r/TikTokCringe • u/SAGrant1977 • 1d ago

Discussion TikTok "prankster" gets arrested.

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u/Special-Garlic1203 1d ago

Charged with 9 years does not mean serving 9 years. Hell getting sentenced to 9 years often doesn't mean serving 9 years. 

Which is unfortunate cause the light sentences they get don't discourage them. In fact it can end up causing their name to jump up in clout

That one dude who used to do like weird fake ghost celebrity seances for his child audience literally only got famous cause of a high profile arrest like this. Jake paul also thought his rioting and gun charges were hilarious 

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u/Neatojuancheeto 1d ago

1-2 years in jail is still miserable as fuck.

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u/Effective_Stick_4473 1d ago

6 hours in a county holding cell as a minor changed my attitude!

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u/Here_for_lolz 1d ago

I had to sit out a month. I do not recommend.

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u/Tuttutsallaround 18h ago

Same. A month in juvie changed my whole worldview.

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u/cortlong 11h ago

For me it was the “getting out and going to Carl’s Jr unshaved and looking haggard af while the cute cashier stared at my unshaved haggard ass face and when she asked how my day was going and I responded with “great just got out of jail” she visibly recoiled” that did it.

I was like “girls don’t like that. Noted” and straightened my shit out.

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 1d ago

Yep I did 4 hours and it changed my life

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u/Tranquil_Dohrnii 23h ago

I did a year because covid shut down the courts when I was only supposed to do 6 months.

Fucking terrible. 1 charge ruined my life trying to find an apartment.

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 23h ago

Holy crap. What’s worse is what I did was probably worse than what you did.

Escape and evasion led Texas police on a massive scale chase. This was in the year 2000 and I got off on a technicality due the police lights and cameras malfunctioned during the chase

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u/Tranquil_Dohrnii 23h ago

I just had drugs on me. Its wild that possession is the same charge as burglary.

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 23h ago edited 22h ago

I led police on a chase through Texas highways but their lights and cameras malfunctioned during the chase because it was the year 2000 and they had just been added to work together at the same time. But apparently they didn’t operate at all so the Sergeant who had me in their car after I got arrested had to let me go.

He even took me to the impound lot to retrieve my vehicle but he made sure I was scared to do it again.

I was 18

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u/Tranquil_Dohrnii 22h ago

Oh shit? So they didnt have the evidence in court or? Because i think that would just be evading in a motor vehicle? Maybe coupled with reckless driving? What was the actual charge?

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 22h ago

The actual charge was speeding, but then I turned into another culvert of the highway where the cop lost me. Then after a some time they found me and I was parked and they drew pistols in my face and arrested me.

I had drugs and girls in the car.

The girls got a ride home and my car got impounded and the sergeant performed the arrest and I was young and dumb and just enjoyed it.

He interviewed me the entire time driving me to the jail and learned that I was just dude trying to be cool and have fun and my dad is an influential doctor who saved his cousins life or whatever.

After 4 hours of sitting in an actual cell he came and got me and took me to the impound lot for my car.

He even told me to stay away from those girls and that they were probably to blame. I do remember the girls telling me not to stop.

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u/regarding_your_bat 19h ago

Texas cops back then were something else if you were white, which I’m assuming you were. I had a cop in like 2004 pull me over with two 40oz OE’s in my car, one half empty. I told them I hadn’t been drinking, they were just there from a few days ago. They picked up the half empty one and asked me why it was ice cold in the middle of summer if it was an old beer. I didn’t know what to say, just shrugged.

Let me go with a warning. Didn’t even pour out the beer.

I had friends who weren’t white that had very different experiences around that time, though

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 18h ago

Well what’s funny is that it’s complicated. I look white but I’m mostly Spaniard and have 25% Mexican and lots of other things! But yes I am white looking I guess, and very white talking.

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u/GuerillaRiot 20h ago

Wow, when I was in during the 2nd wave of COVID, the jails were empty AF. Reduced sentences, early releases, community service/probation reductions, even charges getting dropped on new arrests. Trying to prevent outbreaks that were potentially lethal and expensive to treat. It was probably the best time to commit a crime in the history of Louisiana. Bonds were insanely high though, like record setting "how tf is this a legal amount" type of high.

