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Abre Su Ohos
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Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight?
#19665280 - 03/07/14 09:48 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I need someone who knows the laws of the land to help me out here so I don't get myself possibly arrested tomorrow..
Tonight before going for pizza with my dad and brother, my dad had me run inside publix to buy some anchovies... the pizza place doesn't provide them so he likes to bring them with him in the little cans, and then they cook em on his pizza... Anyways, we were running late already as it is, and in addition to stopping of course I had to go pee, so I ran to the back of the grocery where the bathrooms are... Somehow I ended up getting my purse caught on the sink, dropping everything out of it, scrambling to pick everything up, getting fucking pissed off cus I hate rushing, and then finally getting back to the anchovie purchasing mission after I've successfully shoveled all the purse contents back inside.
Or so I thought.
After eating, having a couple drinks, and then going laptop shopping (fun times), I get home and realize FUCK. The large-wallet / handheld-miniature-purse, aka a "cutch", that was inside my larger purse and functioned as my wallet, is fucking gone.
I left it on the sink in the handicapped stall of the Publix restroom
This wouldnt be a situation, if I had remembered to throw away the syringe that's inside after I got out of rehab about 5 months ago. But, upon returning to Publix tonight I realized that holy shit i STILL havent had a chance to safely dispose of it, which is why I've still had the stupid fucking thing in my purse in the first place. I turned around and went back home after this realization... I still had it on me due to the fact that I cant dispose of it here at my parents place cus theyll find it, but whenever i'm out and have that specific bag on me, I never remember to go to a dumpster till I'm already back at home. I knew something like this was bound to happen. Its completely my fault for not just having the balls to tell my parents, "yo, this is old and from pre-rehab days, dont freak out if you see it in the trash, i just need to get rid of it."
Anyways.... wtf. I know someone had to have looked through the bag and found it. If The clutch is thin, prob 7 inches long by 4 inches wide. nothing else really inside except for my medical insurance card, this county-certified teacher photo ID badge that expired in 2010.. basically an ID card, is what it is.... and then a spoon, which, same as the syringe, was in there with the intentions of bending back and/or simply disposing of... Ive just only carried the clutch 2-3 times since rehab, and procrastinated on finding the appropriate place and disposing of these things, for entirely too long. Regardless, If not an employee of Publix, then the woman who turned it in, had to have checked the inside looking for an ID or phone number / whatever, and seen it.
So. Do you think Publix or whoever could've called the cops and that I could be arrested for trying to pick it up tomorrow??? Or are they allowed to legally even do anything for just a syringe and no pills/drugs?
The only reason I'm even going to pick it up is bc of my insurance card thats inside.. I've got a doc appt next week and dont have time to order a new one.. That, and the misc. cash and other small sentimental things inside.
But screw it, if its gonna get me arrested or cause anything legal-whatsoever to happen at all, then I'll be letting go and moving on.
What do you guys think??
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665309 - 03/07/14 09:56 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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just a syringe?
if theres no dope i think you're fine. (technically it can be paraphenilia but i doubt they'd pursue it) good luck.
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keyohnah
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665318 - 03/07/14 09:58 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ooh, that suckss. Chances are, everything will be fine but there is of course the risk that some old crotchety bitch found it and called the cops. However, the cops aren't going to be waiting around Publix for days waiting to bust you. There's a slight risk but if I were you, I'd go pick it up anyway.
If you want to avoid that risk, you can always just leave it if your medical card really is the only thing that matters in it. You can still see your doctor as long as you call your insurance company prior and write down all of the information that your card usually has. I've had to do that many times.
Good luck!
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Apostle]
#19665321 - 03/07/14 09:58 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Just play ignorant. Even if they did find it (which I doubt), and choose to pursue it (which I doubt), it wasn't in your purse when they found it. Anyone could have put it in there
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Abre Su Ohos
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Apostle]
#19665334 - 03/07/14 10:01 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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thats what i'm hoping for...
I'm super sketched cus its got my photo ID, a spoon, and a used syringe. No dope, probably some wash from some stupid old pills n stuff, but thats it. Its more the fact that the syringe has clearly been used, and the wash & spoon combo that is trippin me out. I read some articles online in local news sections or whatever of a handful of cases where this has happened and people have gotten arrested. One even arrested for a Fake ID... ... but so far except for that case they've all had some form of dope or illegal pills on them... None justtt a syringe/spoon/wash....
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665342 - 03/07/14 10:03 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Diacetylol said: just a syringe?
if theres no dope i think you're fine. (technically it can be paraphenilia but i doubt they'd pursue it) good luck.
Depends on where you live too. NY, for example, has a legal safe needle exchange program so I don't think that there's any penalty at all if you're found with a clean syringe as long as you have nothing else with it.
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Magicman69 said: Just play ignorant. Even if they did find it (which I doubt), and choose to pursue it (which I doubt), it wasn't in your purse when they found it. Anyone could have put it in there 
"Officer, I swear that I have no idea where these drugs/paraphernalia/etc came from. They aren't mine!"
Hahahh, yeaah. That doesn't actually work.Quote:
Abre Su Ohos said: thats what i'm hoping for...
I'm super sketched cus its got my photo ID, a spoon, and a used syringe.
