EPTat 10:00 AM I was abruptly awoken by a loud banging on the back door, and the screaming of Pittsburgh Police department, ( BANG BANG BANG ) " PITTSBURGH POLICE OPEN UP " , a few more bangs and the door was down, at this time I panicked and threw my book bag into the air duct and just sat there on my bed, once I realized that they had guns drawn, I entered the doorway and just held my hands up in preparation of being arrested, and hoping to not get shot.
I knew at this point that it was all over, all the money I had saved, and all the weed I had earned, whether it was right or wrong, only god can truly judge a man. I had been living with my room mate for almost a year now, and I had always promised him that if anything happened that I would give myself up so nothing would happen to him.
Shortly after the police came in they saw I had StarCraft on my monitor, and immediately started ridiculing me, "HEY JOHN YOU WERE SPOT ON, THE KIDS A NERD, LOOK HES GOT DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ON HIS COMPUTER " lol...meanwhile I was in my boxers with my dick hanging out, handcuffed, after awhile they let me put my clothes on and the fat, head arresting officer sat me down on my chair and started asking me questions, I just openly admitted to selling the weed and it was mine so my room mate wouldn't have to recieve any punishment, and I would accept the whole responsibility of my actions, I was caught off gaurd, with everything on me at once, it was my fault.
The cops were like " Give us everything you have, we will find it anyways " , as much as I hated to do this, they were right, so I just told them where my shit was, they went and grabbed it, opened it up and found 8 ounces of good weed, here where I live totaled 2 + grand , the money they took which was 1,530$, they probably just split amongst themselves, along with the weed. The "receipt" they left on the counter when they left only said " Large amount of marijuana, and Large amount of US Currency" , so i'm pretty sure they took and split both money and weed among themselves, if not who knows and whats it matter.
Once they found all the weed they seemed upset like, " What the hell is this? Where is all the heavy drugs? " I told them that, that they got everything I owned.
It was not the wisest decision, but possibly the most noble I thought at the time....I had chosen the wrong path to go down, high on weed 24/7 and trying to survive the best way I knew how to, whether it was legal or illegal. Before all of this happened I thought I had it all, nice apartment, nice computer, beautiful girlfriend, as much spending money as I could ever ask for, ordering takeout and buying shit for me and my girlfriend all the time. I thought I had it made in the shade...but no, it was basically like a mirage.
Then the arresting officer brought me to interrogation, asked me all kinds of stupid ass questions, basically just trying to get me to snitch on people, but people I don't even know about. He didn't even seem to care about the weed, just kept asking me about people who do heavier things, "You smoke weed, so you must know people who do or sell herione and pills", "No" I replied, then he went through my whole phone asking me who people are, after just repeating " Thats a friend" "Another friend" about 15-20 times, he said "Ok we are getting no where with this, I am going to bring you to jail, and save my number into your phone, I want you to give me a call whenever you figure out more, when you get out of jail, since it was your first offense we are not going to be able to hold you for a long time, and because it wasn't at least 2 LB's of weed.
So then he brought me outside, met another cop and brought me to jail. It was all very surreal but I wasn't very surprised or upset about it, due to the dreams / nightmares I had the few nights prior to this about police, I already knew this was coming.
The cop that drove me to jail was the only nice cop I had met, I asked him " So how long have you been a cop?" on the way to the jail, just trying to be polite lol, he responded " a long time " , so then as we were pulling up to the jail he asked " What did you get caught with son? " , I told him a half pound of weed and he said , " Oh thats it? You will be out tonight most likely ", which was about the only positive reinforcement I had received since this happening.
Sitting in jail for 10 hours again was all the time I needed to realize that I wasn't going down the right path, and I had to make a drastic change. All of the people who used to be "friends" don't even talk to me anymore, but the few people I still have left stayed true to me, and also my girlfriend who has helped me a lot.
So now after almost 2 months of not being online, or playing StarCraft, since all of this happened I have just been working FULL-TIME, for the first time in my life, I have worked in many restaurants before, but never full time. I have worked at this place since Jan. 28th, and this past wed. I had an interview at BNYMellon, which is a nice bank here in Pittsburgh, doing data entry, the Interview I was a little nervous about, but I scored a 98% on the actual test, and a 96% on the practice test, both of which I completed within 5 minutes. The lady administering the test even was surprised at how fast I completed it , and the accuracy which I displayed. (Playing Star Craft for 10 + years paid off Im hoping
) .Now I am back online , my computer is set up at my GF's house, and she 100% has nice enough internet to play and stream, at 20/10 + MBPS, download / upload speed, I will finally be able to play and stream again. I have never really realized how important this game , the community, and my computer is to me, but after all of this bullshit, I do now, I do.
After going to court, I agreed to the plea agreement I'm guessing it is called, where they dropped the felony charge of possession with intent to deliver, and kept the 2 misdemeanors for 3 years non reporting probation.
I am doing my best to stay sober, which is very hard for me to do, since I am a habitual stoner, but I am doing my best. I have been wanting and thinking of writing this blog now for over a month, to explain to the people who will listen to what I have to say, explaining why I have been the way I have been, and why I will be the way I will be in the future....
A different man....An honest man....I will be playing and streaming a few nights a week, and when I say streaming, I don't mean how I used to stream ( Turn on stream, smoke weed, play a game or two, smoke more weed, and in a continuation keep doing the same thing ) , I will be actually streaming and focusing on the game, to improve, and see if I can finally post some positive results for myself. If not then I will still enjoy playing the game and hopefully having a few viewers.
Thank you for reading, and thank you if you have supported me in the past, thank you if you will support me in the future.
- Joey aka : Telecom ........
Time to be born again
