Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois
A month after I was laid off by an employer a police man called my home informing me a former female coworker had put me on a list of people she thought were harassing her and leaving nasty notes on her desk. I never knew this coworker outside of work and only had walked with her along with a large group of other coworkers that did an exercise trail. The police said she got some spam sent to her and traced it to an IP address that Comcast said was assigned to me. Even though everyone knows these IPs are Dynamic. I gave the police my computers and there wasn't anything on them but a week after police had my computers I came home after work to find my wireless router was no longer working (or "bricked"). I once gave this coworker a card and a non-personal office gift on Christmas after she complained for like a year no one ever remembered her - and she went ballistic about not being a charity case. I apologized and never did it again. I never asked her out, never made any advances, and never socially interacted with her. She's really not my type. The police have so far drug this investigation out since 2011 - I didn't do anything, there's nothing on my computers or phone, yet now the police want to go charge me anyway with some harassment counts and I have to get finger printed and mugshots and bail after almost 2 years. I've never done anything bad in my life and have no record, not even a traffic ticket. Can the police just continually harass me forever because some woman claims she scared of me? I don't even have my computers back.
3 Answers from Attorneys
If you have not been charged yet, you have the option of not having to cooperate with the police.
Even if you are charged you can invoke you right to "remain silent".
You may want to retain an attorney to act as a conduit between you and the local cops.
The police can do their job, and you may be charged with a crime. If so, you need to hire an attorney. I have handled many criminal cases over the last 36 years. You may call me for a free telephone consultation.
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