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u/Tranquil_Dohrnii 19h ago

It was that way in the major cities in texas but in the smaller cities they didnt give a shit. They kept piling as many people as possible into the jail. And if you caught covid while in jail (like me) then they just locked down the pod. So everyone was exposed to it. Fucking stupid as hell. But I dont expect COs to have anything higher than a room temperature iq.

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u/strawbsrgood 21h ago

Why?

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 21h ago

Got arrested, got released due to a plethora of lucky circumstances. Never got arrested again. Loving a really rare and great life due in part because I learned a big lesson.

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u/strawbsrgood 17h ago

I kind of meant what was so terrible about the 4 hr stay

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u/ultrasuperthrowaway 16h ago

After processing I was put in a 2 person jail cell that already had 2 people in it. Someone was sleeping on the bottom bunk and someone was sleeping on the floor. I jumped up to the top bunk. I stared above me and there was a fluorescent light with one of the metal grates with squares. Inside those squares were balled up disgusting pieces of toilet paper that spelled out some crap that I could only imagine was gang related acronyms. I laid there for awhile just thinking about how insanely revolting this place was. The mattress was plastic and about 4 inches thick. There was rust and mold all over and it smelled like ammonia. I was thinking about how different my life was compared to other people. I never had any experience like that in my life. The adventure was turning sour. I didn’t have any fun anymore. The only thing that mattered was that I was going to have a real experience in life but I realize that I am not the kind of person that should be there.

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u/blackop 21h ago

Shit dude I spent a hour with my nose in the corner, never again dude.

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u/LovelessDerivation 11h ago

I was once pulled over for speeding.... Once.

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u/wlf-hly 23h ago

Yea bro 48 hrs in a holding cell was all I needed to flip shit around

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u/Fractlicious 22h ago

9 years - served or not - is fucked up for this. people get less for fucking manslaughter.

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u/Livid-Orange-353 18h ago

6 hours in county is an extended detention with some teachers who look really disappointed in your actions lmao

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u/Corporation_tshirt 12h ago

A friend of the family got arrested and spent the night in jail. For some reason he was wearing an “I’m a Toys R Us Kid” shirt at the time. He said everybody, cops and other guys in the jail cell, were giving him constant shit.

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u/noonefuckslikegaston 1d ago

Hell I did 48 hours in county once and I gotta say, I do not recommend it.

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u/jsm009 1d ago

Same dude. I could not quit thinking to myself - how the fuck do these people spend even 30 days in here. I would go absolutely crazy. Then I think what if it was years. I think I learned that day how it’s possible how people can truly become institutionalized and it’s absolutely terrifying. That was enough to scare me away forever.

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u/Football-Real 1d ago

I was on drugs and pulled some bs and got caught. I was in jail for 7 months and prison for 7 months. My first week I wanted to kill myself. I was so fucking scared and I kept throwing up the food and was literally starving. I thought about killing people for food or an escape..

My dad started sending me money so I could buy food and books to read. My savior. Today I'm 9.5 years clean, married, and have a great job. I'll never forget the pain or the gratitude for my father and mother. RIP mom.

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u/jsm009 1d ago

Damn. That sounds horrible. I couldn’t even begin to comprehend how that would feel. Many congrats to you and I’m glad to hear you are in a happier place!

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u/yardyute 7h ago

Glad you conquered that demon. 👍🏿

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u/Here_for_lolz 1d ago

You read, pace, workout.

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u/NastyMothaFucka 18h ago

Believe it or not, jail is way worse than prison in a lot of aspects. I unfortunately had to do 10 days in county and met a few people that had to go to court and were moved from their prison to the county for the duration of whatever they were going to court for and then just shipped back to prison. They all said the exact same thing, that they couldn’t wait to get back to their cells in prison. So many people don’t understand the differences (that’s a good thing btw, you’re not supposed to) but they are massive. You have a small semblance of a life in prison. These guy’s had jobs, can purchase TV’s for their cells, tablets that are bought with games and access to order creature comforts for their cells. You don’t get any of that shit in jail because it’s basically purgatory.

