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Originally Posted by Tottenham1991
yup would like to know how that goes down ? just sending a message for meetup without any word about the deed is enough to bust you or shd u have to show up ?
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As one of the admins on ASPD used to remind people from time to time, "You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride".
If you're ever unfortunate enough to walk into a situation like that, they'd certainly prefer if you did or said something incriminating to make their lives easier, but at minimum you're almost certainly getting arrested just for showing up (even though current LE guidelines in PA are that charges of solicitation or patronizing are supposed to be "cite and release", but it's ultimately the arresting officer's discretion about whether to take you into custody or not), and if it happens late enough in the day you'll probably spend the night in jail. Whether they can make any charges stick later is not relevant - the point is to make it so inconvenient and embarrassing for you that you'll think twice about risking it again.
Though to answer the direct question above, in general you can only be arrested for a misdemeanor if you commit the alleged offense in the presence of an officer, and they can (again, in general) only arrest you for it at the time it happens, they can't wait until some later time. So just sending a text is not going to be enough to arrest you - you have to actually show up in person. But once you do show up in person, they'll find a reason to arrest you, whether or not it actually sticks later.
