Title: If a trial is open for the public to listen to, why would/how the courts prevent the audio from being "recorded or broadcasted through any means"?

Question:
There is currently a case in Virginia I am following, Sines v Kessler. Some of my news about it is coming from reporters listening on the public line, and some is coming from reporters in the court room.

For people not aware, this is a very significant civil case against the organizers of the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" riots. It seems to me that there would be significant public interest in journalists being able to record it to go back to it and get quotes exactly right, or to post clips of important things that are said (i.e. opening statements)

Preventing this makes no sense to me and I would like to know why that is. Any help is appreciated

Answer:
 There are a lot of reasons that a judge might not want people recording in his courtroom.  For example, someone with the right microphone might be able to pick up the conversation between one party and their lawyer, which is not part of the public record.  Also, if someone mentions something that shouldn't be part of the record, like someone's home address, the judge can order it stricken from the record, but that's harder to do if it's all over the internet.

Also, of course, the law always lags behind technology, so some of it is just "This is how things have always been done."Answer #2: Before COVID anyone could walk into a courtroom and sit down and listen, but the judge could tell them they couldn't take pictures or videos or make audio recordings. Now that people have to listen remotely due to COVID it's the same idea.

The stated reason is there can only be one official record, and that is the court reporters dictation. If someone here's "Bloom" on Youtube when the transcript says "Broom" you could get all sorts of legal challenges to the transcript.

Also, I'd speculate that while some judges have a sense of humor, witness the Cat Zoom Filter incident, other's take the dignity of the court seriously and don't want a "Judge Bloomer's Greatest Bloopers" compilation on YouTube.


Title: [California] Found a check that was never cashed from March 2013

Question:
So after cleaning out our SUV, found this check. No signature on the back, nothing written on the front.  It was for party equipment for a wedding.
 The person who paid didn't sign our rental agreement, they just provided payment.

What should I do, should I request another check from the issuer? They might not even live at the address on the check.

Total was $300

Answer:
 You say nothing is written on the front (i.e. a blank check?) but then you say he provided payment, which would imply to me he did fill the check out, you just never deposited it. That's your fault, mate. If you didn't realize this was missing for over 2 years, clearly the money wasn't too important. He provided payment, you dropped the ball on depositing it. That's on you, and it's over. Just forget about it. And I don't know why you brought up "he didn't sign the rental agreement" because it doesn't make a difference now. You should have ensured he signed that before giving the equipment.

Also, I'm hoping you already know this but just in case. Don't try to deposit THAT check. It's older than 180 days. Not only would your bank not accept it, but their bank is not legally required to fulfill it.Answer #2: Just contact the customer and ask for another check. Your results could be anything from laughter to a new check in the mail. But it's worth a shot.


Title: Can I adopt my stepdaughter after divorce has been filed? Please help!! Good cause!!

Question:
Hello and thanks for your time.  I have been married 6 years and a parent to my teenage stepdaughter for 8.  I live in California.  Getting divorced, papers just filed days ago by my spouse.

I am going to have 50/50 custody of her the same as my other kids (others are not step) which are from my soon to be ex.  Honestly the teenager will go where she wants but I’m staying in the family house with her room etc and she sees me as one of her dads and will maybe spend more than 50% with me.  I also want to insure her and be responsible for her as a parent beyond the finalization of the divorce.  So I want to adopt her.

I’ve discussed it with my spouse, she is on board.  I discussed it with my stepdaughter and she is on board.  I still need to talk to her dad, who is not really involved except seeing her every couple weeks or sometimes months.  He doesn’t support her financially whatsoever, so I don’t think he will have a problem with it once I lay it out and explain my intentions.  I get along with him fine, have helped him out many times.

My question is, is it too late for me to do this?  Or do I have until the divorce is final (6 months or so from now)?  Please help me reddit!!!!
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 If the other parent of the stepdaughter agrees, then yes.

Otherwise, you'll need to engage a lawyer.


Title: [Florida] Landlord wants to only accept deposits at her bank, or wire transfers, and no paper checks via mail.

Question:
I've been renting a condo for a year. Originally it was owned by an individual who used a different property manager that accepted online payments. This was very convenient. But, for whatever reason, my condo is under new ownership now and new management. I was notified via email of this and given a bank account number and routing number for deposits to be made, either via wire transfer or in person. This is very INconvenient for me. It also feels very unconventional.

I've been paying by mailed check every month via my bank instead of taking time out of my busy schedule to make deposits into someone else's account at a bank I don't use. Well, my lease is up and now the property manager(on behalf of the landlord) is insisting I make these deposits. I have been refusing. Now it's March 13th, and my check hasn't been deposited. I inquired as to why and she's saying it never arrived. I reissued and surprise surprise, the second check never arrived.

This stinks. I'm not sure what my legal standing is in refusing to make deposits like this. It's been suggested by my property manager that I open an account at her bank so I can make free transfers to that account. This would be fine if I didn't have to pay $10 a month service fee for the privilege. Wire transfers from my bank to another bank costs $25 per transaction. I don't have the time to go out of my way to walk into a bank that isn't mine, or drive through for that matter, to make these deposits on the first of every month.

What can I do? Prop. manager is claiming she isn't receiving the rent checks suddenly when it wasn't an issue before. What should I do if the manager tries to make it a clause in the new lease? Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer: If your lease ended and now you are month to month, the landlord can dictate any way they want to get paid as long as they give you thirty days notice. If they want to get paid in beads and blankets, they can demand to. Your recourse is you do not have to live there if you do like the payment options.


Title: Friend was pulled over, gave my name instead of her own.

Question: My friend has been caught driving on a suspended license 7 times so when she got pulled over this time, she gave my name because she didn't know mine is suspended as well. They didn't check for an ID so she got me a couple of tickets and now I have to go to court. I don't want to get her in trouble for driving on a suspended and giving false information but I don't want to go to court and have the officer recognize that I'm not the woman he pulled over and get myself in trouble either. I have no idea what to do.

Answer:
 You can:

1.  Pay the tickets assuming none are a mandatory appearance and suffer the insurance and point consequences.

2.  Show up in court and state you are not the person who the officer stopped. This will likely result in an investigation into your friend and criminal charges. Would be a felony in California.

3.  Contact the police prior to the court date and report what happened

There is no solution that lets you off the hook for the tickets and also protects your friend. Frankly if one of my friends did that I'd happily throw them under the bus and end that friendship.  Answer #2: Uh, you realize that person is most definitely *NOT* your "friend", right? What better time to sever all ties and introduce them to the legal ramifications of their choices.Answer #3: You won't get in trouble for going and saying it was a case of mistaken identity. That said, if they ask you if you know who it was, ask yourself if you want to be a felon to protect your friend.Answer #4: >I have no idea what to do.

You let your friend get in the trouble she deserves, then cut off all contact with her.  She is not your friend at all if she pulls crap like that.  You need to go to court and show that you are not the person who was driving


Title: A lewd photo of me fell in the wrong hands

Question:
I met someone who I thought was a woman on an adult dating site. She asked for a lewd photo. She gave me a phone number to send it too. I sent the lewd photo via text and got a text response from someone claiming to be 14. I then apologized for the mix up and said I had no interest in talking further. I'm guessing the person on the dating site sent me a random number to fuck with me. The person I was texting denied ever using a dating site.

I am aware that I technically broke the law despite there being no intent, but I wonder if prosecutors would throw out the case based on the evidence. I have saved both conversations as proof.

Answer:
 It's a scam.

The chances that a random woman you never met wants pictures of your junk are slim to none.


Title: My daughter (17) was hit by a car while jogging. Can the county be held liable for contributing to unsafe road conditions? (Indiana)

Question:
The afternoon before the accident, the county laid a load of gravel on our otherwise paved country road.  While the driver who struck my daughter is responsible for her actions, we understand that she lost control and left the roadway due to the road suddenly not being paved. There was no signage or announcement to indicate that the (is it called chip-seal?) had occurred.

I will be contacting some attorneys tomorrow (not much we can do on a weekend) but I was curious whether this would be a ridiculous question to bring up to them.
Topic:
Personal Injury

Answer:
 Not a stupid question for attorney.

https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/files/Tort_Claims.htm

The provisions which you can sue, and amount to recover are under indiana code 34-13-3, and linked above.

Fwiw - there is an uphill battle here.  You are trying to sue the govt for a maintenance treatment ( the chip seal) of a road.   There is a clock here - and your needs to notify the responsibile agencies that the intend to sue after loss.

Quick question, what was the  posted speed of the road?


Title: Ex-Girfriend threatening to report me for sexual assault if I don't quit my job

Question:
My ex gf broke up with me about 3 months ago.  We work at the same restaurant.  Since then, things have been okay.  We hung out a few times (and even hooked up a few times).  Recently, I went over the her place around 4am after she asked me to come over (she asked many times and I eventually gave in).  Once there, we talked for a while and after some time she asked me to rub her head in bed.  Things went on from there and we began to kiss and engage in sexual contact.  She then asked me to leave and I did.  Now, she is claiming that she was asleep and told me I need to quit my job or she will report me for sexual assault.  Even though this is a false claim, I have seen what happens with even false claims.  My life will most likely be ruined.  What do I do? Please help.
(Western PA, Allegheny)

Answer:
 She is committing criminal coercion against in violation of 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2906(a)(2). Most people who are the victims of serious crimes respond by reporting them to the police. If you're worried about incriminating yourself for the non-existent sexual assault by making a report, you should consult a lawyer for advice about how to best proceed.Answer #2: Get out ahead of it and **control the narrative** - go directly to your boss and co-workers and tell your story.  Don't lie, don't embellish.