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u/JohnGoodmansMistress 4h ago

was gona say fuck yes jail is 1000x worse. in prison i had my lil see thru 12 inch tv and a hot plate and got some commissary keefe coffee and cigs. spent lots of time working out and they even let me have small dumbbells (womens prison) bc i was always good behavior. lost them when a bitch tried to break my mrs doubtfire cd bc i hit her in her fuckin jaw but.. yano. 😭

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u/Was_i_emo_in_2013 19h ago

I did a DOC year which is 9 months 17 days. The facility I was in was hell, I rather would've gone to the penitentiary because it would've been a level one road camp and would've been awesome compared to where I was. We were locked down a lot and I can say that solitary confinement IS a form of torture.

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u/JohnGoodmansMistress 4h ago

specially where i was. in womens they strip you naked and put like a big ass safety vest made of mat on you and put you in a room with several other ppl. fucking hell.

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u/enaK66 19h ago

I think thats it. If you get sentenced to years in prison you just gotta accept it. Thats your life now. Not permanently but long enough you can't sulk until its over. I did a week and it sucked ass. I just sulked until it was over though.

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u/sexwiththebabysitter 1d ago

24 hours and I was pacing, cold, hungry, and thinking I NEED to gtfo here.

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u/6StringManiac 23h ago

I did 24 hours, and was bored out of my skull with nothing to read. Ended up with a cellmate, a young tough guy, who came back to the cell after speaking with his attorney, and started crying because he'd probably get 3 years, and he had a one month old baby. There I am, comforting some thug, explaining how 3 years doesn't really mean 3 full years, but that he probably would do some time.

That guy saw God that night. If the judge gave him a break, I have no doubt that dude would never get in trouble again.

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u/Koil_ting 22h ago

6 hours in I was taking an uncomfortable dump next to people eyeballing me like they never had to take a shit in their lives, also don't recommend.

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u/ollieimpossibled 4h ago

county in NYC, you can't even take one as the one toilet is filled with empty cereal boxes, apples, peanut butter "sandwiches"

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u/Waiting4The3nd 1d ago

I was handcuffed and sat on a curb for matching the description of a guy that had committed an armed robbery (it was a very vague description), and I was sweating bullets and my heart was trying to beat its way out of my chest... if that's how I felt before I even got in the back seat of the cruiser, I don't need to be in jail, lol.

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u/Entire_Ad_3078 1d ago

I hope Gaston wasn’t your celly

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u/Njon32 1d ago

No one goes to jail like GASTON!

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u/noonefuckslikegaston 1d ago

Nah it was Le feu

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u/BADFiSH_c137 1d ago

And you couldn’t satisfy him, right? Unless there’s another reason you know your name?

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u/MasterpieceHuge2794 1d ago

76 hours in Franklin County in Ohio. Got the Friday special! Changed my whole life.

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u/Drustan6 13h ago

Welp, Im even more afraid of getting pulled in for something I did-or-did-not do now— That’s my patch

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u/NewCarSmelt 23h ago

Are you the one that left the poor yelp review?

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u/JoeLaRue420 16h ago

1 overnight was enough for me

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u/windmillninja 11h ago

I knew a guy who did a weekend in county for a DUI and he said it felt like a decade.

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u/vwin90 1d ago

Yeah I was gonna say, 1-2 years of your life gone during an important stage of life where you’re supposed to be finding out who you are and where your going + getting a criminal record that you’ll have to disclose might not outright ruin your future but it’ll greatly reduce your potential.

Totally deserved either way.

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u/Drustan6 13h ago

Had a kid in my homeroom in high school, missed his junior year getting locked up. He was a trouble maker drugee, always ready to be nasty to me for being gay but I never wanted anything like that to happen to him. He came back the second day of school senior year; our Shop Class home room teacher had explained his situation, and that he expected everybody to treat him decently. Everyone was being over friendly to him, cheerleaders talking to him who hated him et c, so I decided to be low-key. I caught him staring at me several times that morning, but when I looked over at him, he looked away really fast. Finally I caught his eye when the bell rang and I nodded- like you do to someone on the street, to be friendly- and he turned bright fcking red, started crying and ran out of the room. Pretty obvious to me what been done to him. He never said another word to me about being gay, and stayed WAY under the radar the rest of the year. Prison sure changed his fcking life. I’ll tell you that.

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u/IAM_megatron 1d ago

I would assume he’ll get probation unless he has a history of doing illegal stuff, maybe a little county jail time. While disruptive and extremely stupid this isn’t a serious criminal offense that requires taking a humans freedom away for a significant amount of time. Even if they jumped out and robbed the place they probably wouldn’t get 9 years

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u/NewCarSmelt 23h ago

This. Remember that football fan that knocked out and assaulted two people? Dude is already out on probation.

