Q: I need to knw if a police officer can charge me with something but leave my other stuff behind
I got charged with a meth pipe that was it he took me to jail over a possession witch I didn’t have no drugs he didn’t test it or anything but I had pills that wasn’t mine and insulin needles with stuff loaded in it and they had my boyfriend in handcuffs while I was at a friend and I walked to him n he didn’t take my boyfriend to jail over a loaded needle and he was out on bond and plus he’s a drug court officer I’m not on probation or in drug court
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You can be charged for any offense that is a violation of law where the officer has probable cause to believe you committed. The officer has to have jurisdiction where the alleged offense occurred.
If somebody else committed a different violation for which they didn't get charged, it doesn't make you innocent.
As long as the officer had probable cause to believe you committed a crime in the jurisdiction where that officer has authority, then you can be charged.
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