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Seattle fan since 2013 *deal with it slime*
1 million outstanding warrants in New York City
From open alcohol containers to littering, one-eigth of the city's population face arrest for unresolved summonses.
Patrick Lamson-Hall posing for a portrait. He was once arrested for riding his bike on a sidewalk in Brooklyn. Photo taken in Manhattan, New York on February 15, 2013.
A single beer put Patrick Lamson-Hall behind bars for 27 hours.
In October 2011, the New York University grad student was slapped with a summons and a court date for drinking a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon on a West Village stoop.
He forgot about both until a pair of cops stopped him - months later - for riding his bike on a Brooklyn sidewalk.
Within minutes, Lamson-Hall was placed in handcuffs, tossed into a squad car and taken to the 79th Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant - busted on a bench warrant over his failure to appear in court.
I assumed they'd have me pay a ticket for the open container, said the 25-year-old Oregon native. It didnt occur to me that I was going to spend the night in jail.
As many as one-in-eight New Yorkers faces a similar fate, as unresolved summonses - from littering to walking a dog without a leash - surge to staggering highs across the city.
There are now more than 1 million open bench warrants against loiterers, boozers and other petty scofflaws in New York, court records show. And while its unclear how many offenders are deceased or carry multiple offenses, the number of outlaws here nearly matches the population of Dallas.
Many may never get pinched for a forgotten or ignored pink slip. But a legal nightmare looms uncomfortably close for countless others.
Even if you feel that you were in the right, even if you feel that the summons is ridiculous, you need to come to court to resolve it because there are real consequences if you dont, said David Bookstaver, a spokesman for the court system.
Lamson-Hall soon found that out. He spent the night in a solitary jail cell with no windows, no water and a broken toilet. Cops refused to let him make a phone call before vanishing for hours.
I was completely terrified, he said. At one point, I started screaming.
1 million outstanding warrants in New York City - NY Daily News
From open alcohol containers to littering, one-eigth of the city's population face arrest for unresolved summonses.
Patrick Lamson-Hall posing for a portrait. He was once arrested for riding his bike on a sidewalk in Brooklyn. Photo taken in Manhattan, New York on February 15, 2013.
A single beer put Patrick Lamson-Hall behind bars for 27 hours.
In October 2011, the New York University grad student was slapped with a summons and a court date for drinking a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon on a West Village stoop.
He forgot about both until a pair of cops stopped him - months later - for riding his bike on a Brooklyn sidewalk.
Within minutes, Lamson-Hall was placed in handcuffs, tossed into a squad car and taken to the 79th Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant - busted on a bench warrant over his failure to appear in court.
I assumed they'd have me pay a ticket for the open container, said the 25-year-old Oregon native. It didnt occur to me that I was going to spend the night in jail.
As many as one-in-eight New Yorkers faces a similar fate, as unresolved summonses - from littering to walking a dog without a leash - surge to staggering highs across the city.
There are now more than 1 million open bench warrants against loiterers, boozers and other petty scofflaws in New York, court records show. And while its unclear how many offenders are deceased or carry multiple offenses, the number of outlaws here nearly matches the population of Dallas.
Many may never get pinched for a forgotten or ignored pink slip. But a legal nightmare looms uncomfortably close for countless others.
Even if you feel that you were in the right, even if you feel that the summons is ridiculous, you need to come to court to resolve it because there are real consequences if you dont, said David Bookstaver, a spokesman for the court system.
Lamson-Hall soon found that out. He spent the night in a solitary jail cell with no windows, no water and a broken toilet. Cops refused to let him make a phone call before vanishing for hours.
I was completely terrified, he said. At one point, I started screaming.
1 million outstanding warrants in New York City - NY Daily News
damn
..but whatever, shyt happened and i spent about 26 hours in central booking over that bullshyt
at the whiteboy saying he was terrified and screaming. nikka acted like they sent his ass to rikers, im glad that happened to that hipster fakkit lol