Tell your boss that his employee is trying to blackmail you.  Show him texts messages where she threatens you.

She can't hold this "secret" over your head if it's not a secret.

Sometimes you'll get lucky, coworkers may come forward with info that helps you, for instance:

>("she's been telling everyone she's really pissed off at you since you broke it off")

>("Yeah, she's a little crazy, she did the same thing with her last BF")

Look for any evidence you have that supports your story - **did she send multiple texts asking you to come over?**  While she was ASLEEP?  Call her on her bullshit.  Screenshot the texts and save them, send them to a trusted friend.  Does your location tracker show where you were and when?

Back it that data.  Keep close watch over your phone.

If it doesn't blow over as a "work thing," consider making a police report.


Title: Florida: felony arrest record expunged but local paper still has an online article of my arrest. Is it libel if they don't remove it (no one will hire me due to the article)

Question: I thought the reason behind expunging a record is so that it does not adversely impact a person. But the local news paper essentially is perpetuating something that the govt has sealed. Any chance of recourse?

Answer:
 No. You can hire a Search Engine Optimization / Reputation management service to knock it down off the front page of results,  but you're not going to be successful in a suit against the paper. Answer #2: Nothing you can do.  They don't have to remove it.  They are simply telling the truth, which they are allowed to do.Answer #3: Perhaps silly question, but have you contacted the editor and asked them to remove it? They are not legally obliged to, but they sometimes will if they are asked.

Be brief and polite. Give the editor any documentation you can to show that your record has been expunged, and ask that they either remove the article, remove your name, or at least place an update at the bottom.

If they won't, and you want the article to show up later in search results, make a public twitter, facebook, google+, pinterest, etc page using your name. Create a website for yourself. Create a blog. Anything on the web you can put your name on, do it. Some of them will show up before the news article in a basic google search, which will help.Answer #4: No, it is true you were arrested. It is not going to be removedAnswer #5: My old newspaper advisor had a woman call her up while she was still the online editor for a local newspaper. She wanted the same thing but there is nothing that can be done. The facts at the time of reporting were true. (And in the case of this particular woman, maybe she shouldn't have stabbed her ex with a fork. lol)

Your best bet is to pony up the money for a search engine optimization that would help bury the link.


Title: Parental rights/child abandonment laws in TX

Question:
Hello - anon for privacy. Touchy topic - trigger warning (?)

I live in Texas. I was “date raped” 11 years ago. I never pressed criminal charges because I was a teenager, traumatized, ashamed and very afraid of backlash due to family issues. I ended up pregnant, kept my child and left the mans name off the birth certificate. He was informed that I was pregnant. 100% his child because I was not sexually active. I have had zero contact with him since then, I never pursued child support, etc.  I wanted nothing to do with him for obvious reasons. I spoke to his mother once or twice, 8+ years ago.

He has reached out to me today to ask if he can meet my child. MY child. I am very upset about this. I don’t know if he has any legal rights in this seeing as I failed to press charges and prove my case years ago. I worry it will be a “he said/she said” ordeal at this point. My fear is this: him going to a lawyer to find a way to have contact with my son. The thought of this absolutely breaks me.

I have not replied to him. I am wondering if this is a valid reason to contact an attorney for myself, or if this is an absolute waste of his time and I should just ignore him. I have done research on TX abandonment laws but I’m having a difficult time understanding it all.

Any advice is greatly welcome. Thank you.

TL;DR: raped 11 years ago, no contact with the man, ended up pregnant. Man is now asking to meet my son. Advice needed.

Answer:
 For starters - Block his number. Tell him not to ever contact you again.

If he tried, he could sue for custody. You probably want to get ahead of that in some way as well.

There is no statute of limitations on sexual assault in Texas. You could file a criminal complaint today.

I think you should find a local attorney who practices in family law to discuss the best path forward.


Title: URGENT! My brother was just arrested for stealing from the cash register where he works at. He said it was enough to be a felony. He is 18 and he is having his bond hearing tomorrow. Help me out on what to do.

Question: He just called and let me know what happened. He said he already talked to police, i know very dumb move on his part. They have video evidence he said. My parents are wanting to go over to the police station to check on him now.

Answer:
 Go get a criminal defense lawyer, now. There are limits to what the internet can help you with, and if your brother has already talked I've got a good feeling they've probably got him nailed, best you're probably going to be able to do at this point is see what kind of leniency you can get on sentencing for him.

IANAL, my two cents. Maybe someone else here will have better advice, but I don't know how much good it could do at this point.


Title: Brother got a letter in the mail saying I owed child support. I have no children.

Question:
My brother got a letter saying I owed over ten thousand in back child support to someone in New Mexico. I live in Ohio and have only ever been with my wife. I don't even know how the letter was sent to my brothers address, but it did have my name on it.

Is this more likely than not just spam mail? If not, could there be serious consequences of this considering I've never even been to New Mexico? Can I be forced to pay just because I never contested it? (I apperently never heard of it until I somehow occurred thousands of dollars of back support) I hear stories of men who have nothing to do with a kid being forced to pay just because women put a random name down and I'm freaking out, the letter didn't even say the mother or child's name on it so I don't even know who to contact.

Answer:
 It is a scam. My office has recently heard about this. It's similar to the phone tax scam where some says they are from the IRS and your being audited. First of all, you will always be served with a subpoena and given a chance to be in court before a judge decides to make you pay child support. There are a number of factors in this. But never, ever would a court simply send you something in regards to family law without sending you a subpoena or you receiving a complaint from an opposing party first. Answer #2: Who was the letter from?

Do you have a common name?Answer #3: Call the agency that handles NM child support (after looking up their number online). Have the letter with you when you call. It's probably a scam but you should verify. Answer #4: Wow, the return of mail fraud.

If you do some basic google research and make a phone call to the New Mexico department of Health and Human Services or equivalent, and there appears to be nothing to this letter, turn it over to your local postmaster for the attention of the Postal Inspector.  Mail fraud is a federal crime, and it's not taken lightly.  Answer #5: You need to verify the authenticity of this before you assume it’s a scam!


Title: Unusual Ownership...Fair Property Settlement?

Question:
•	I live in Pennsylvania
•	I was Married on June 3, 2001.
•	Years beforehand, my Aunt had willed a house to me.  It was a rental property she owned.
•	Prior to her death she amended the will to state that I could live in the house forever, but that I would never own it.  (She thought my boyfriend at the time was a shrewd businessman whom she did not trust to not take me for everything. This isn’t who I married, BUT…….).
•	Shortly following my marriage, the estate (My mother, her brother, and their cousins) gifted me the property for the sum of $1 WHICH NEVER EXCHANGED HANDS.
•	The estate lawyer, on drawing up the paperwork insisted that only my name be put on the deed in keeping with my Aunt’s intent.
•	The house was 100% paid for at the time. No mortgage.
•	We since took out a mortgage for which HE is the primary borrower. I am the secondary.
•	The property, worth approx. $200,000 now has a$140,000 mortgage between debt consolidation and improvement costs.
•	Unfortunately, due to the market, the equity gain even with all the work done over the course of the marriage had ended up being minimal.
•	Divorce was decided on in October of 2013. He moved out of the house in October 2014 and rented a house. At this point he stopped paying toward the mortgage.
•	Paying for the mortgage myself had proven very difficult as
1) he was the breadwinner and
2) he has taken me back to court multiple times leaving me needing to not only pay my bills but to retain legal counsel as well.
•	2 payments have now been late resulting in major hits to my once commendable credit (and subsequently to his as well) and an inability to remortgage (which would allow me to remove his name) for at least 6 months into the future.
	His request for settlement is that he be given a sum of 10,000 in addition to 100% freedom from debt in the property. (He also INSISTS that I relinquish alimony immediately or he’ll try to seek more.)

Strategy in business or otherwise are NOT among my strong suits.  My lawyer, when I could afford to have one, said that he was entitled to half of the equity growth during the marriage. I am so tired of his infernal nagging and feeling cornered that I’m feeling close to submitting just to have it be over with.  I have been advised to seek help because it seems to some that this settlement, leaving me with all of the debt, seems unfair.  He WILL retaliate again if I challenge this.  And that scares me.

If anyone has any advice or creative solutions I’d love to hear them!!!

Topic:
Real Estate law

Answer:
 Your facts are all over the place. It seemed you inherited a life estate and then was gifted the remainder. (The dollar is irrelevant.) Then, another got a mortgage as the primary borrower. Why? What was exchanged for that?

It clear you have no idea what is actually going on and what you own and what your liabilities on what you own are. You need an expert to review things. An attorney would obviously be the best, but you might get some idea from an experienced realtor or accountant.


Title: Reckless Driving in VA

Question:
Dear R/legaladvice,

This weekend I received my first speeding ticket during a 10 hour drive from college to my parent’s house. It was in an area where the road had been 55 for a long time and then it dipped to 45. My speedometer was broken before the trip and I got a ticket for > 25 over the speed limit. The consequences are really scary like jail time, having your license revoked and having a misdemeanor. Is there anything I can do to improve my odds of not getting the harsher punishments? I’m really worried this will mess up my life.

