Orange County cops versus Disney's House of Blues
Orange County cops have taken to hanging around out front of the House of Blues at Disneyland's Downtown Disney, busting drunks as they emerge from alterna-band shows. Fish, barrel, smoking gun.An Anaheim police officer approached and asked if he'd been drinking. Douglas said, "Yeah, but it doesn't matter: I have a designated driver." The officer promptly handcuffed Douglas, charged him with being drunk in public, and put him in a squad car...Link Discuss (Thanks, Boogah!)Police put Douglas in a one-person holding cell and released him at 3:30 a.m. He waited on the street for a ride home. On Jan. 10, Douglas pleaded guilty as charged, agreed to pay a $100 fine and a $151 "booking fee"—to cover his shower, cell and, perhaps, dry socks—instead of facing the prospect of a long trial and a much stiffer sentence.
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