Legal Question in Criminal Law in Ohio

Ok me and my girlfriend had an issue wehre she used my car without me knwoing and also ahd my debit card, i tried calling her and in the heat of arguements and anger i called the police and when she showed up they charged her with gradn theft and also a similar charge for the debit card, both being felonies as im told. Once it was all said and done and i was capable of talkign to her i soon realized it was my OWN mistake and actually she ahd commited no crime towards me, I tried to explain this to the prosecuter who basically told me that the criminal jsutic doesnt just drop charges becasue we made up, so I went to the police station and re-wrote my statement including my previous mistake on not realizing i had allowed her to use the car to attend something jsut i didnt realize it was that exact date. My question is even though there was no activity on my card and i clearly ahve said she could use my car to attned this function but myself confused the dates, I was notified i might get charged with false statement my biggest concern is can the previous charges still stick to her or if so how cna i go about makign thsi VERY clear that this is not the case, I would rather take a smaller charge for my own mistkae then destroy her career over MY own assumptions. she hasnt ahd to appear in court yet since this happened over the course of the last few days


Asked on 11/02/10, 4:32 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Timothy Hess T. Hess & Associates, LLC

You can file your corrected statement explaining the date confusion. IF they decide to charge you, hire a lawyer and take it to trial. If they continue to pursue her, get a lawyer and take it to trial. You are their key witness in her trial, All you have to do is testify in her favor.

Knowing that you will testify favorably for her, it will likely get dismissed.

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Answered on 11/14/10, 9:42 am


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