[vitamind]

I haven't seen any threads like this yet, but i'm sure a lot of us have been busted at some point. The one thing i learned from getting busted is what NOT to do again...so in case anyone can learn from me, here's my busted story.

I was supposed to play a show opening up for one of my favorite local bands. The night of the show, about 20 minutes before i'm supposed to go on stage i get a call from my roomate's cell phone, but it wasn't my roomate. it was the cops. They told me to come by and answer some questions, so i show up at my apartment and there's 6 cops and a drug dog. They told me that there were complaints of marijuana smoke around my apartment, i figured i was busted so i let them search my room and they found my stash. i got off pretty light, i just had to be on probation for about 6 months and do some community service and what not. But if i'd have known my right's i wouldn't have gotten busted in the first place. What i didn't know at the time was that you don't have to let the cops search your place without a warrent. That's the first lesson i learned from my ordeal. So all the tokers out there should definantly read up on their amendment rights and what not.

The second thing i learned (and i also know more about it now cause my girl works at an apartment complex) is that the maintenance guys and people from the front office....they go in your apartment whether you know it or not. even if you think they don't....they are. The cops told me that someone called them saying they smelled weed smoke. Now I know that's complete bull shit. What REALLY happened was that my maintenance guy went in my apartment without telling me, and saw my stash box. I usually keep it under lock, but that day i had just bought a half oz and was late for school so i just tossed it in my room and left. the maintenance guy ratted me out, then the next day he went into my apartment and stole all the cash i had. The cops refused to believe me that someone had stolen my money cause there weren't any signs of forced entry and i had just gotten busted the day before.

if you learn anything from my rambling, learn that you're not safe in an apartment, or really any situation where you rent from someone. so lock up your shit everytime you leave the house, and don't leave anything out. If the cops show up at your door and can see paraphernalia then that's enough to give probable cause and they can then search your crib. that's all i can think about now....if anyone else has any stories about getting busted please share them so i can know what you did wrong lol.