Can I stop my former emplorer’s threatening text messages.
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Can I stop my former emplorer’s threatening text messages.
I am in possession of my former employer’s laptop computer. I continue to receive threats of prosecution for the theft of his property. I have gone to his place of employment to return the computer to him and he refused to come to the first floor of the building in order to retrieve it. He wanted me to wait 45 minutes. I have informed him that he can pick it up from the front of my building, or that we could rendezvous, at our convenience, at a mutual place of worship. He insists that I accommodate his schedule and return the computer to his place of employment. He continues comma despite my protestations comma 2 harass me via text messaging threatening to file complaints with various jurisdictions. What are my rights?
Asked on November 23, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Send him a written messsage, sent multiple ways that you can prove delivery (e.g. email, text, and certified mail) that unless he sets a mutually agreeable appointment to return it in the next ten (10) business days, you will overnight it to him. If he sets a time, return it; if not, overnight it to him with Fed Ex or UPS and send him the tracking information. Before doing that,, turn it on in the presence of a witness or two, demonstrate that it is in working order, and videotape that its working (e.g. with your phone), in case he later tries to claim it arrives broken.
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