So here is a scenario that i need help with as i am not to familiar with the Judicial system.
So a few weeks ago there was a party at my house (I have 12 roommates, yes i know that is a lot but we are all friends... So i thought)
Anyway, so at this party someone jumped or stood on the back of one of my roomates soft top of his jeep. It bent this bar ever so slightly but obviously he wants it fixed. He also wants to go through the dealership which will be about $1500 for a brand new soft top. I think he wants to go through the dealer so he can get a brand new top because his current one is battered and he just wants the easy way out. Now keep in mind the owner of the jeep was not around the house the weekend his jeep was damaged.
When he got back and noticed the damaged he asked a friend of mine if he saw anything in which my friend said he didn't see anything but he may have seen "ME" touching it that night...
The next day i get a phone call from the jeep owners parents flipping out on me, cursing and threatening me saying that i need to fix the jeep or they are going to have me arrested for criminal mischief... Now i honestly did not do anything to his jeep but i think that the only reason he thinks its me is because my name was mentioned by 1 other person and that i used to mess around with his gf... SO i think he just doesnt like me.
I told his parents that i had nothing to do with it and im not paying for anything. However i did offer the name of a shop that deals with metal fabrication and that they could fix it.. You may ask why did i offer to help fix it if i didnt do it and my answer is because we all live in the same house and i was just trying to be nice. I am very car savy and have alot of connections with auto repair shops and just wanted to help because i to would be mad if something went wrong with my car.
The next day i wake up to the cops knocking on my door. They asked me "so tell me whats going on with "so and so's" vehicle" I replied honestly i have no idea. I did not do anything to his car at all. I have no idea why he thinks its me. The cop then said "well why would you offer to help him fix it if you didnt do anything?" and i said "because we are all friends in this house and i have alot of conenctions with shops."
The cop then said "Well how come we have 2 other people saying that they saw you do it?"
I then replied "I have no idea, i am going to have to call bs on that because i did not do anything"(I think they just said that to get me to admit to it)
My one very very good friend was looking outside the window ever since the cop drove up and he said that the cop did NOT talk to anyone in the house except for the owner of the jeep and he was just bullshitting me about people saying stuff.
I then told the cop 'I do not know what to do from here as for i didnt do anything..."
Cop said "ok so you want to stick with the you didnt do anything story?"
I then said "yes"
Cop said "ok well we will be sending you the court papers in the mail and do you realize that if you are found guilty you will be fingerprinted and you will have a record and you will still have to pay the fines?"
I then said "ok, i guess i realize that but i didnt do anything wrong so i guess i have no choice but to see him in court..."
That was that..
I then spoke to my friend who accidentally said to the jeep owner that he saw me near the jeep. He said that the jeep owner was calling him NON stop 10 times a day for a week to try and get him to testify against me in court.
Now keep in mind the person that i called is one of my best friends who i have known for years and hates cops and would NEVER get involed with anything he didnt have to. He told the jeep owner as well as myself that he was staying out of it and that it was between me and the jeep owner.
Now to benefit my side i have my girlfriend who was with me the entire night. She said she will come to court with me and say that she didnt see me do anything and that she gets jealous easily and didnt leave my side the entire night in fear that another girl might hit on me.
So basically im going to court. It will be the jeep owner by himself, and me and my girlfriend.
Now this is just ridiculous. There is no video evidence or anything. There is no proof i did anything. It was just hear say by one person who wants nothing to do with the situation.
what exactly do you guys recommend i do. I do not have money for a lawyer. I mean i honestly didnt do anything to this kids car.
All i know what to do is to go to court, have me and my gf say that i did not do anything... i mean what else should i do?
I do not want to get falsely accused. He has no witnesses to go with him and its just his word against mine and he wasnt ever there the day it happened. He is just going off of what someone else said.
Thanks alot for all input
So a few weeks ago there was a party at my house (I have 12 roommates, yes i know that is a lot but we are all friends... So i thought)
Anyway, so at this party someone jumped or stood on the back of one of my roomates soft top of his jeep. It bent this bar ever so slightly but obviously he wants it fixed. He also wants to go through the dealership which will be about $1500 for a brand new soft top. I think he wants to go through the dealer so he can get a brand new top because his current one is battered and he just wants the easy way out. Now keep in mind the owner of the jeep was not around the house the weekend his jeep was damaged.
When he got back and noticed the damaged he asked a friend of mine if he saw anything in which my friend said he didn't see anything but he may have seen "ME" touching it that night...
The next day i get a phone call from the jeep owners parents flipping out on me, cursing and threatening me saying that i need to fix the jeep or they are going to have me arrested for criminal mischief... Now i honestly did not do anything to his jeep but i think that the only reason he thinks its me is because my name was mentioned by 1 other person and that i used to mess around with his gf... SO i think he just doesnt like me.
I told his parents that i had nothing to do with it and im not paying for anything. However i did offer the name of a shop that deals with metal fabrication and that they could fix it.. You may ask why did i offer to help fix it if i didnt do it and my answer is because we all live in the same house and i was just trying to be nice. I am very car savy and have alot of connections with auto repair shops and just wanted to help because i to would be mad if something went wrong with my car.
The next day i wake up to the cops knocking on my door. They asked me "so tell me whats going on with "so and so's" vehicle" I replied honestly i have no idea. I did not do anything to his car at all. I have no idea why he thinks its me. The cop then said "well why would you offer to help him fix it if you didnt do anything?" and i said "because we are all friends in this house and i have alot of conenctions with shops."
The cop then said "Well how come we have 2 other people saying that they saw you do it?"
I then replied "I have no idea, i am going to have to call bs on that because i did not do anything"(I think they just said that to get me to admit to it)
My one very very good friend was looking outside the window ever since the cop drove up and he said that the cop did NOT talk to anyone in the house except for the owner of the jeep and he was just bullshitting me about people saying stuff.
I then told the cop 'I do not know what to do from here as for i didnt do anything..."
Cop said "ok so you want to stick with the you didnt do anything story?"
I then said "yes"
Cop said "ok well we will be sending you the court papers in the mail and do you realize that if you are found guilty you will be fingerprinted and you will have a record and you will still have to pay the fines?"
I then said "ok, i guess i realize that but i didnt do anything wrong so i guess i have no choice but to see him in court..."
That was that..
I then spoke to my friend who accidentally said to the jeep owner that he saw me near the jeep. He said that the jeep owner was calling him NON stop 10 times a day for a week to try and get him to testify against me in court.
Now keep in mind the person that i called is one of my best friends who i have known for years and hates cops and would NEVER get involed with anything he didnt have to. He told the jeep owner as well as myself that he was staying out of it and that it was between me and the jeep owner.
Now to benefit my side i have my girlfriend who was with me the entire night. She said she will come to court with me and say that she didnt see me do anything and that she gets jealous easily and didnt leave my side the entire night in fear that another girl might hit on me.
So basically im going to court. It will be the jeep owner by himself, and me and my girlfriend.
Now this is just ridiculous. There is no video evidence or anything. There is no proof i did anything. It was just hear say by one person who wants nothing to do with the situation.
what exactly do you guys recommend i do. I do not have money for a lawyer. I mean i honestly didnt do anything to this kids car.
All i know what to do is to go to court, have me and my gf say that i did not do anything... i mean what else should i do?
I do not want to get falsely accused. He has no witnesses to go with him and its just his word against mine and he wasnt ever there the day it happened. He is just going off of what someone else said.
Thanks alot for all input