Answer:
 Yes we really should have a sticky  - “get reckless in va, get a lawyer”.

You really do not want to mess around with this. The goodish news is that this is so common there are masses of attorneys who specialize in this. Your best bet is to find an experienced one in the area where you were stopped - you want one who knows the court in his/her area.

And if you haven’t done so, tell your parents - you will need their support.Answer #2: You need an attorney for this.


Title: Moving company refusing to reimburse for damaged goods unless we remove negative online reviews

Question:
Since the dollar amount in question is low, I'm not really looking to take legal action here, but am definitely curious about the law. So, more so a curiosity and request for input than seeking true advice to action.

**Scenario:**

Myself and SO moved into apartment ~2 months ago. We used a locally well regarded moving company (an insured, legitimate operation), who broke a dresser in move. I was disappointed obviously, but it happens. I filed a claim before they left, and the movers assured me that it would all be reimbursed.

The next several weeks were extremely difficult to get in touch with them about the claim and reimbursement. It was abundantly clear they were trying to make things as difficult as possible so that we would just say "forget it" and move on. Annoying, but fine.

We originally expected to receive full reimbursement (~$300) for the dresser (since it was completely unsalvageable), but they indicated that they would only be paying up to ~$0.60/lb, as stated in the contract we had originally signed, and told us they would pay only $60 then. I'm completely unclear how they came to that number - they absolutely had never weighed the item. We told them the **actual** weight of the item was ~140 lb. so the reimbursement should be just over $80. They agreed.

By this point, it was already over a month since the actual move date, because these guys had been so painfully unwilling to cooperate. **So, my SO posted a negative review to Yelp, highlighting the difficulty of resolving this claim and the apparent unwillingness from the company to cooperate.**

A couple weeks later, we received an email containing an agreement to settle the claim. Essentially, the agreement said that once we signed, the check would be sent. **But, the terms of the agreement stated that we would voluntarily withdraw from open claims or complaints to the government and/or to any consumer public groups (e.g., Better Business Bureau), media org, website, etc. Additionally, all events and actions leading up to the agreement were to remain confidential.**

**My SO signed the agreement without reading these parts** (yes, I've let her know that was not wise).

We then received an email telling us that the check would be mailed once the negative reviews were removed. Having not read the terms of the signed agreement, my SO then posted to Yelp again noting that they are threatening to withhold the money unless negative reviews are removed. She filed a complaint with Yelp as well, and I believe they have been receptive, but slow in response.

Now over two months later (with the reviews still posted online), the moving company has been unwilling to respond to us. **I did some googling and came across the Consumer Review Fairness Act** (details [here](https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/statutes/consumer-review-fairness-act) and [here](https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/consumer-review-fairness-act-what-businesses-need-know)).

>The Act generally makes provisions of form contracts between sellers and individual consumers void from inception if the provisions: (1) prohibit or restrict individuals from reviewing sellers’ goods, services, or conduct; (2) impose penalties or fees on individuals for such reviews; or (3) require individuals to transfer intellectual property rights in such reviews. The Act also bars sellers from offering form contracts with such provisions. The Act contains certain exceptions, including for contract provisions that bar the submission of confidential, private, or unlawful information.

From the language of this act, it appears to my non-law-educated eye that the agreement my SO signed is not in accord with this law. **Is that the case? And if so, does that render the signed agreement invalid? And, if so once again, what does that actually mean? Are we entitled to our money without removing these reviews?**

Again, this is more of a curiosity than actual thing I would act on due to the low dollar value in discussion. Still, this entire ordeal and this company's highly unethical dealings have really infuriated me. At the very least, I'd want future consumers to be able know about our miserable experience with this company, as I believe they have a right to. So, I'd love to leave the review up, or take it down, get the money, and then put it back up. Any input or thoughts?

Answer: Remove negative reviews get money back, and then re-post with amendment that they will try to blackmail you into positive reviews.


Title: Former employer owes $60K in unpaid commissions. Agreed to pay monthly. Is failing to pay.

Question:
Just looking at what options I may have here.  Former employer agreed to pay me monthly distributions for earned commissions that add up about $60K. Since September, has only paid twice, each time I have to twist an arm to get a check.  I have paper trail for this agreement. Last check was received first week of October nearly two months ago. Owner has been telling me for the past 3 weeks "a check is in the mail" but nothing arrives. Super frustrating and causing a lot of stress as I still factor this into my personal budgeting.  If contacting him keeps failing, or I keep receiving the same default response, should I contact a lawyer to send them a letter or something?
Topic:
Business Law

Answer: Were you an actual employee, or a contractor? If the former, file a wage complaint with the Maryland Department of Labor.


Title: I was off today and drinking to enjoy my day off.

Question: My employer (a restaurant) modified my schedule to have me work today even though I got my short covered by another team member. I went into work and I was fired because they said I was intoxicated. Do I have any options? Writing from CA here and this is a big corporation

Answer: No. Why did you go in if you were drunk? That was on you. You should have told them you were drunk and could not come in.


Title: Apartment Complex doing some really fishy stuff with our security deposit

Question:
So I have lived in an apartment complex for 2 years and suddenly they had to move us into new units due to renovation. They moved our security deposits for us automatically. Some strange things happened during the move (discounts being applied that never were, move in dates being moved by them with no real reason etc.) after all this I move into our new apartment and we have lived there for about a month. Suddenly they call me and tell me to come to the leasing office. They had me a check for my old security deposit and tell me the following...

"Take this to your bank, deposit it, then pull it out as a money order and return it so we can transfer it to your new apartment"

I'm from Davis, CA and this is really fishy.

Summary
Moved from apartment A to apartment B in the same complex. Apartment A security deposit supposed to move to apartment B. Suddenly handed a check for Apartment A's security deposit and told to go deposit it and give it back as a cashiers check for the deposit on Apartment B.

Answer:
 Yeah, it sounds like they just have crappy old software that can't account for this properly.  So they did the proper thing and returned your money to you and asked for a fresh deposit.

You'd be shocked at how shitty and outdated some of that stuff is


Title: Old job fired a guy 10 years ago for child pornography on company computers, never reported him, now he’s committed assault on a child and been arrested. Do I report or has it been too long to matter?

Question:
Hi, this story could be confusing so bear with me and I’ll try to be clear.

I worked at a medical center in Tennessee about 10 years ago. During that time, an employee was quietly fired. I later found out from a friend in IT that this employee was engaging in online child pornography. The company did NOT report this to police, instead, they deleted his browser history and just moved on. I was naive at the time I suppose, but now realize they never should have covered this up for him. I believe they were afraid of bad publicity.

Flash forward to today, when I see he’s been arrested for sexual abuse of a ten year old girl. He put photos and vids of her on a foreign site where they were viewed over a million times.

I’m pretty angry that this possibly could have been avoided had he been reported ten years ago for what he did at work. I can’t believe they covered this up for him.

Homeland Security is investigating along with local Police.

All of this to ask, should I report what happened ten years ago at my old job concerning this guy? Or has too much time passed? Is the info I have relevant?

Answer:
 >I’m pretty angry that this possibly  could have been avoided had he been reported ten years ago for what he  did at work. I can’t believe they covered this up for him.

I understand your anger, but unless you have actual first hand knowledge and proof of what was on someone's computer 10 years ago, you have no legal obligation to report anything.Answer #2: I would absolutely get in touch with one of the detectives on the case and tell him what you know/heard...let them (police) decide if it is relevant or not. At the very least, it would clear your conscience.....I am totally "assuming" it is bothering you or you would not have posted.

 **The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.**Answer #3: You can report it to the investigating officer. The police can decide what to do with the information. Odds are of this guy did it once he did it multiple times. even if this incident is inadmissible it may assist with with the investigation.


Title: Updated: Seattle, Wa - Gf threatening suicide wanting apartment called the police on me for domestic violence

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You should be proactive and file a police report and possibly a restraining order. You clearly can't live together. The RO would legally require her to live somewhere else while you'd both still be financially responsible for the lease.


Title: Cruiseline is screwing my GF over - help

Question:
Located in South Carolina - The company operates out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL

My Gf first booked a cruise in 2008 with a company called Imperial Majesty, which was bought by Carribean Cruise Lines, which was purchased within the last 2 years and the phones are answered by both a company called Reservations and Fulfillment Services inc. and Royal Seas.

Each year my GF has paid to upgrade her cruise package to keep it current - hundreds and hundreds every year since 2008 - until we could book the cruise.  We were planning to book in a few days.

She called today and the new company said they have her reservation but since they bought the other company and it no longer exists she would either need to pay $2000 for the cruise, or she is SOL.

What recourse does she have?  She has lost thousands of dollars already and they are saying the services, upgrade packages, and places she booked are no longer even valid.

Who could we talk to?  Is there any recourse to recover her funds?

She is going back through her receipts to see how much she has paid exactly, but it's at least 5k and now they are telling her that she has no cruise, no nothing, but for $2k more they can change her package.

This can't be legal.  Help!

Answer:
 I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of a 10-year layaway on a cruise. What were the terms of this purchase?  It seems like something must be missing.

In any case, depending on the nature of the sale, your girlfriend may indeed have a claim against the predecessors rather than the current company.


