Legal Question in Criminal Law in Missouri

Tuesday I was arrested for burglary in the second degree my history only has two speeding tickets when I was 17 I was arrested for supposivly hitting my kids dad with my car which was a lie and i never was convicted nor even asked to go to court on it then last year my kids dad robbed a house and the girl wrote a statement saying I was the get away driver I was not convicted but had to take a lesser charge littering other then that I have a clean record other then speeding tickets on my recent case my friend that was a mural friend of ours came to me telling me that my kids dad stoke her 900$ phone and she had knew where he was but had no ride o I drove her there by the time we got there she was to scared to go in he is a known abuser so I told her I wasn't afraid I went and knocked on the door it was his girl friends mom's house I didn't know whose house at the time nor did I care well after I knocked on the door the girl answered I asked if he was there she said yes and pointed to 4 feet behind the door he acted like it was fine and so did she at first then I looked down on the table there sure enough was my friends phone I bent down and grabbed it he got mad and tried to grab it out of my hand in the process he broke his sunglasses and neckless he got the phone I tried to explain to the girl that it wasn't his she said he came with it so she doesn't know I shook my head and left yelling at him after I went to drop my friend off when in doing so her brother in law came out and said the cops are looking for you so we both got back in the car and went to the police station and from what the cop told me he pressed charged and so did the girl and her mom saying I came in with out approval and that I started a fight and in his statement he said I broke sunglasses that he said was 400$ and a $600 neckless and stole 600$ out his pocket which I did not and she approved of me coming in I have pending charges on my ex for burglary in the 1st and 2nd degree and protection order violation and assault he is a known drug dealer and she does heron but I'm so scared because I'm a single mom of two what is going to happen to me please help explain what could happen prosecuter has not yet picked it up but I don't know how I'm going to come up with this much money I'm nervous and can't sleep please help


Asked on 7/09/16, 8:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael R. Nack Michael R. Nack, Attorney at Law

You need to hire an attorney. It will cost more than your friend's phone.

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Answered on 7/13/16, 4:25 pm


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