Legal Question in Criminal Law in Louisiana

Re: forgery

It is not the police department that decides if a charge goes forward, but rather the District Attorney. And, yes, even if the victim does not want to pursue it, the DA can carry the charges forward and prosecute. The victim obviously filed charges initially, and then when paid back, wanted to drop them. Many times thieves get out of charges by making restitution, but the DA gets tired of the police agencies and the prosecution spending valuable time and resources investigating, arresting, processing and housing a criminal only to have the victim "drop" charges. I suspect in your case, the "criminal" has a track record.