Title: Neighbor keeps calling the cops on us for “drug related activity”

Question:
TL:DR my neighbor is calling the cops on us because she thinks we’re drug dealers and has a camera set up to record us.
This is in Iowa.
My next door neighbor keeps calling the police on us saying that there’s been drug deals in front of our house and that were smoking on our porch, and that were having traffic come in and out of the house at all times.
Little back story. My mom is disabled, I live with her and my two brothers. My mom needs help up a lot to go to the bathroom etc.
lately, or neighbor has this weird vendetta against us. About a month ago, I was on the porch smoking a cigarette when I noticed that she has a camera pointing directly at the porch. It was on of those cheap cameras, and I didn’t think anything of it because she’s just a weird person. Fast forward to a couple of days ago. My brother and his girlfriend were parked outside on the street smoking a cigarette in her car because it was cold. I asked if I could smoke a cigarette with them and we all just sat and talked for about 10 mins. My brother said that our neighbor was staring at them for about 20 minutes through the window and was on the phone with someone. Again, didn’t think anything of it. I left to go to my friends, and get a call from my mother saying the cops came saying there’s drug related activity going on. We don’t smoke weed in or around the house. We don’t do drug deals in front of our house, and we don’t do anything drug related. The cops said that they didn’t see anything wrong and they left. About 30 minutes ago, my brother, his girlfriend and I, were sitting outside smoking a cigarette. Our neighbor was just sitting there, staring directly at us, and next thing we know, the cops are driving by flashing their lights. They drove around a couple of times, and then left. This is putting a lot of stress on my mother because she’s afraid we’re going to get kicked out of our house because of our stupid neighbor. Is there anything I can do to stop my weird neighbor? This is getting really creepy and I don’t like the idea of someone staring at me every time I smoke a cigarette.
Topic:
Douche

Answer:
 It might be possible that your neighbor is suffering a psychotic break. Perhaps you should contact Adult Protective Services to do a wellness check on her and her home. It is feasible that she is starting to suffer from an undiagnosed mental condition.Answer #2: Have you talked to the neighbor? That would be my first step.Answer #3: A buddy of mine had the neighbor camera situation.  What he did was build a "decorative" frame out of what looked like 16 foot rebar, and hung a shade made out of bamboo on it.  Then he just placed it on his property to block the camera.  The camera moved, so did the shade.

HOA was called, said it was a "fence" so he replaced the shade with a giant disco ball that was even better, and called it artwork, and the HOA backed down as they were actually pretty reasonable.Answer #4: >Our neighbor was just sitting there, staring directly at us, and next thing we know, the cops are driving by flashing their lights. They drove around a couple of times, and then left.

That was probably unrelated to you. I've been a cop for a long time and I never had a reason to drive around a suspect's house with my lights on without bothering to stop and contact them while they were standing around by the street. They were probably looking for someone in your area or someone was being chased. It's unlikely you saw the same patrol car more than once.


Title: Sister fell at a job that requires workers to have non-slip shoes

Question: My sister works at a place that requires workers to wear non-slip shoes, which she does have and wears daily. Today, she fell in the deep cooler because there was a thick layer of ice and some water on the floor, hit her head and her back, and is in pain. While explaining her pain and what happened to her husband, he told her to go back and file a report. Her manager is now saying she can no longer work for the company due to company policy regarding filed injury reports. What legal recourse, if any, does she have?

Answer:
 You cannot be fired for being injured at work. Period

Workers comp claim, doctor, workers comp attorney....todayAnswer #2: She can file a worker's comp claim to get her medical bills covered.Answer #3: Are you saying she’s been fired or are you saying she’s been placed on medical leave? Because while they can’t they can’t fire her for incurring an injury at work, they can require that she goes on leave until the issue is resolved.


Title: Can I sue?

Question:
So I’ve been working for this privately owned pizza business since August and when ever the original owner died, his younger brother took over the place. Since the younger brother took over there has been a lot of changes to the restaurant. For example we have made the portions smaller for food and increased the prices.( I had to quit because inside my heart... I can’t rob people). At this time while he is changing the menu ,he has failed to update the customers telling them we are changing the menus. Fast forward>>>>>>. A week ago one of my managers was telling me how our new owner was thinking of changing the pay rate for delivery drivers to 4.50. May I say are minimum is 7.25. The only reason why he made this change is so he can pay us less. May I also say since the younger brother took over the business things have been failing. We wouldn’t have any business from customers because the food is too expensive and he blaming us saying it’s labor. At this point now we have the managers doing kitchen work and getting the hours instead of the workers who are suppose to get paid for the work. Also for 4 hours on my recent check my wage has change without any noticed like he just decided to do it and boom now I’m short $30 from my check and another co worker got paid $85 for 24 hours and he didn’t have any deliveries. And now I’m just confused as shit because I want to sue him or something but I don’t know what for..

If you have any additional questions feel free to ask I know this story was a bit of a ramble

Answer:
 Where are you located?

You say you quit but you also seem to be still working there- I'm confused.


Title: [California] Questions about legal action against adults providing alcohol to minors.

Question:
Case: 30 something male has been providing heavy liquor to a 6th grade child on multiple occasions. He was discovered after ~9 months of this happening on and off without knowing the culprit. This was someone trusted to the family.

Is it worth it financially to pursue legal action against this man? What would the process be like for us (parents) and what would the results be? The adult male is out of the child's life for good so future harm is not a concern. We have no experience with the legal system.

Answer: How did this 30-something male get access to the child? What is their relationship? How did it take 9 mo. to notice?


Title: Landlord cut my DSL cable without permission, refuses to let ISP fix it. (QC, Canada)

Question:
Found myself without any internet 24 hours ago. DSL light on my modem is off. ISP sent a repairman this morning to fix it; he claims the cable has been cut and we would need to run a new cable and install a new box. The landlord refused to allow the repairman to fix anything. The landlord's reasoning: he has some renovations to do. According to the repairman, the DSL was definitely cut by our landlord as part of his renovation process.

I have been renting there for over 2 years. Every major repair I have asked for as not been followed through.

This is in Quebec, Canada. I cannot contact the Regie des logements until Monday.

Can anyone inform me of the legal steps to take here? Or the legality of what just happened?

Answer:
 Your legal steps are to lodge a complaint with the Regie and ask for compensation and for an order that the landlord must complete repairs. This is true for "every major repair ... that has not been followed through". Answer #2: >I cannot contact the Regie des logements until Monday.

Then you have to wait until Monday, unfortunately.


Title: Paid $5,000 not to write a review, if I pay the $5,000 back can I start writing reviews?

Question:
Short version of the story is a one of Chicago’s highest reviewed home inspectors missed 65k in major repairs on my home 3 years ago. They admitted fault but pointed to a clause in their contract that stats they are only liable for the cost of the inspection ($400) and that’s what was returned to me. Once I threatened to write a detailed review I was offered 5k to stay quiet. I took the money bc I needed it badly for the repairs and they left me with no other option. It’s looking like I might be able to actually get the work paid for in the next year by busting my ass working 6-7 days a week.

I can’t get over how bad they screwed me and how they’re getting away with it. Below is the agreement I had with them. If I pay it back can I write a review without worrying about them coming after me? I need to get this rage off my chest. I’ve never been screwed over so badly by someone.

“per our conversation (shitty company name here), LLC has voluntarily agreed to an agreed settlement of $5,000 to be paid via Chase Quick Pay regarding the inspection that took place on  5/26/2016  at (my home) Chicago . In return client agrees to not take any further action against (shitty company), LLC or any of it's referring agents nor inspectors in any capacity. Client further agrees to not make any posts of any kind on any social media sites that include but not limited to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), Yelp, Google or any other review services. Client also agrees not to discuss the details of the settlement with his referring agent other than to state he and (shitty company), LLC came to a mutual agreement and he considers the agreement fair and not made under duress. “
Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 If you've accepted the money and agreed to the agreement, then unless they agree to accept the $5,000 back and dissolve the agreement (which is unlikely), then no.

In other words, you can't *unilaterally* back out of a binding agreement that's already been made.


Title: Landlord shut utilities off

Question:
One month behind landlord shut off utilities

I rent a one bedroom in ct, I’m one month behind in rent I have never been late in two years and always communicate with my landlord. The other day I was out running errands and had two missed phone calls, this was June 1, I didn’t pay the month of May either or June but my landlord knows I’m waiting on my 401k (being laid off) I came home to find my lights and water and heat shut off and the basement door locked that goes to the power box, I immediately texted my landlord asking if he did this to call me back and he wouldn’t respond. After two hours I called the local police department and filed a report. I assume they must have called my landlord because he shortly called me back he denied shutting me off and said there must be a problem with something in the basement but couldn’t come out right away, it’s been two days, I’ve lost all my food I can’t shower or charge my phone. I have no money to offer him yet let alone to eat. I have yet to heard back from the police as my landlord has denied doing this. It’s 100% him as my downstairs neighbors have no problems. And just based on the conversation and the way he was acting. I think he’s mad because he can’t start the eviction due to covid19. Any advice?

Answer:
 I would talk to a local landlord/tenant attorney as soon as possible about suing your landlord for shutting off your utilities. Stop trying to contact the landlord until you talk to one.

They can't evict you at the moment but self help evictions are illegal regardless.


Title: [NYC] Facing a Misdeamonor A charge (possesion of controlled substance) with a clean record. Do I plead guilty or not guilty?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You should not plead guilty and I believe you should hire a lawyer. This could effect your record, yes.


