If an officer has requested a statement from me regarding acrimethat Iwas a witness to, canI give a notarizedwriting or mustI meet him in person?
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If an officer has requested a statement from me regarding acrimethat Iwas a witness to, canI give a notarizedwriting or mustI meet him in person?
A “friend” stole a whole book of scratch tickets from her job. She brought them to my house and we scratched them. She had my boyfriend and I cash in winners for her. When she was busted she told the cops that she took them and that we didn’t know they were stolen. They then came and got a verbal statement from my boyfriend but I was at work at the time. The officer in charge left his card for me to call him, which I did. He now wants me to go to station to give a statement. He said he’s not arresting me for anything to do with his case but if I have a warrant (which I do in different county for fines) then he will, however he can’t run my info until face-to-face?
Asked on April 13, 2011 under Criminal Law, Arizona
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Listen, it might be a good idea for you and your boyfriend to speak with a criminal attorney in your area. Although some may say that doing so given an appearance that you were in some way involved in this whole thing, I think that because of the warrant and the "promise" - although I would like to say more of a threat - to arrest you, you need some leverage behind you. And you really need someone to help you deal with the fines and the warrant. Even if you are pulled over for driving through a light or a broken tail light or whatever, you will be arrested. Do you need to live in fear of that? I don't think so. Get help and cooperate fully. Good luck.
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