WARNING: To those that like to have a good time camping at Lake Don Pedro. Do not upset a Ranger, especially an elderly fellow in the Mocassin Point area. We were up there Memorial Day Weekend, having a good time. Saturday night, I invited a few other campsites to come and hang out in mine for the nite. We had a small ipod playing music, we were drinking, talking, and playing cards. Nothing crazy. The Ranger comes by at 11pm and tells us to keep it down. One girl decides to be funny and tells the ranger to f*ck off...we tell her to shut it...and the rangers has his last words of..."you'll be sorry for that." And walks away. Well half of the crew in the site go back to there own campsites. There is about 12 people left...its winding down...the ranger pulls up with 6 cops cars. All these good old boys get out and start asking who told the ranger to f*ck off. No one answers...that girl was long gone by then. So they ask for me, since I registered the campsite in my name. I follow about 8 cops up to there cars. I figurer I can help resolve the situation. They ask me one question...if I had anything to drink that nite. I reply with 3 beers. Thats really all I had. Next thing they say is hands behind your back, you are going to jail. They cuff me, and throw me in the back of the car. No chance for me to talk or explain the situation...I call for the sheriff, and ask him why I was being taken to jail. He replies with..you waisted my time, now I am waisting yours...They made up some BS about public intoxication...but I was in my campsite, and I was not drunk. So they took me to the Sonora Sheriff station...told me they were not charging me with anything, just detaining me. They made me take a breathalizer and I only blew a .062...so they put me in the cell for 10 minutes. Took me out, re-did the breathalizer and I blew .058...then they did the paperwork and released me. Problem was I didnt know where I was. I had no wallet, id, cash, anything. They took me straight from my campsite. So I get one phone call...and you cant call cell phones. So I ask for the local taxi service. Well they wont pick me up since I have no cash, plus they were not working again till 6am..and it was only 12. So basically I was stranded in a town I didnt know, with nothing. I asked the sheriffs for a ride back...but they said no...I flagged sheriffs down and asked for a ride...No...I kept bothering the lady that worked in the front...still no luck...I walked around until 4am..when finally one of my friends...somehow found the station and took me back. But I could have been stuck out in the middle of nowhere with no way back. I feel like I was harrassed. And that they should have AT LEAST taken me back to my campsite. I am wondering if there is any legal action I can take. If anyone has any ideas or advice...I welcome it
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