Anonymous
07/01/2025 16:33
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
A lawyer can get this expunged. It's worth it to hire one.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 16:32
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
Absolutely hire a lawyer. Otherwise, if he's convicted, it will come up on every new job background check for (I'm guessing) the next 7-10 years (our background checks go back 7 years).
Anonymous
07/01/2025 16:30
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
Your kid is 18 they deal with it themselves. They can hire their own lawyer.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 15:12
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
Yea hire a lawyer but he'll get PBJ because otherwise it would clog up the local courts. And that's IF the cop shows up, which he probably won't.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 15:06
Subject: Re:Open Container in Ocean City
How did get an open container ticket but not an underage drinking ticket?
Anonymous
07/01/2025 15:02
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
yep, hire a lawyer. This is going to be a $1K mistake that he made.
Anonymous
Anonymous
07/01/2025 14:50
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
hire a lawyer, he will have to do a diversion program, stay out of trouble for a certain amount of time then it can be expunged if he meets all the criteria. The diversion being done before he goes to court is something the lawyer will suggest.
this is assuming he has nothing in his past, poor driving record, other incidents.
this is assuming he has nothing in his past, poor driving record, other incidents.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 14:45
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
Get a lawyer and see if he can plead it down to a violation. Prison time or not, a misdemeanor on your record is something you have to disclose to truthfully answer on a job or grad school application whether you've been convicted of a crime.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 14:45
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
You definitely need to hire a lawyer. Don’t be stupid op.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 14:37
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
they are consequences for misbehaving
Anonymous
07/01/2025 13:23
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
I'd hire a lawyer because they are an adult and this would be on their record.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 13:23
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
Possible jail time means you might get a PD. But I wouldn’t trust a PD with my kid. They are too overworked.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 13:22
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
A quick google search said this is a misdemeanor and possible jail time. Yes, you hire a lawyer. You don’t chance it because that’s a serious possible consequence.
You are going to get the wide range of advice here but that’s what we would do.
You are going to get the wide range of advice here but that’s what we would do.
Anonymous
07/01/2025 12:17
Subject: Open Container in Ocean City
My 18 year old received an open container ticket during senior week in Ocean City. Has anyone else been through this recently? I'm looking for more info on the court process, and if we really need to hire a lawyer to avoid it going on their record. Ideally, we're hoping for PBJ/community service, but I don't know how likely that is to be granted if we don't have a lawyer.