Josh Bridgman arrested

[ivandragovich]

How is he supposed to show up to court if the border patrol will not let him in the country?

Assuming if it’s official legal court visit they would let him in. New York trip was not anything to do with legal proceedings, since already in the system on a charge that’s an automatic denial of entry.

 

[ivandragovich]

I started this thread to bring some awareness to the fact that even tho rare, steroid charges, specifically personal possession ones, still do happen in the U.S. I’ve seen many posts saying this never occurs, that’s delusional.

 

[Ghoul]

I started this thread to bring some awareness to the fact that even tho rare, steroid charges, specifically personal possession ones, still do happen in the U.S. I’ve seen many posts saying this never occurs, that’s delusional.

Still waiting for evidence of him being prosecuted for "steroid possession".

Nonetheless, charges for possession do happen, at around the same rate as being struck by lightening. Convictions for possession are so rare no one can find an example without going back years. And imprisonment is non existent. This in the context of an estimated 4 million steroid users. FOUR MILLION.

Manufacturers and major dealers are rarely prosecuted. Most of the time offenders in these high level steroid crimes are given probation, unless they have a criminal history or some aggravating factors are involved.

This entire subject came up lately in the context of how dangerous some were claiming "stocking up" would be, given the real potential of supply disruptions from China. Short of being on probation, parole, or living in a halfway house and subject to routine searches by the police, that's simply not a realistic concern.

He's not "coming back to court" for steroid possession. 100%.

This is not the unicorn the fear mongers have been looking for.

 

[AlexDavis43]

How is he supposed to show up to court if the border patrol will not let him in the country?

These are two different agencies who may not communicate well with each other. Bridgman could get fucked because of this.

 

[malfeasance]

Still waiting for evidence of him being prosecuted for "steroid possession".

Nonetheless, charges for possession do happen, at around the same rate as being struck by lightening. Convictions for possession are so rare no one can find an example without going back years. And imprisonment is non existent. This in the context of an estimated 4 million steroid users. FOUR MILLION.

Convictions are rare? If by that you mean plea deals are not a conviction or there is a pretrial diversion, you are wrong on the first count and not wrong on the second, but not every court system has pretrial diversion. Moreover, it had better be a first offense. In the state to the south of you, a first offense, possession only, Schedule III, is 1 to 3 years. A third offense is 1 to 5. Most of the counties in the state to the south of you have a pretrial diversion program available (not all of them) but you must have never had a drug offense, ever, in your whole life, to take advantage of that. Small amount of pot possession charge back when you were 17? No pretrial diversion for you.

You will, however, even if you get pretrial diversion or a conditional release, lose your license to drive for 6 months. Second drug offenses are a year. Third are two years.

Then there are all sorts of other considerations, like professional licensing.

They removed the disability for student aid, so at least that is no longer a concern.

Even just the indictment, without any conviction, removes your ability to purchase a gun (if you try, that is a separate federal felony).

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING?

The odds of being struck by lightning are 1/1,222,000/yr

Odds of being charged with possession of steroids are probably higher than that.

You cannot rely on news stories to determine this - minor drug possession felonies are not newsworthy unless they catch 5 cops in the local department with steroids.