Title: My ex husband forged my name...help

Question:
This is in CT. I'll try to make this detailed and brief.

I was in an abusive relationship with a man for 13 years. I was 12 and he was 21 when we first got together, I had Noone so he practically raised me and as you can imagine he controlled everything.

We divorced two years ago. In our divorce decree it stated that we are to each retain our own vehicles. He went against that and took possession of both vehicles and a year later the court forced him to give me the vehicle I was driving (the older vehicle) after many months he finally gave it back.

I cosigned a vehicle for him in 2013 and I had been making payments for this vehicle in the amount of up to $700 a month until I decided that he should make his own payments.

I thought this entire time he was making the payments since it's been over a year and he continued to drive the car. Needless to say one day he accused me of calling to get his car repossesed. I was shocked I don't want anything to do with the car.

Last week during a transition with our son there was a huge domestic dispute because he wanted me to sign some papers to get the car back but I wouldn't sign them without reading them.

He was arrested and there is currently a protection order in place against him.

After a few days of trying to get information I was finally able to get ahold of the right bank that the loan was through and explained the situation. I informed them that he didn't let me read the documents so that if they receive any paperwork with my signature that it was fraudulent. The customer service representative was very helpful and asked if you could call me to verify if and when they do receive papers with my signature on it. Yesterday she calls me to verify if I was the one who signed the papers she had received and I said no. I spoke to the manager who stated that she was going to pull the documents because I called in advance to warn them.

My question is, what can I do to press charges. I have let him get away with everything he has done to me up until now. I have reached my breaking point. Should I contact the investigator for the case that's already opened for the dispute that happened last week? Do I file a police report? Where do I go from here?

Answer:
 >what can I do to press charges

You don't press charges. You file a police report and let them handle itAnswer #2: You should get a lawyer, especially considering your age when you two first met.

I think this is more than just fraudAnswer #3: I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER.

I can't emphasize this enough.  They can help you deal with the financial fallout of leaving an abusive spouse, the legal problems, the emotional issues, child care and custody, etc, almost always free of charge.  PLEASE PLEASE contact one of these places, and feel free to PM me if you need additional help.

I would recommend starting with the first link and calling the hotline number.  They should be able to refer you to specific resources to meet your specific needs

DV Toll-free Hotline/Resources for CT generally: http://www.dvccct.org/

List of location specific centers: http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/states/conndv.shtml

CT Domestic Violence Coalition (if you feel the hotline isn't able to give you what you need): http://www.ctcadv.org/


Title: A question about leaving a job

Question:
I'll try to make this very brief. I work for a large retail company in Kentucky. My boss is like a Michael Scott without the humor. He micromanages the store and treats everyone differently based on how much he knows them on a personal level. He's also been known to give anyone who leaves the store a bad reference for anyone who calls and ask about that employee. But the part that scares me the most is when people put in their 2 weeks, he stops putting them on the schedule.

I'm moving in a few months and I have not told him yet. I want to transfer stores, but I'm scared to death of all of the above.

I guess I'm asking, is this legal? I'm a good employee, but I know he doesn't like me because I don't bond with him on a personal level. What can I do?

Answer:
 >I guess I'm asking, is this legal?

What?  Your boss playing favorites, or being incompetent, or taking people off the schedule?  Legal.

>What can I do?

Go over his head about a transfer.  If that doesn't work, then be prepared to find a new job.


Title: Insanely high utility bill came down over 50% after utility company installed a new meter, saying the old one was sending faulty readings. Do I have recourse to collect my overpayments for the past 5 years?

Question:
I’ve lived in a small 2 bedroom house for 5 years. My monthly bills have always been high and the energy statements they regularly send out always show my house is %160 less efficient than other similar residences. Some years ago I called to find out why and they were not very helpful, saying I just live in an old drafty house, which happens to be true. A few months ago they sent out meter inspectors to everyone in my city. The service person was on his way out when I pressed him on why my bills are so high and showed him my billing history. He then took another look at my meter and said that the readings on the meter itself were not matching the readings at the facility, so he replaced the entire meter. I’ve received two bills since then and they are more than 50% lower than the past two years of bills I can see online. I’ve requested copies of my bills from the last 5 years so I can compare all months year-to-year, but it’s obvious that I’ve been way overcharged for all of this time. (FYI last March my gas/electric bill was $478!)

Do I have recourse and what is the best way to approach the utility company (which is already embroiled in lawsuits)? Thanks for any advice.

location: Northern California

Answer: Let the public utility commission investigate your complaint https://consumers.cpuc.ca.gov/CABUtilityComplaint.aspxAnswer #2: You have given me the great idea to upgrade mine. My monthly bill is $800 and I've done everything I can to get it down.


Title: [US - NY]I currently do not have a means to pay rent to my landlord

Question:
This is a cross-post from /r/landlord.  Someone suggested I ask here.

My landlord recently terminated his contract with the property management company. I was paying rent through the property management company’s online portal. That is no longer an option for me. On the lease it states payment can only be made through the property management company.  There is no other payment location or address on the lease.  I have asked the landlord repeatedly how I can get September’s rent to him. I haven’t received a reply. I do not have a phone number or an address for him. All I have is an email address because that is the way he wants it.

If I do not hear from him would it be acceptable for me to send an electronic form of payment to him (i.e. PayPal to email address) for the full rent amount via the email address he provided to me?  I understand PayPal is not ideal in this situation but that is only an example.  I currently have no other means to pay him rent. I don’t want to be in a situation where he tries to evict me on the grounds that I didn’t pay rent to him.

Answer:
 You shouldn't send *anything* until the LL replies. You should put it in another account to show your willingness to pay, but that the LL has not responded with an addendum to the lease on payment.Answer #2: You've gotten the info you need it looks like, but I will add this because it seems important, and hasn't been said:

Do NOT send money without an agreement in writing or some sort of outline before-hand, because he could turn around and say it was an unsolicited gift. You could probably argue and get it back, you might even win..but don't risk it.

Keep it separate, wait for contactAnswer #3: I wouldn't do that. I'd continue to try to make contact, (ask the property management company if they have any other information on him, try searching for him on social media). Put the rent money in a separate escrow account to be paid to him whenever he comes around.


Title: Friend ordered pizza from hacked Domino’s credit card account to my house and now I’m in trouble

Question:
Okay so some background information, I’m 18 and live in NY.

My friend had messaged me on snapchat and offered to have a 2 topping medium domino’s pizza ordered and delivered to my house for $4 so stupidly I accepted the offer & asked for two pizzas and decided why not, since this was a person I trusted and didn’t see what was wrong and being gullible, didn’t ask why it was so cheap.
I pay my friend on cashapp and he tells me they’re on their way but as separate orders. I was confused as to why they were separate and asked him which is when he told me he had cracked, hacked dominos accounts he was using to buy and sell these pizzas.
At this point I was scared and tried messaging him to cancel it but he wasn’t responding.
In the midst of all this, I get a call from the Dominos manager asking if I ordered two pizzas, I said yeah and he told me they were from hacked Dominos accounts and I told him I wasn’t aware and that my friend had ordered it for me. He told me it doesn’t matter, he’s informed the police, it’s a felony and they’ll most likely charge me for it. I kept trying to tell him I wasn’t aware and didn’t know but he said it was beyond his hands at this point and that the police should be in contact with me soon as the manager provided them with my name, phone number and address.
My friend still hasn’t responded.
I dont know what to do, I’m extremely scared and don’t want to be pressed for a felony on something I wasn’t aware was happening.
What should I do and how much legal trouble can I get into?

Answer:
 You need to talk to a lawyer and save all the communications you've had with your "friend."

Because it's fairly likely that your best way out of this if it turns into a criminal charge is to cut a deal and testify against him.


Title: [Canada to U.S.A] Shipping a full-scale videogame weapon replica (non functional) to a customer in the U.S. Just want to make sure I'm good for customs

Question:
A customer recently purchased a full-scale replica of the Halo 4 Battle Rifle from me, and it's almost ready to be shipped to the United States where they reside.

Now, it is a non-functional replica with no moving parts, and it's made of plastic; however, it is entirely black, and though not a model of a real gun, could possibly be mistaken for a real firearm at initial glance by those not familiar with the game and/or firearms.

I plan on including a Customs letter detailing the connection of the item with the corresponding I.P. that the model is representational of; however, is there anything else I should do to ensure a successful export across the border?

I know some replicas entering the U.S. need an orange tip--does that apply here?

Answer:
 Do not use the words "replica" and "rifle" on the same planet as anything you want to ship past CBSA.

The term you're looking for is "Toy model".


Title: Thank you

Question: This is one of the most informative subreddits available and I've learned a lot just reading it.  Thanks for taking the time to answer questions.

Answer:
 IANAL but IIRC the sub should saw you're welcome. Contact an attorney though as soon as possible. Answer #2:

Don't forget to file for unemployment!Answer #3: I agree!  And with the recent addition of "best of" I haven't lost so much time on Reddit in a long time.  Love this sub.


Title: Can your employer legally force you to give them your Reddit acc. or Facebook?

