Company policy violations

To the OP. There are some of us that get red flags from new members (or returning people with new accounts) that come in here with drug stories asking for help. Here is my advice. 1 make sure you understand you can't be both a bonghead and a trucker, try it for very long and your going to eventually get a positive back on a UA. This can grind your trucking career to a stop. Since I don't have a crystal ball or can read minds I don't know really what to tell you next. If your a bonghead PLEASE stay out of the trucking profession, PLEASE. If your not go on ahead and try to get a job with someone that will hire you. At least if you do get hired this is something you can show a judge. I do wish you luck with all of this.

 

Honestly the story doesn't make sense why were you charged with anything? Did you have spice on you or the other person? What charges are you facing that will tell if you will ever have a chance at driving remember it's a Class 1 drug

The LEO/DA had to prove you were either on spice or it was yours to charge you with something just being in the car and getting a ride to a store doesn't prove it was your

 

I found this after 2 minutes so I'd guess there are more. https://www.health-street.net/product/drug-tests/spice-k2/
$175 test might prove you were not smoking that garbage.

 

If LE finds something in a vehicle (not on a person) and no one says it belongs to them, normally they charge all occupants. I don't know if that is what happened with this guy, but it does happen.

 

Carolina cargo must be asking, "where are all these f ups coming from these days?"

If only Carolina Cargo knew who chinatown was....

 

Exactly right. Usually called "constructive possession". Officers usually charge all the occupants in the car that readily have access to the "stuff", such as when it is found in a common area such as under the seat, in the glove box, etc. Of course if it is found on the person, that person holds the charge.

 

This.

I know people personally this has happened to. I've been in court for a traffic offense once and seen it happen to other people who were there. Hope it never happens to you in greenwood county, sc

The judges there don't care if you can prove it wasn't yours or not. The person in the car who had it and tossed it under the seat can own up to it and admit it in court. Those judges don't care. If they don't own it roadside during the stop and it gets to court everyone in the vehicle takes the charge

 

OP I would probably give it a 95% chance that the investigation was over the minute the officer left the jail and secured the evidence. Your case sounds like a simple one (from the LE perspective) and about the only reason it would be on-going is if someone is playing the snitch card.
If what you say is true and the drugs belonged to the driver, if he plead guilty (hint-hint if this guy is some kind of buddy) and accepted possession in court, that would go a long way in helping get your case dismissed.
Regardless, getting a lawyer is the best advice you have been given. Any kind of drug conviction severely restricts your job opportunities in the future.

 

Western Express and PTL are second-chance companies.