What to do if I was arrested on a driving charge the police found 10 grams of cocaine and $480 in my possession?
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What to do if I was arrested on a driving charge the police found 10 grams of cocaine and $480 in my possession?
They changed me for driving without a license and released me on $100 bond. They took my cellphone and the $480 and the drugs but did not charge me for the drugs. What does this mean? Will they charge me later for the drugs?
Asked on June 5, 2015 under Criminal Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
There are two possibilities:
1) The authorities are still deciding what to do about the drugs--charge you? Approach you and use the leverage that they could charge you to get you to testify against your dealer or wear a wire?
2) The officers who arrested you were corrupt and stole the money and drugs. In this case, it was VERY unlikely that you will be charged.
There's no real way to know will happen until something does--that is, until you are charged, or the police approach you to be an informant, etc. If 2) is what happened, you may have to live wth uncertainty for quite some time.
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