hi
i'm a co-owner of a residential property that is now on the market. more than a year ago i was in a living there, and in a relationship with a sociopath. towards the end of the relationship the sociopath was arrested for identity theft, fraud of some sort, etc, while at a store. i was arrested too, and charged with similar felonies as i sat in my car by the establishment. i was in holding for several days, during which time an officer involved in the arrest came to my cell and gave me a copy of a search warrant that had been served. none of the items on the search warrant had been found, but it said that they'd taken a couple of laptops while there. ultimately, we were both set free. i ended the relationship, we moved, and i haven't heard from her since.
earlier today, i was emailed about "vandalism" at the property on the market. from what i know, a gate along the side of the house was damaged (to an unknown extent) and there was a posted notice left by the same police department that arrested me alerting whomever read it to the damage. the odd thing is that the house i lived in and the city i was arrested in are not the same city... additionally, the city i live in is pretty crime-ridden, especially the district that the house is located in. the police of that city don't respond to most non-violent crimes within 24 hours of the time they are called in. this leads me to believe that the police department from the city where i was arrested caused the damage for some reason (they had total access to the property while i was in jail...?). i'm unable to check online whether there's a warrant for my arrest in this county. what should i do? call a lawyer? really any advice would be appreciated--this completely blindsided me...
i'm a co-owner of a residential property that is now on the market. more than a year ago i was in a living there, and in a relationship with a sociopath. towards the end of the relationship the sociopath was arrested for identity theft, fraud of some sort, etc, while at a store. i was arrested too, and charged with similar felonies as i sat in my car by the establishment. i was in holding for several days, during which time an officer involved in the arrest came to my cell and gave me a copy of a search warrant that had been served. none of the items on the search warrant had been found, but it said that they'd taken a couple of laptops while there. ultimately, we were both set free. i ended the relationship, we moved, and i haven't heard from her since.
earlier today, i was emailed about "vandalism" at the property on the market. from what i know, a gate along the side of the house was damaged (to an unknown extent) and there was a posted notice left by the same police department that arrested me alerting whomever read it to the damage. the odd thing is that the house i lived in and the city i was arrested in are not the same city... additionally, the city i live in is pretty crime-ridden, especially the district that the house is located in. the police of that city don't respond to most non-violent crimes within 24 hours of the time they are called in. this leads me to believe that the police department from the city where i was arrested caused the damage for some reason (they had total access to the property while i was in jail...?). i'm unable to check online whether there's a warrant for my arrest in this county. what should i do? call a lawyer? really any advice would be appreciated--this completely blindsided me...
