come out of it, he called 911 and told them he was burned and didn’t know how it happened. The ambulance and police went to the scene and he was the only person on site. He was not forthcoming with what happened and told the police that he didn’t think he was drinking and didn’t know what had happened. They gave him a breathalyzer and an MIP then took him to the hospital. Later that day he had another seizure and quit breathing. I gave him CPR and called an ambulance. The medical report states that he likely had 2 seizures that day as a side effect of his medicine. He had C-Diff (bacterial infection in the digestive system) and had been on 12 medication over a 2 week period. That night was the first he had gone anywhere for many days. My question is can we fight the MIP? How? They tell him its a $190.00 fine if he pleads guilty, but I read online that the Secretary of State adds points to a drivers license and imposes a fine for 2 years. Is this true? Thank you very much for any advice or suggestions.

So hi there all.. looking for advice, or possibly opinions on my case

 I am a 30 year old woman who is originally from Michigan, when I was 17 I got a number of tickets, and being young and dumb, I didnt take care of them. I moved to Phoenix Arizona and then on to minnesota for a few years. Two years ago I moved back to Michigan to take care of my old charges amoung other things. I had some traffic tickets, and two minor in possession (MIP) of alcohol tickets and one minor in posession of tobacco. (The cigarette and one alcohol ticket I got at the same time. )

Anyways I turned myself in and paid a bunch of fines, did a weekend of WAMM for the cigarette ticket, and got a year of non-reporting probation and fines for the alcohol ticket. These were both from the same judge.

My other alcohol ticket was heard by Judge Asadorian, she reamed me for letting them go for so long, understandable, but I did live accross country, I had a child, job, ect.. I couldnt just leave at any time to come here and deal with them. Anyways she gave me a year of probation, 250 hours of community service,  fines and ordered me to have my driver’s license back in two months, I had 800$ of tickets here, I also have 1200$ tickets in Phoenix, from one incident of being pulled over, non-dui, and 700$ in tickets from Minnesota from two seperate events, again no-dUi.

I paid all of michigans back, and I fell on bad times financially, I have no license, I had no way to get to community service, beside a boyfriend who took me sometimes, I completed 67 hours, then when we broke up, I was back to no transportation. I got  a violation, but heres the bad luck part, my mail was going to my dads house, and they are very unorganized there, they have three kids, who sometimes get the mail, whatever happened to it, I dont know, but I had no idea i had a violation hearing until I contacted my probation officer after not hearing from her for three months, and she told me I have a warrant now, with a 500$ bond.

I am in college currently, ( I ride share) am in custody battles with my kids father, who kidnapped her last year, which is the reason really I didnt do much, I was very depressed, and stressed, but now things are better, I have a cash job as a nanny for the girl I live with who is disabled, and I finally saved up 500$ to pay the bond. I am ready to turn myself in for the warrant, but I am SO scared that Asadorian will throw me in jail.

If that happens, I will lose my job, I will fail school, not to mention possibly my opprotunity to get financial aid in the future, and because I have an upcoming court date for my custody case, I may lose my daughter as well. I have no friends or family with money to help me. I only have my father as far as family goes, my mother killed herself years back after being on heroin my whole life…  I am very poor, and and its very hard to get enough money to be able to pay off my out of state tickets, buy a car and be able to get around to places to do community service.

I do not know what to expect. Do you think she will throw me in jail for this, as in giving me a contempt ? Do you think I could ask to just do the community service I didnt finish as jail time, say a week or so? I could manage that, but I couldnt do 30, 60, or 90 days, it would ruin my life, all over a ticket I got 13 years ago!!

Does anyone have some advice or input? I know I havent been the most repsonsible person, I am trying though, Ive had a tough life and have never gotten any other criminal charges anywhere.. the only reason I have so many tickets is because Ive gotten pulled over 4 times as an adult, and have been suspended since 17 years old.

please help if anyone knows what this judge is like. I would appreciate it.