Have you ever been the subject of a police report even though you've done nothing wrong?

What was the police report about?

@crunchaweezy: I would call the local police station and check to see whether the abovementioned detective is on staff there.

(And what exactly do you mean by “I…really haven’t sold or stolen anything”?)

Some computers were missing from the place where I worked, and the police wanted to talk to me about it, so they could solve the case. I was a possible witness, not a suspect.

As soon as you said, “I really haven’t sold or stolen anything” – that tells me that you really need to examine what’s going on in your world!

Call them. Do not evade the police, the only way you can find out what is going on, is to call them, and do it soon. Not calling, taking too long to call…never good signs for the police.

I know you don’t think it is a scam, but I would check the phone number on the internet to see if it associated with a specific scam or the actual police department. You’d be surprised what scammers will try these days. I will bet 5 lurve that you find out it is a scam. I had a call few months back about being the subject of a “criminal complaint and lawsuit”, but when I checked the phone number, it was a commonly used one for telemarketing scams. Be wary.

@shilolo Interesting, and good to know!

I think he means “really haven’t” as in “seriously” or “truthfully” have not.

@cak Yeah, especially when they say, “We just need you to confirm your data of birth and social security number so that we can process the complaint….”

@shilolo – Yes, that would certainly be a red flag!

Well I was researching and commonly people file police reports if you’ve had something stolen or bought something that’s not what it is, so thats’ why I mentioned that part.

I’ll check the phone number and they didn’t say over the phone what it was, they want me to come in.

The telemarket scammers are always vague like this. They prey on your insecurities “WHAT?! I’m not involved…” so that we you call back to “clarify”, your defenses are down and you give up your identifying information freely.

Do they usually mention what police department they’re from?

I don’t know. When they called me, it was from a “law firm”.

I wouldn’t talk to the police without an attorney, but I live in the town where the book Mean Justice was based and where the child molestation witch hunts happened I’m the 80’s. Same DA still reigns.

Yes I have a current case where I got a court summons saying I was charged with retail theft of an air conditioner. I bought it June 11, and I have the checking account record because I paid by check so when I go to court I’m just going to prove I paid for the dang thing. The weird summons was sent in the mail a month after I bought the Air Conditioner. I went through the till, paid by check, and got a receipt. Can’t find the receipt but I still have the check. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact the first air conditioner I bought was defective and I exchanged it. Again, I had the receipt. The serial numbers matched up. I had paid extra for insurance on it. I have no idea why I’ve been charged a month later with a crime. I am assuming that my checking records will clear my case up and I fully intend to sue the store for the full cost of my legal defense when this is over. I’ve spent literally thousands of dollars a year at this huge store, for years, and they lost a very good customer over a 100 dollar air conditioner that I can prove I paid for. It’s very distressing.

I’ve had detectives call me though, about bigger cases. Usually as a witness. They usually want to grill you about someone you know, if they’ve talked about such and such, or if you knew where they were last night. It might center around a friend or family member. One time one called me when my brother had illegally tried to register a car in my name because he wasn’t a licensed driver, and they wanted me to know that he was trying to put things in my name. If you are a victim of identity theft or something they might be wanting to inform you about that too. It could be a lot of things.

You might be in trouble or they might want you as a witness, or you could be the victim of something you don’t know about. You aren’t in TROUBLE until you get a summons.

Just remember you have the right to remain silent, and anything you say CAN and WILL be used against you. So if this is about you being accused of something you didn’t do, it is better to hire an attorney for consultation. Sometimes they try to trip you up with little details you can’t remember, to make it look like you’re lying.

Not to my knowledge, but in this world lack of knowledge may be bliss.

I understand that I should keep silent about stuff that I haven’t even done, but like, say they ask me where I was, and I was at home, and I say I’ve been home, surely that’s fine right?

It might be around somebody I know, a few people are quite shady, so I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll see what the actual report is about tomorrow. I’ll keep you guys updated :)