Question: (U.S. PA)

Answer:
 It's legal for them to request it. You may refuse. They may fire you for your refusal. Answer #2: I think when they say for you to give them your accounts, they mean your account NAMES. Not the passwords. They want to see what you have been posting publicly, so that they can see if you're the type of person they want to hire. Asking for the names is legal, though you can refuse.

Honestly, I never admit to using reddit, and I use my 'public' facebook to make me look as good as possible. I always talk about the good things I am doing in my life, keep it 100% positive, and try to look like an overall good person. That way they see an upstanding person and are more inclined to hiring me.Answer #3: There are some states that have "anti-snooping" laws in place regarding social media, PA is not one of them.

You can refuse to provide it and possibly be fired.  I wouldn't want to work at a place that does this.

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/technology/pages/social-media-snooping.aspxAnswer #4: They can't *force* you per se, but they can tell you if you don't give them your account details that you will be fired, and they can follow through with that.


Title: Employer taking hours off paychecks as punishment/so they can cut corners

Question:
Texas. TL;DR sums all this up so you can skip the details if you want to.

I work for a major private company in a production role. Every employee including myself works 10+ hours a day so we get a lot of overtime. This has been the case for years and the unlimited availability of overtime was a big selling point to me and many others.

We recently got a new manager, but he was hired because he's the bosses friend. To say he doesn't know what he's doing would be an understatement. He's spent the whole time he's been with the company working on products that the company God's haven't asked us to make, so he's been forcing us to waste time and they've essentially been paying us all this overtime pay for nothing. There's a lot more he's done but you get the idea.

Because the God's are sick of paying us 40 hours worth of overtime each week they've told the boss and new manager to cut our time and deny us all overtime. We've been told we can only work 40 hours a week, so 10 hours a day 4 days a week and no more than 10 hours, which sucks since I will lose more than half my income, but it is what it is. Something that I don't find OK is that they've told us that, on days when we have holidays we will only get 8 hours, so I will work 30 hours tuesday - thursday, but on Friday when we have a holiday it will only count for 8 hours, so 38 total.

On top of that, we all received emails saying that, say, if we come in at 7 and work until 5, but forget to clock in at 7 and go to them to ask them to enter in our hours, they will only give us 7 hours for that day, not 10, even if we can prove we've been there for 10 hours. It is our punishment for forgetting to clock in. Also if we're forced to miss our 30 minute lunch break because there's too much work, they will take an entire *hour* out for the lunch we didn't take. I still have the paperwork from when I was hired stating that we get a 30 minute lunch.

TL;DR

- Employer changed our hours so we have to work 10 hours a day, 4 days a week, but any time out for holidays or sick time only counts for 8 hours so on weeks with a holiday for example we only get 38 hours.

- If we forget to clock in in the morning or out in the evening then we're punished by only getting 7 hours even if we worked the full 10 and can prove it.

- If we miss our 30 minute lunch break because there's too much work to do we automatically get a whole hour taken out for lunch.

Answer:
 Your employers cannot legally do this.

Contact the state labour board, because they'll love to hear about this. If more than one of the employees can do that, even better.


Title: [FL] Neighbor blaring loud bass that rattles windows from 100 ft away

Question:
My neighbor "builds sound systems" as a "hobby" in his back yard, and demonstrates their ability frequently. There are times where it is so loud that 3 doors down, it makes my ears hurt and rattles my windows. I live with 2 other adults and a 3 year old child. Is there any legal action I can take against him? Myself and others have spoken to him politely and requested that he either stop or continue his tests elsewhere, and he insists that it is his legal right to continue on his property. Him doing so on a regular basis (Today, he has done it on at least 3 occasions), appears to be a clear violation of my cities noise ordinance

" Sec. 8-1-16. - Regulation of noise.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud and raucous noise which term shall mean any sound which, because of its volume level, duration, and character, annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities within the limits of the city.
(b)
The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud and raucous noises in violation of this section 8-1-16, which enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
(1)
Horns and signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place of the city, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; the sounding of any such device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; the use of any signaling device except one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any horn, whistle or other device operated by engine exhaust; and the use of any such signaling device when traffic is for any reason held up. The use of sirens, except by authorized emergency vehicles, is prohibited.
(2)
Radios, phonographs and similar devices. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated, of any radio receiving set, television set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which the machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this paragraph."

If I acquire evidence of him doing so and present it to a lawyer, is it possible to bring him up on a civil suit for disruption of comfort, peace, and health by being exposed to painfully loud noises?

Answer: have you called the police or code enforcement? you need to start keeping logs, put up a camera with sound recording and get records. Answer #2: An accurate sound meter may be useful. Every time the neighbor turns up the music: Note the date and time. Note the dB reading on the sound meter. Note if you took the reading indoors or outdoors.


Title: 'Married and 10'

Question: I see people changing their W4 status to married and 10 kids before they get paid to get a big check then change it back. Why is this aloud? And if I tried this could I get in trouble? US.

Answer: Are you talking about W4's?  You can claim as many exemptions as you want on your W4.  It impacts your withholding, not how much tax you will owe at the end of the year.  If you claim 10 exemptions but only have 1, you will owe a lot more money than if you claimed 1.


Title: [Arizona] Need Advice on a situation with my HoA thats costing us hundreds of dollars in regards to a dispute over the signage and architectural responsibility of the Administration.

Question:
What is the best way to address and present my situation to my HoA board so that is finally addressed and I'm not ignored?

A little back story for those interested. Learning from examples is the perfect way for people to not only understand an answer, but the context helps gain a deeper understanding of the process.

I'm dealing with an HoA problem and I'm trying to rectify it, and believe based on the Bylaws that I'm correct on the issue. I'll do my best to be concise.

We originally bought our townhouse a few years ago, roughly three, almost four years. It was a foreclosure we purchased from the bank, did the inside repairs and moved in. Fast forward a year and the issue begins.

The issue that we're having is that the house numbers on the exterior wall of the townhouse the HoA claimed are not up to the "HoA code" and started to charge us with violations for them.

The numbers were originally there, and when we finally removed them, they were dated all the way back in the year 1987-92, when the townhouses were first built, so we're pretty confident the numbers were placed by the administration at the time, or the contractor themselves.

We contacted the administration after our first notice so that we could get permission to remove them because based on the bylaws, we're not allowed to alter the exterior of the house.

**(9.) Alterations, Additions or Improvements: No alterations of any Common Areas of any additions or improvements thereto or any alterations to any exterior portion of any Single Family Residence, shall be made by any Owner, except Declarant, without the prior written approval of the Board.**

So at that point we tried to contact them. Fast forward literally two years (from 2013 to 2015), they had not returned any of our calls, emails, or voicemails we left. The entire time they've been sending us notices of "signage" infractions, penalties, and fines for it the house numbers. We're up to 900 dollars in fines now and "late fee assessments" for not paying the fine.

I've been doing a lot of research on the Bylaws we signed, and based on the verbiage, I'm cautiously confident that the HoA is responsible for exterior walls, including maintenance and furnishing. We have never altered the walls, damaged the house, or anything that caused an alteration to the exterior walls. Let me link you the two main bylaws that draw me to this conclusion.

**(1.24) "Structural Maintenance Area" means the roofs, gutters, downspouts and exterior building surfaces (structural walls only, excluding glass surfaces) of all Single Family Residences constructed on the Property.**

Sorry, I had to give you definition of it first so that it was clear what the term means, here is the follow up that will make sense why I included that.

**(8.) Maintenance, Repairs and Replacements, Right of Access: The association shall furnish and be responsible for, as a Common Expense, all of the maintenance, repairs and replacements to the Common Areas, the front yard areas of all Lots, any portion of any rear yard which extends beyond any rear yard wall and any Structural Maintenance Area.**

The exterior front facing wall in question leads directly to a sidewalk, there is no patio, or front doorway. No gate, no gateway. It is virtually the door leading into the housing, and then the sidewalk that is within the lot.

Here is what they say about our responsibility:

**(8.) Each owner shall furnish and be responsible for, at his own expense, all of the maintenance, repairs, and replacements within any Single Family Residence constructed upon a Lot, any air conditioning, electrical, plumbing and heating systems and lines which serve such residence, and the patio, rear yard and entry area behind any fence, entry gate or gateway.**

Based on these bylaws, I can't foresee anything that would somehow make us responsible for any of the furnishing for the exterior of the houses, and I'm getting the idea that the HoA is attempting to fleece us or bully us.

They've also attempted to add additional fines, when a tree on the administration's lot behind our house had a giant branch fall down and damage the screen covering the window and the frame encompassing the window on our structure during a monsoon.

Based on the bylaws they are also responsible for the lot behind.

Is there anything else I should review or come prepared when I attempt to approach the board next week? Are there certain methods I can use to present my case in a way that would make it hard to argue a different position?

Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 You might be getting ignored (not only by the HoA, but by others in your life) because your communication skills are disordered.

Reread what you wrote.  Now, compare it with what I would say to the board:

“I’ve been getting fines for house numbers and a branch falling on a window screen.  But I don’t pay for those.  You do.”

Then, hand your listener a copy of the bylaws, with the relevant sections pre-highlighted.  Point them to (8.).  Let them read it.  Let the bylaws speak for themselves.

Next, listen to what they say in response.

Likewise, ask why they're ignoring you.  If you emailed them, print out your emails:

“Did you get this email from me?  This one?  Did you respond?  Why not?”

