Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas
My friend had told me I could borrow her bike to put in pawn to pay an electric bill. All a long she had been calling the cops about a made up preson, who kept "breaking in to her apartment and stealing" totally useless things. We had gotten into a fight about why my older sister doesn't want to be her friend. The next day she called the cop she was filling all these claims with and said that I had stolen her bike and pawned! Now there is an arrest warrant out for me in Austin. I am not sure how to go about this, I am not going ot jail over something she gave me premisson to pawn to pay our electric bill. Is there a way that she can get in trouble for lieing to the police about what really happend?
2 Answers from Attorneys
I suggest you worry more about what might happen to you than to her. You need to retain a criminal defense attorney. If there is a warrant out for your arrest, you will ultimately be arrested. How can you prove that she gave you permission to pawn her bike? Why wouldn't she pawn it herself and then loan the money to you?
And yes it is against to law to lie to a cop.
The other problem I see for you is that in order to pawn something int he State of Texas, a person has to represent that they are the owner of the property before they can pawn it. That means the State might be able to also come after you for making a false statement to obtain credit. She could be prosecuted if you and your lawyer can ultimately convince the prosecutor that she is lying, but I'd agree with the other attorney that you should focus first on taking care of the warrant and winning your case.
A lawyer may be to arrange a walkthrough where he or she presents a pre-approved personal bond at the the jail when you surrender to avoid the inconvenience of an arrest at work, home or school. Call a local criminal defense attorney for more details.
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