- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
I have not yet been charged with any crime, but I feel it is inevitable. Allow me to provide a little background information.
My ex girlfriend still lives in my home while she is trying to find another place to live. Also living here at the moment are her two sons, 34 and 18. About a month ago, I went use my wireless earpods and found the case - empty. There is only one person with the same type of phone as me in this house, her 18 year old son, so there is only one place they could've gone. I approached him furious - this kind of thing has been happening forever. Of course, he starts screaming at me telling me he didn't take them which made me more angry. We had a shouting match for several minutes. He kept begging me to hit him - I said I am not nearly that stupid. I kept telling him to get out of my house and he refused. Finally I went to leave a found a stack of plates with half eaten, half rotten food on them. There had to be 15 plates and it looked like they were sitting there for a month or more - another long time issue. I swiped the stack of plates on the floor and told him, now clean this sh*t up! He grabbed an object and threatened to stab me in the throat several times. I got out of there and called the police.
The cop showed up and sided with him and said I assaulted him by throwing the plates. He did nothing at all about him threatening my life. The first thing out of the kids mouth was "I want to press charges". The cop did me some justice and told him, I can arrest him today, but when he comes back there is nothing stopping him from going to the magistrate and he can have you evicted in 10 days. In the end, I agreed not to throw him out if he didn't press charges and the cop left.
What has me worried is, he has a two year statue of limitations to press charges. I am sure they will have found a place to live in the next few months. I feel very strongly that as soon as they are gone, I will get a summons in the mail. I am inquiring if there is anything I should do to prepare or if there is anything I can do to prevent any of this from happening and/or escalating?
My ex girlfriend still lives in my home while she is trying to find another place to live. Also living here at the moment are her two sons, 34 and 18. About a month ago, I went use my wireless earpods and found the case - empty. There is only one person with the same type of phone as me in this house, her 18 year old son, so there is only one place they could've gone. I approached him furious - this kind of thing has been happening forever. Of course, he starts screaming at me telling me he didn't take them which made me more angry. We had a shouting match for several minutes. He kept begging me to hit him - I said I am not nearly that stupid. I kept telling him to get out of my house and he refused. Finally I went to leave a found a stack of plates with half eaten, half rotten food on them. There had to be 15 plates and it looked like they were sitting there for a month or more - another long time issue. I swiped the stack of plates on the floor and told him, now clean this sh*t up! He grabbed an object and threatened to stab me in the throat several times. I got out of there and called the police.
The cop showed up and sided with him and said I assaulted him by throwing the plates. He did nothing at all about him threatening my life. The first thing out of the kids mouth was "I want to press charges". The cop did me some justice and told him, I can arrest him today, but when he comes back there is nothing stopping him from going to the magistrate and he can have you evicted in 10 days. In the end, I agreed not to throw him out if he didn't press charges and the cop left.
What has me worried is, he has a two year statue of limitations to press charges. I am sure they will have found a place to live in the next few months. I feel very strongly that as soon as they are gone, I will get a summons in the mail. I am inquiring if there is anything I should do to prepare or if there is anything I can do to prevent any of this from happening and/or escalating?