Compare my communication with yours:

> Learning from examples is the perfect way for people to not only understand an answer, but the context helps gain a deeper understanding of the process.

That language makes listener’s eyes glaze over and fantasize about spending time with their family until you leave their office.  Of course they’ll ignore anything coming out of your mouth after that.


Title: AL - Legal for a teacher to have to pay for their own substitute? Also an update to my previous question

Question:
Hello again everyone. I have a few questions and I'm not entirely sure if the situation is different since my wife is a teacher.

So, first things first that I thought was odd. She's a salaried employee, as all teachers are, but has to use a web clock. Not a huge deal except if she does not clock in/out and submit her timesheet and all that, she doesn't get paid, and if she's short hours she gets docked. Basically she's treated as an hourly employee even though she's salaried and has a 9mo contract. Is that normal? That's kind of the softball question here, and I'm not too concerned with that.

The thing that really concerns me is that when she takes PTO, she's deducted $80 from her paycheck for them to hire a substitute. That's pretty crap, but they don't even hire a substitute. When she asked about it they said "Well, we just have to deduct that for everyone." Is any of that legal?

As a bonus, an update from my previous question regarding the ticket for passing a stopped bus issue. It's nothing exciting because when my wife asked to plead it down the judge just offered to let her take driving school, and that was that. Sorry, no big legal drama.

Answer:
 A lot of teachers are unionized, so the answers to your questions depend on whether or not she's in a union, and, if so, what her union contract says.

Glad to hear the ticket worked out well.  Thanks for the update!


Title: Gas station by my house added a third card reader, checking account drained two days after using it.

Question:
The sketchy gas station(Citgo) by my house has always had two card readers which is normal but they just added a third one, it’s an old Verifone.
When I was in there last week the manager told me to use it so I did. Two days later someone started using my card info at a gas station(Valero) a couple towns over. It’s fishy because the transactions at the Valero were $99.81 $99.80 $99.90 $99.87 $75.00 $75.00. I went to the Valero after I filed disreputes to see if they would maybe help me identify the person for a police report. There was only one guy working(the owner) and he didn’t want to show me shit and got mad when I mentioned police report. So I’m starting to wonder if he’s the guy using my card and maybe he got the card info from the Citgo manager. I’m almost 100 percent sure it was that card reader at the Citgo that got me because they also charged me $20 after midnight(they close at 11) on a day I didn’t even go there in the middle of the Valero transactions. I want to file a police report because I’m worried I won’t get that money back, from what I was reading it’s hard to win disputes if they’re using your pin because it’s hard to prove it wasn’t you making the transactions. Any advice would be helpful.

Answer: Go ahead and file the police report. The card company is now that victim if they reversed the charges and can file their own police report.


Title: Ticketed for driving with expired registration. Have a court date need advice re: legal defense

Question:
I was caught driving with expired license plateot vehicle registration. I thought it expires in August but actually expired in July. This was the very 1st time thay the city switched between letter notification of drivers to radio and tv anouncement notifications, which will be a part of my defense since I don't partake in that media.
Also, to demonstrate good faith, I have re-registered my vehicle the very next day. Also the police officer did not try to negotiate with me, to bad so sad and take your ticket. It happened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Any suggestions or past experiences relevant to this will be highly appreciated

1st Edit: I re-registered the vehicld a day after I got the ticket.

Answer:
 Why would you expect the cop to 'negotiate'? Your plates were expired. It's a binary condition, yes/no, and doesn't sound like you dispute it. How expired were they? (ie, the expiry was 5 months ago - were you only just caught, incredibly out of date?)

You could have signed up for electronic reminders, and chose not to (nearly a million Albertans had signed up for this by April 2016 - https://globalnews.ca/news/2726930/alberta-drivers-forget-to-renew-licence-vehicle-registrations-after-government-change/). Do you have an actual defence? Or is it just a feeling that you're hard done by because you didn't notice the date?Answer #2: You don't have a defense. This is a strict liability offence - you either have valid registration, or you don't. Unlike crimes, mental state and intention is not relevant at all.  Sending reminders is just a courtesy, not a legal obligation. Its up to you to keep track of when your registration and car insurance expire.

And of course the police officer didn't try to negotiate with you. They don't negotiate. Sometimes they may let you off with a warning, but again they don't have to. Answer #3: Do police officers negotiate tickets on the side of the road in Canada? I've never heard of that. What is negotiable?


Title: Arrested in foreign country

Question:
Throwaway account for personal matters. On a European trip with friends and was arrested on my way into a festival with drugs, I was given a summons to appear in court letter (Here in the foreign country in December) and I’m unsure what to do. A police officer gave me contact to a lawyer and they’re offering to help with the whole case for €750 + 21% tax. This is the first time I’ve ever been arrested and I’m trying not to tell home about this for a considerable amount of time
Will update post with more info if needed

Answer:
 For Coke and Ketamine, you might still argue own use, but with that many MDMA and Diazepam I'm seriously wondering that they didn't lock you up awaiting trial, looks like you were trying to sell, which is a serious offense even in a rather liberal country.

Contact the lawyer you were offered, maybe double check with another one, and fight that thing tooth and nail.

By the way, are you still in the Netherlands, or in Europe for that matter? Did they seize your passport? There is an extradition treaty between AU and NL (EU), but back home at least they wouldn't be able to randomly pick you up and lock away. I'm not suggesting to run away from responsibility, but to fight it from a safe distance - in most cases, your lawyer is allowed to represent you in court, and you wouldn't have to appear in person.


Title: Child Support Issue - Father will take in 1 of 2 children. I don't want to be responsibile for child support.

Question:
Location: California

My wife has two children from a previous marriage, she has had sole custody of both of them since they were 2 and 3 years of age. The father of the children is a complete deadbeat who works under the table jobs, and has not paid a dime of child support. the children are now 9 and 10. the 9 year old really wants to be with the father, and currently the 10 year old and 9 year old fight like crazy.

After discussing things with my wife we felt the 9 year old has a right to be around his father if he chooses too.

The father said he will take the 9 year old and wants his social security, birth certificate, ect...

My wifes concern is if we let him have the 9 year old he will go after her for child support because he is that type of guy. we live in different counties within the same state. not sure if that makes a difference but any advice is appreciated.

How can we protect ourselves against this?

Answer:
 The simplest way is to mediate an agreement and have it approved by the court that since each parent has one kid, no child support is owed from that point on by either parent.

Is there an earlier support order for when the mom had both kids?


Title: Sellers threatened to sue because we haven't signed utility contract after closing on a property.

Question:
The property was built in 2015 and the builder arranged a payment plan with the utility company to bring in power. When the builder completed the property he sold it to the Jones and the Jones took over the contract with the electric utility that said they'd pay xx.xx per month until xx.xx amount was paid back.

Fast forward till now, we closed on this property and a week after closing the sellers forward this contract from the electric utility company to us saying we have to sign it and take over the contract. We haven't because it wasn't in the closing documents and wasn't brought up until after we closed.

I talked with the electric utility company who said we have no requirement to sign unless we agreed to sign it at closing but followed with the cya statement of "but I'm not a lawyer".

Can we be held liable for this since it was never disclosed until after closing?

State of Alaska for reference.

Answer:
 > Can we be held liable for this since it was never disclosed until after closing?

Nope, you're good. The sellers are liable. They could still sue, but people rarely follow through. If they do, have a lawyer take care of it.Answer #2: I am aware that Alaska has a lot of natural resources but what is their sand volume at because the seller is going to told to pound it by everyone including legal council he/she would be seeking to file a civil claim.

If you're sue'd in small claims or in general respond but if it isn't it the contract you can't just expect someone to pay.Answer #3: As everyone else has already said, it does not sound as though you would be liable.

One other thing to consider with all of this, is what might the implications be if the previous owners stop paying the monthly fee? Might the utility company discontinue supply to the property?Answer #4: Just advice: did you use an attorney for your closing? If so, you could forward the facts to him/her and just ask if they were aware of this...


Title: Mother/boss is threatening to sue over verbally authorized credit charges, on an account I am an authorized user on. How concerned do I need to be?

Question:
Hey r/legaladvice,

I'm not sure how much detail I need to go into here, but basically what's going on is this: I have worked for and lived with/near my parents for most of my adult life (yeah I know) and am an authorized card holder on their company AMEX accounts.

For my entire time working with them I have been verbally authorized on literally hundreds of occasions to use the card to make personal purchases FOR THEM (groceries for them, food for their animals, decor and reno items for their investment properties, etc). At one point, when I was young, I was authorized to make personal-for-me purchases in return for no-raise, until they got into tax trouble for it.

My mother pays zero attention to how much is being charged, and has been paying the bill with no complains for well over a year. But we had a falling out, and suddenly I receive this:

>"Here is your American Express bill from the company.  You need to account for the charges.  In particular anything on Amazon, Target or Walmart.  Any retailer.  If these charges are for company property then it needs to be returned.  If not then the charge needs to be reimbursed.

>It looks like you charged gas every week.  Gas is only allowed to be charged if you have gone to an out of town assignment.  It looks like you have been putting all your personal gas on.  Please account for the trips you spent the gas on.  If not you need to reimburse the company for personal gas.  No other company employee is allowed to charge their personal gas.

>There is over $8000 of un-accounted charges on this that the company Bookkeeper needs to know how to itemize.  If it is not an allowable charge, then you need to pay it back."

