So I need some help from LawyerGuys, because, well, I'm an idiot. In my defense, I think the cops were being #######s, but I'll let you be the judge.A bunch of us were at a friend's house drinking from about 4-8pm, at which point we went to the bar to watch the Devils game. We decided to walk to and from the bar. My plan the whole time was to sleep at my friend's house to avoid driving, which I did. On the walk home, however, we were a bit loud, but nothing crazy. One friend, a 7.2 female, knocked over a bi fold sign outside a a supermarket on a corner. Rather than stand it straight up, I thought it would be a good idea to walk with it 25 feet or so to the next corner and stand it up. Yeah, I'm a ####### rebel. At the time I was putting the sign down, a police officer pulled over and got out, asking for identification. Good timing. I was not slurring anything, actually at this point I wasn't even drunk, but rather a bit buzzed. I gave identification, he called back up. Figured that was fine. Then the second guy came, exciting the first guy. Two officers now at the scene. I apologized for being a jerk, acting like a moron, and didn't say much else. He proceeded to scream at me for a while, telling me they had better things to do. I don't doubt it, but this town is pretty small. Oh, he also said that at 29 he was married with two kids. He said that a few times.As I tried to apologize and offered to put the sign back on the previous block the officer came storming at me and asked if I wanted to be arrested. Surprisingly calm, I said, of course not and I didn't want anything bad to happen other than what they thought was appropriate. Two more officers showed up. Four officers at the scene. There are only 12 officers in the whole department. These two were younger, and asked me what happened. After telling them I asked if there was anything they could do. They said I'd have to talk to their supervisor, the guy that was in my face. Unsurprisingly, the sergeant wanted nothing to do with me, at one point yelling at me and my two friends, "Who is the smartest person here? Not this #######." I wasn't excited, but kind of shocked that it got to the point where he took out his cuffs. I remained calm, but really thought I was going to jail. The younger officers wouldn't make eye contact with me after that. The two angry officers went back and wrote me a disorderly conduct ticket and then said, have a nice night pretty genuinely after screaming for 25 minutes (this had me shuked). I asked the younger officers what this meant and they said nothing, "It's like a parking ticket." Never having been arrested or really in trouble before, I realized yesterday I have to go to court in a few weeks. I then started to panic. I called my brother's friend who is a lawyer in NYC, and he wanted me to fax him the summons. He said he will research it and then probably come to court with me. So, besides me a juvenile idiot, what else am I in for? I fully realize I was wrong, but was shocked that it got me a summons. I was threatened with theft and arrest. I'm glad it didn't come to that, but hope I don't lose my job over something so stupid. This was longer than I thought, damn.