i got caught in LA back in 97.. they told us we would just be getting a ticket... but after sitting for hours at the station they finally let us know that we werent goin anywhere.. we were in for felonies and responsible for 250,000 dollars worth of damage.. they have a rediculously high estimate per boxcar.. its a set amount that i guess they use to get the felony arrest they r always hoping for.. the regular street cops dont know shit about freights.. so they will work with the railroad police to get what they need... anyways they took pics of our freights for evidence.. but fortunatly they didnt contact the railroad police at the scene and since the cop didnt know any better he didnt get the numbers in the pictures and they couldnt track the freights down to get legitimate estimates on the damage... basically the pictures were pretty much useless evidence for their case since in court we argued that theres no way we did 250,000 dollars in damage.. so because of that they lowered our shit to misdemeanors.. they initially wanted us to serve a year in LA county.. but we got out of that and ended up with 120 hours of community service.. 3 years probation.. and 1000 dollars restitution to UP... so it really all depends on who catches u and weather or not the vandal squad deals with the case or not out here.. if the vandal squad got involved then they would have researched our names and tried to give us all they could.. them and the railroad police r the ones that know all the tricks to get that felony they r all dreaming of...