When I was 15 I got arrested for wreckless driving (2 mopeds in the same lane), no insurance, improper safety equipment (no goggles or safety glasses), no license plates and no drivers license. This was a Suzuki kick start 30 mph moped I bought when I was 13 to do a paper route.
My buddy was on a Honda Passport moped had a top speed of 50 mph. We were at the neighborhood pool with some girls and decided to ride the long way back home thru the local university that I later went to and got a degree from. We turned into the university and a cop saw us and turned behind us. I caught up to my buddy and said “Hey, there is a cop behind us…” right as he turned on the lights / sirens. By me being next to my buddy to tell about our 5.0 problem we were 2 abreast in one lane (wreck less driving).
My mom the next day went down to the police station to talk to the officers supervisor and complain and wound up going full Karen on the lieutenant supervisor and the arresting officer that ended with her yelling at them in front of the whole squad room (15-20 other cops). She was yelling that it was trumped up charges and a disservice to the community and they were ruining 2 really good kids lives etc. My dad didn’t know she did this and I heard about it when my dad did at the same at dinner - he said this will be great (sarcasticly) when we go to court. My mom didn’t know I had a court date and looked white as a ghost at the news.
We lawyered up - the lawyer told me not to get my license yet because they can’t put charges on something you don’t have (brilliant move). He told us to get insurance and plates for my moped. We went to the DMV and had to get a supervisor involved. The moped didn’t go fast enough to qualify for plates or insurance due to DOT regulation. Great, will you write us a letter detailing all of this for the court. The DMV supervisor said sure I’ll type up a letter on letterhead and explain the law for the officer.
So we go to court and the judge wasn’t happy with what transpired with the traffic stop. He reduced the charge of reckless driving down to improper handling. He threw out the registration for the plate and the insurance due to the DMV letter. He dismissed the improper eye protection because that only is valid for a motorcycle. Because I delayed getting my drivers license, the improper handling charge went on my juvenile record and not on my brand new drivers license.
I’m still friends with a buddy that I got arrested with. We were in each other’s weddings, as groomsmen, and after college, actually lived together as roommates for a while before we got married. The cop that pulled us over was a known kid harasser and had multiple complaints against him for pulling over teenagers for BS traffic issues, such as loud exhaust or improper mudflaps, etc. He got fired for lying about a traffic stop and evidence of some kind. We got processed in the university police station and the university cops were rolling their eyes at the charges the county guy was processing us for…
TL:DR - yeah I have been fingerprinted