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Originally Posted by JonoBN41
Not necessarily true. I once caught a co-worker stealing from our family business and called police. They refused to press charges. They said "I" had to press the charges, meaning I could have said no. Perhaps it depends on the nature of the crime, and/or the jurisdiction.
In this case, the guy with the sword didn't have a phone, so I would assume the other guy called in the complaint and pressed charges.
Who has swords? I do! Two of them - just like on our coat of arms!  |
If they said you had to press the charges then you probably didn't meet the standard for criminal theft and they may have meant you had to go civil.
I am very very familiar with this area (I would say more but, you know, crazy people on the interwebs) and I would be absolutely shocked if the DA was willing to drop it.