I replied with the following:

>"You are surely well aware that I don't have the receipts for all those publix charges, etc. Where was any of that going to go but into your fridge and freezer? I literally don't have a place to put any items I may have purchased at any publix, target, etc. I have been buying dog food for your dogs, water for your employees, food for you personally, and both personal-for-you and business items you verbally authorized me to buy, such as decor items for the condo. Again, items that were purchased for the family or for you personally. This has been going on for well over a year. You allowed it and repeatedly verbally authorized me to run personal errands for you that were obviously going to entail using a credit card. You cannot claim that you had no knowledge of non-company charges being placed on the company AMEX.

>We had multiple discussions in which you conceded that I had no other choice but to use the AMEX-- in the last one you said we needed to find another alternative to using it so it wouldn't affect your taxes. Ie. you were going to authorize me for STILL ANOTHER card. But in the end, you never provided me another option for making purchases you asked me or authorized me to. You have a habit of neglecting to pay me back for things I put on my personal credit card (such as the bill for the dryer last week), and you are also aware that I told you not to worry about it but that I would mostly use the AMEX if I had to, otherwise you would need to take responsibility for the shopping.

>You also told me that it was okay to charge gas if I was running errands for you-- I have been to **areas I travel for work** specifically to do so multiple times a month for the past year.

>You know all of this. Why would you have allowed this to go on for a year otherwise? Why would you be asking me for a year of receipts, only now? Why would you give me continued access to the card, and access to the website in order to raise spending limits, etc? I can only account for online purchases, and any company shop items bought are still in the studio and remain your property. You and my stepdad have been aware of this for some time. If this was a problem you should have been asking for receipts every time I came back from the store.

>Don't forget that you have a habit of accusing me of theft and unauthorized spending when you're mad at me for personal reasons, and then contradicting yourself later by inviting me back to work for you, providing me another card, etc. If you truly believed I was 'stealing' why would you keep allowing me access to credit? You obviously understood over the course of a year+ that those charges were made for your personal and business benefit, and verbally stated this when discussed.

>Furthermore, you paid me out of company for un-stipulated work. If you expected something from me aside from personal errand running and shop activities, it was up to you to state that. I stated multiple times that I was willing to do company work if needed; I was never asked. In fact, I sat in the office for 7 hours the other day with no instructions, just waiting to see if I could help. That's habitual. So your claims that I have been insubordinate as an employee are also unfounded. I have spent well over 25 hours a week on the retail store assisting customers, dealing with vendors, preparing and disseminating shipments, maintaining the studio (which you and the others come in and make a mess out of as soon as I get it back in order, EVERY time), inventorying items purchased both by you and me, and maintaining social media, and online retail sites. Again, this was all authorized by you and you were perfectly happy with my performance up until you became upset with me over personal reasons.

>I'll repeat: if any of this was an issue, especially to the point of being a fireable or 'legal' offense, prior to today, it was NOT discussed with me. In fact, I have been repeatedly informed that my performance with the shop was good, and never offered any regular engineering tasks despite professing a willingness to continue helping if needed."

So yeah, on a more personal note this has happened a few times and there are a lot of deeper issues of codependency and abuse, which is a cycle I clearly need to break once and for all. I'm completely aware of how stupid it was to get myself into this situation, AGAIN. All of this came about because I let a personal incident escalate by defending myself, and due to the fact that I am planning to move out of state. But obviously that's neither here or there at this point. I just want to get an idea of whether she has a leg to stand on, legally speaking. If she pursues it further I suppose I will be forced to retain a lawyer.

TL;DR: (edit: Florida, sorry!) Authorized user on parents' company card. Verbally authorized to make personal (for them) purchases over the course of... forever, but in question is the last year or so. Mother is threatening legal action if I can't account for all purchases made, even though I have had continuous verbal authorization to do so with no expectation of retaining my receipts. Not to mention she has, twice before, threatened me with this, cut off access to my cards and then given it back when our personal issues were resolved. I just want to know if she has any grounds to sue me for the charges I can't account for.

Thanks all.

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer.

Authorized users of credit cards can authorize charges to the card, but ultimately the balance and total responsibility of the account lies with the primary accountholder.  There could be an agreement between the user and the accountholder, but you made no mention of anything like this.

Based on this, it sounds like your mother does not have a case.

You should consider consulting with an attorney.  If you choose to do so, do not pay/promise to pay your mother and cease all contact with your mother, until you meet with your attorney.


Title: [VA] Employee left company, now starting own business with essentially the same/similar name. Selling the same products as us, using the clients and contacts

Question:
We are a small company that sells certain steel parts/and truck accessories. Because we are such a small company, we didn't really have any sort of official employee contracts drawn up or signed by the employees. I know that would've been ideal to avoid this type of situation.

One of our employees quit. Come to find out he has started a new company that is named almost similar to what our company is. (Just as an example. not the actual company name, just to show how similar his is: our company would be named Top Mechanical LLC, he would name his Top Mechanical Supply LLC.)

The problem is that while he was working for us, he utilized his own personal cell phone and own personal email to communicate with the clients. He quit and then made his own company selling the same product line, selling to the same clients. We gave him too much autonomy because he was the only person in his division. When he quit, he is the only person who had the client contacts. He has taken them. He also has clearly set his company name to be almost similar ours so that people think he is still either affiliated with us or that it's an offshoot. Our business has dropped, because all the clients are buying from him. We have no way to contact the clients since he has all the contact info.

Is there anything we can do? If so, what type of lawyer do we need to look for? We are an extremely small company and did not have any employee contracts drawn up unfortunately.

TLDR: former employee quits our company, creates his own new company that's named exactly the same as ours but with an extra word, sells to our former clients. He has the clients contact info because he used his own personal cell phone and email. Our business is hit hard, his is presumably fine since he has the clients now.

Answer: You need to speak with a business attorney as soon as possible. It's likely legal for him to be in the same business space/market since he didn't sign anything saying he wouldn't compete against your business, *but* it's not legal to miss-represent himself as your own business.


Title: My guarantor fell through.

Question: I am an 18 year old college student in Florida and signed a housing lease back in June with my father signing as a guarantor. About 2 weeks after signing the lease my dad lost his job. About 3 weeks after loosing his job the housing place contacted us saying that their was a hold on his credit due to a previous bankruptcy, which he reported to them beforehand. They than asked me for a different guarantor or a $1,500 security deposit. They also sent me revised documentation of my lease in which they wanted me to agree to pay a $1,500 deposit.They threatened to send my contract to a collection agency if I do not pay up. If my guarantor got denied a month later after signing the lease alongside my initials am I still responsible for this lease? Thank you in advance.

Answer: So just to be clear, you signed a lease, moved in, and now they are demanding you pay a larger deposit/get another guarantor?


Title: DirectvNow gave a $25 discount for life and are now removing it

Question:
Back in October on a customer service chat with a DirectvNow employee, I was offered $25 off of my bill for life by the employee. DirectvNow honored that discount up until this week. I  got an email saying that I no longer qualified for the discount because My AT&T line did not have unlimited data - but my line never had unlimited data and the offer for the $25 off per month was never predicated on the fact that my line did/would have unlimited data. On the phone with customer service, they basically claim the employee acted “out of bounds” in offering me the discount and said they would not be able to continue the discount if I did not upgrade to an unlimited data plan with AT&T. I am not the primary account holder on my family’s AT&T plan so that is not my call to make, and besides, I bought the DirectvNow service apart from anything within my AT&T plan.

[Link](https://imgur.com/a/vkmghG0) to album, photos detailing:

1. Initial offer for the $25 discount for life (no predication of type of AT&T service included in the discount offer)

2. Email saying I was losing the offer due to not having an unlimited plan (never had one)

3. Email customer service rep sent me after failing to re-apply my discount.

4. My reply to the customer service rep.

What courses of action do I have here to make them keep this promise? Is this not a breach of contract?

Answer: A chat is not a contract. What does the actual contract say about this?


Title: (NC) Is there ever a good reason to actually take a breathalyzer or field test?

Question: Especially if you aren't driving?

Answer: Plenty of people I stop who may have had a drink or two (who are not impaired) get sent quickly on their way when the field sobriety tests show no impairment.


Title: Can I get charged for assault?

Question:
Hey guys idk if any of you live in CT but I have a question (would be helpful if you did live in CT)... so I’m already sorta in trouble with the law (only once) and I’m trying to be good so I can get AR, so I can’t fight any bitches (not that I have before) but this one bitch is getting on my nerves trying to steal my boyfriend, telling him to break up with me,  and telling him shit like she hopes I get hit by a truck so she can come laugh at my funeral (he’s since blocked her... we used to be friends, she fucked me over after I tried an intervention with her family about her prostitution). Sooo, she’s all about her image and how pretty she looks all the time and she loves going to dumbass college parties all the time so I devised a plan.. to dump some Powerade on her head and ruin her hair, makeup and outfit for the night (plan is to dump and go so by the time she’s done wiping her eyes I’m already gone, so I don’t think retaliation will be a problem).. my boyfriend loves the plan I’ve thought up because of how much of a bitch she’s been to me however he thinks I can get charged with assault for that and like I said I’m trying to stay out of legal trouble rn so, is that true? Can I get charged with assault if I dump some red Powerade on her head? Thanks for the helps!
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: Assaulting people is a great way to be charged with assault, so yes.