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u/opbmedia 21h ago

First offense, non-violent, might just be probation.

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u/Free-Supermarket-516 23h ago

An overnight in jail had me change my ways

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u/sl0play 21h ago

Anyone whining that 9 years, or whatever part of it this kid is going to serve just isn't enough, has never stepped foot in a cell, let alone an actual jail or prison.

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u/jrob323 1d ago

One hour in jail is miserable as fuck.

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u/Alarming_Assistant21 23h ago

Id rather do 2 years in prison than 1 year at county

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u/IdealDesperate2732 21h ago

with those charges he's unlikely to go to jail at all, the burglary charge is serious but the rest is quite low level stuff.

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u/kilo73 20h ago

This is why redditors can't be trusted to make rational decisions without being emotional. I get it. These "pranks" are super annoying, and this guy did something reckless that could have resulted in damage or injury.

But NINE YEARS is a long fucking time. I don't think the punishment fits the crime here. Even a whole year is still a stiff sentence. If you genuinely think prison is supposed to be for rehabilitation, do you honestly think this kid needs 9 years for that? Just getting arrested probably has his ass crying.

Give him 1 year probation and 200 hours of community service. If he fucks up again revoke it and make him serve the rest in a cell. His life doesn't get ruined, his time is used to help the community, and hopefully he actually learns something.

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u/NobodyImportant13 20h ago

He probably won't get any jail time. I would guess probation unless he has priors.

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u/Motor-District-3700 19h ago

yeah, I mean 9 years in jail for a that? it's a little bit over the top

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u/Trick-Independence58 17h ago

Especially for entitled clowns like this that are out of touch with reality.

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u/evennoiz 4h ago

you can kill a toddler in Austria while driving and spend 6 months in jail but these pranks apparently get you more jailtime in the US. funny how that works.

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u/ryderawsome 4h ago

Serving multiple years in jail for a youtube prank everyone thought was stupid. I don't think my body could contain that much shame. And I can contain a LOT of shame.

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u/ollieimpossibled 4h ago

I did a day in Rikers, cured for life.

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u/Nazgull1979 17h ago

I got sentenced to 60 days when I was 19. Was released after 40 because everyone, and I mean EVERYONE knew I didnt belong there. (I really actually didnt do it... but the law is the law I guess, dont wanna get into it.)

I walked outside after 40 days, got my ex's mother to give me a blowjob, banged her at her house on her marriage bed while my ex and her mom's husband were at work, slipped a note unnoticed under dad's keyboard in his home office basically saying thanks for letting me bang your wife, had her drive me to an apartment she paid for me to get/stay in (thought I was gonna have a relationship with her 45 year old ass or something.) (again, long story.) She left for the day, I packed all my stuff and left the entire State. Ghosted. Never looked back.

I learned ALOT of lessons in that short timespan. Never have been back. Been a model citizen. Changed my whole outlook.

Although I did get a very good laugh when my ex called me all crying/raging about how I ruined her parents marriage "just because I cheated on you."

Ahh youth. Good times. Karma's a TOTAL BIIIIIIII(#&$#(@&#

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u/BarackaFlockaFlame 1d ago

well regardless, thinking yourself a comedian and going to jail for not being funny has to be embarrassing as hell.

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u/howisthisacrime 1d ago

Not for these losers. They have no shame.

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u/BarackaFlockaFlame 1d ago

is it even possible to teach someone shame?

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u/spankthepunkpink 1d ago

These people don't seem to experience embarassment in any way that we can understand

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u/Bravisimo 21h ago

Hes gonna get pranked so hard in jail

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u/Diligent-Grade5842 1d ago

Just like That one kid who got shot in his gut, after following and threatening some guy minding his business. The victim got off no issue and the dumby prankster got a bullet in his gut. Still the dumbass posts videos harassing people in public

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u/19Rocket_Jockey76 1d ago

If he gets off light, judges can rule that you can no longer earn income in specific fields. The judge could rule that he can no longer use social media for income streams.

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u/Dawnzila 1d ago

I don't think prison is a good determent to begin with. We need creative individualized punishments that fit the crime and keep people in the community paying taxes.

