Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

30 YO PERSON 1 (PER 1) states they found a cell phone in a hotel vending area. parent of PER 1 looked through pictures of cell phone and found a picture of someone staying at hotel. parent told PER 1 to give cell phone to front desk show picture of guest and wash hands of incident. PER 1 states "fuck that, their insured". (all parties involved are extended stay guests) few weeks go by cell phone owner (PER 2) approaches parents of PER 1 and shows pictures of PER 1,name, and phone calls made from lost/stolen cell security app and sent to her new cell phone. PER 2 tells parents since PER 1 not around that she wants to be made whole again that's all and no hard feelings. Per 2 would like $200 dollars for her new galaxy s5 (has reciept) and her old phone back that's it. If not given back she is going to the police with the evidence and sign complaints. parents informed PER 1 who said she can go scratch I found the phone and she got a new one so her old phone is mine. she can't have me arrested I found the phone. Parents can't convince PER 1 that he can be charged with theft or poss of stolen merchandise. PLEASE HELP! Thanx in adv. Parents of Per 1


Asked on 7/24/14, 3:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Omer Jaleel Jaleel Law P.C.

I'm not sure what help you are looking for at this point. You are absolutely correct that your son can be arrested because the use of a location app can be used to arrest him. I hope that doesn't happen. Based upon the value of an S5, your son could be facing felony theft charges. Whether he would be found guilty is a whole different story.

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Answered on 7/25/14, 7:21 pm


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