What to do ifmy neighbors were in a domestic dispute and I was on the police report as a witness but now the husband is trying to contact me?
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What to do ifmy neighbors were in a domestic dispute and I was on the police report as a witness but now the husband is trying to contact me?
When the dispute happened, my neighbor’s husband, who had moved out of their apartment, came over unannounced and started an argument with her. The fight became physical. She ran to my apartment to escape him. He began bounding on my door and screaming, so I called the police. She pressed charges and filed a restraining order (resulting in 3rd degree domestic assault charge). Quite to my dismay, I saw him several times in my building when he was moving some belongs out. Now he is calling me. I felt very threatened by him. Do I have any grounds for a PO myself?
Asked on December 15, 2011 under Criminal Law, Missouri
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you feel threatened by your neighbor's husband post an incident involving a domestic abuse situation with him and her and he is now contacting you, I suggest that you contact law enforcement about the situation and make a police report. You are a witness to the incident that you have written about between the husband and the wife, and the unwanted contact he is seeking with you could be deemed improper with respect to the criminal charges against him that are pending.
You might also consider consulting with a family law attorney to file a petition for a restraining order against the husband if you are that threatened by him.
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