Well, in that case you should probably go pick up your purse as soon as possible. If they already did call the cops and your photo ID is in it then you'll be busted regardless of whether or not you go in but if they haven't called yet then you should grab it so they don't have more time to look through it/decide to be dicks.
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665361 - 03/07/14 10:10 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Abre Su Ohos said: The large-wallet / handheld-miniature-purse, aka a "cutch",
Wait wait wait.
hold the press.
These are called 'cutch's? I've always thought they were "CLUTCHES" since you have to 'clutch' it in your hand to carry it around (no strap).
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keyohnah
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665375 - 03/07/14 10:13 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I actually had something kiiindd of similar happen to me about ten years ago. I dropped a cigarette pack with a few cigarettes and a blunt inside of it outside somewhere. The stupid part about it was that I had slid my photo ID in the plastic wrapping on the pack a few hours prior and had completely forgotten to take it out.
A few hours later, I get a phone call from the police station asking me to come down because someone returned the pack and my ID. The entire way there, I was convinced they would obviously have opened the pack and seen the blunt. I walked into the police station, the cop at the desk slid me the pack with the ID in it and he said a few words to chastise me for leaving my ID in such a stupid place but said nothing about me getting a UPM.
Figured someone found the pack and took the blunt before returning it but I opened it as I was walking out to see the blunt still there, haha.
I know that marijuana in NY state has been decriminalized since the 70s so it's not as severe as dope in any state but I do think that you're fine. As soon as they had my ID at that police station, they called me. I'm sure you would've heard from the cops by now if that were the case.
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: memes]
#19665379 - 03/07/14 10:13 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hahahah! That was a typo. They're definitely called clutches. Haha, that was great memes.
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665384 - 03/07/14 10:16 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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You'll probably be fine, But I personally would just consider it a loss.
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: keyohnah]
#19665387 - 03/07/14 10:17 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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God damn you're PARANOID.
WTF, just go get your fucking purse.
It's not like you have a ounce of smack and a hand grenade.
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Abre Su Ohos
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: keyohnah]
#19665393 - 03/07/14 10:18 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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keyohnah said:
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Diacetylol said: just a syringe?
if theres no dope i think you're fine. (technically it can be paraphenilia but i doubt they'd pursue it) good luck.
Depends on where you live too. NY, for example, has a legal safe needle exchange program so I don't think that there's any penalty at all if you're found with a clean syringe as long as you have nothing else with it.
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Magicman69 said: Just play ignorant. Even if they did find it (which I doubt), and choose to pursue it (which I doubt), it wasn't in your purse when they found it. Anyone could have put it in there 
"Officer, I swear that I have no idea where these drugs/paraphernalia/etc came from. They aren't mine!"
Hahahh, yeaah. That doesn't actually work.Quote:
Abre Su Ohos said: thats what i'm hoping for...
I'm super sketched cus its got my photo ID, a spoon, and a used syringe.
Well, in that case you should probably go pick up your purse as soon as possible. If they already did call the cops and your photo ID is in it then you'll be busted regardless of whether or not you go in but if they haven't called yet then you should grab it so they don't have more time to look through it/decide to be dicks.
Damnit... You validated my concerns. The last part I will take your advice on and head up there asap in the morning... its midnight already so I fucked that part up by being too scared to go back in tonight lol..
and FL, unlike NY, unfortunately has no needle exchange program or anything close (desperately, desperately in need of one, however. but i wouldnt hold my breath for this bible belt state to reform anytime soon) The closest we have to anything notable would be the Law that states that If someone comes in to a pharmacy and wants to purchase a bag of syringes, the pharmacist isnt allowed to deny them the purchase for not providing a prescription.
"Clean Needle" Law, i believe?
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: keyohnah]
#19665401 - 03/07/14 10:20 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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keyohnah said: Hahahah! That was a typo. They're definitely called clutches. Haha, that was great memes.
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Abre Su Ohos
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: memes]
#19665407 - 03/07/14 10:21 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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memes said:
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Abre Su Ohos said: The large-wallet / handheld-miniature-purse, aka a "cutch",
Wait wait wait.
hold the press.
These are called 'cutch's? I've always thought they were "CLUTCHES" since you have to 'clutch' it in your hand to carry it around (no strap).

for knowing the word Clutch and what it refers to in general, and for knowing the origin of the word! Boys are funny when they talk about GirlThings.
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665431 - 03/07/14 10:27 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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when you're around 'em enough you'd have to be dense to not pick things up
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Abre Su Ohos
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: memes]
#19665447 - 03/07/14 10:32 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Im not sure why, but it just reminded me of when my brother once asked me with all sincerity, if "Mascara makes your eyelashes heavy". Idk why, but so cute to me.
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665462 - 03/07/14 10:37 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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thats a good question. hadnt thought of that.
does it? i'm assuming it doesnt from your response
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Re: Can I get arrested for picking up my purse that I left in Publix tonight? [Re: Abre Su Ohos]
#19665493 - 03/07/14 10:45 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Abre Su Ohos said: The closest we have to anything notable would be the Law that states that If someone comes in to a pharmacy and wants to purchase a bag of syringes, the pharmacist isnt allowed to deny them the purchase for not providing a prescription.
"Clean Needle" Law, i believe?
That's essentially what we have here too. There may be additional things included in that program but I personally don't have any experience with it so I can't say with certainty.
I really do think that you'll be fine. Good luck
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