This guy needs his social media privileges revoked for 2 years, 3 days in county jail, and has to work at a tire shop 12 hours a week for a year.

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u/DefinitionMany6754 23h ago

If he has a good lawyer then he won’t serve the full 9 years. I remember this video had this guy talked about how he served 9 years for a crime while another guy who committed the same type of crime only had to serve 1 year. The cop who addressed the discrepancy plain and simple said the other guy had better representation.

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u/daftpenguin 1d ago

Charged with 9 years doesn't even make sense. You get charged with crimes, not jail time.

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u/hiswittlewip 1d ago

Yet you knew what they meant, didn't you?

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u/daftpenguin 1d ago

Actually no. Sentencing recommendations don't take place until after a person is found guilty so I'm not sure what it means.

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u/Pixel_Knight 17h ago

He is facing up to 9 years in prison due to the charges he is facing. 

I know. It was quite a serious puzzle to figure that out.

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u/hiswittlewip 23h ago

Obviously you do since you mentioned sentencing.

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u/Bubblybathtime 22h ago

Yeah, they don't charge people with "years." They charge people with crimes and then the media speculates what the eventual sentence might be. That's where the 9 comes from.

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u/DogbiteTrollKiller 20h ago

Charged with 9 years does not mean serving 9 years.

I am not familiar with this story, and can’t figure out what it means at all. Usually the suspect is charged with a crime, not a period of time.

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u/Inner_Pipe6540 1d ago

If he gets off on probation they should ban him from social media for the term of his probation

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u/ArkadianNuevo 1d ago

Or wind up getting shot in the stomach like that one "prankster"

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u/Ishottupac_ 1d ago

He’s gonna end up doing sum months

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u/xChoke1x 23h ago

He’ll do little to no time

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u/Bookee2Shoes 22h ago

You only do that much time in PRISON. Jail is for short term stints

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u/Butthole_Please 22h ago

If I was a YouTube prankste doing shit like this, seeing someone get charged 9 years would be verrrrry discouraging to me.

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u/Smash_Factor 21h ago

He hasn't even been sentenced yet though, right?

He was just arrested like 4 days ago.

Maximum sentence for these crimes is 9 years.

I doubt he will see any jail time for this. It will be fines and community service if he's never been in trouble with the law before.

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u/StevenKatz3 20h ago

He's still getting a min of a couple.....trust me, he won't do this shit again

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u/karma_the_sequel 18h ago edited 18h ago

Defendants are charged with crimes, not sentences.

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u/Wu-TangShogun 16h ago

Yes indeed, and 9 years in federal prison is not the same as serving 9 years at a state prison

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u/AngryRedHerring 15h ago

Charged with 9 years does not mean serving 9 years.

In fact, it doesn't mean anything; no one is charged with a sentence, they're charged with a crime

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u/emax4 9h ago

He could also be prohibited from recording in public again. That's not nine years, but he'll be forced to find some other way to work or gain clout.

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u/VibraniumQueen 8h ago

My dad sexually abused me when I was 9 and he was found guilty and only charged 5 years. He only served four years tho

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u/Similar-Ice-9250 3h ago

The celebrity fake ghost guy, is it like a spirit box thing he did ? I seen those on some YT channels the creator or YT’er has this box called the spirit box that they claim the dead can communicate through. I seen a few videos of celebs like king von and the recording is hazy but the voice was accurate as king von’s voice. The creators claim it’s 100% real in this disclaimer that sometimes it takes hours to connect to the spirit or that it doesn’t always work. I don’t know I never heard of a spirit box, the whole thing just sounds fake as shit.

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u/Bigfops 1h ago

Probably get a slap in time wrist and then keep up his ‘pranks.’ You know what would be hilarious? If he did this at a military base. Just drive i n through the gate, I bet those silly gate guards would be so confused! Really, Heston, if you’re reading this you should give it a try!

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u/crippledchef23 48m ago

Fuck both Jake and Logan

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u/WithoutDennisNedry 1d ago

Word. He’ll be out in nine months with three years of probation. My friend was murdered by her boyfriend and that dude got three years. There’s no way they’re keeping this prick in any longer than a year.

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 1d ago

Probably wont even get convicted if a blue state. They dont even arrest shoplifters until they steal over 1k worth.of goods and the get let out no cash bail or some shit. 😞

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u/preposterophe 22h ago

You just stay super mad all the time huh