Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania

Re: going to jail?

The statute of limitations for most crimes is 2 years so they probably can't file criminal charges against you. At best they could sue you for the converting the father's gun and they could also sue you for breach of contract for the cell phone charges.

As to the gun issue conversion of chattels is a tort. The statute of limitations on torts is 2 years. So that claim is barred by the statute of limitations.

As to the cell phone charges they could recover under contract. To do that they would have to prove you had an agreement to pay for the cell phone bill. The agreement doesn't have to be in writing. So they could prevail on this issue.

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{John}