What can I do in this situation? I got wrongly arrested because of an accusation an ex-girlfriend made?

[ezri]

3 days ago I was arrested by the police on charges of "Criminal Domestic Violence and 3rd Degree Assault and Battery".

I was wrongly arrested and I do NOT have a criminal record. I still cooperated with the officers and did not resist arrest of anything of the sort. I figured that would just make things worse.

Anyway what happened was that they had an arrest warrant that practically stated that my ex-girlfriend, lets just call her "Miranda" (I don't want to use real names on here), said that the day previous to my arrest, I went over to her home and during an argument I punches her in the face and kicked her several times, and that I also threatened her.

I don't know how but the police officers said that she had a black eye and bruises in her stomach, they even showed me pictures before they arrested me. I didn't understand how. I even showed them my knuckles to try to prove that I hadn't hit anyone recently but it didn't matter to them.

Anyway, I spent 2 days in the county jail before I got bailed out, the bail by the way was 5 thousand dollars. It was humiliating, they made me put on an orange jumpsuit and stuck me in a dormitory filled with a lot of delinquents.

So and I'm being completely honest here. She's lying, I've never hit her and I'd never hit a woman.

She's furious at me because I cheated on her and then when she tried to patch things up I broke up with her and told her not to call me again. I just thought she was too clingy and possessive. But the night that the alleged assault happened, she had called me and asked me to pick up some things that I left at her home, and I went, I barely talked to her and just got my things, but I was over there. Now I'm starting to think she planned it, but I don't know. She must have hit herself or something, to get back at me, or to get me to go back with her or something.

Anyway, what is your advice? This has been horrible for me, I've always respected the law and being in jail and charged with those crimes has been horrific for me, and I haven't handled it well, I've just been drinking since I was released from jail and I'm really depressed. I have a meeting with a lawyer in 2 days but I just wanted to get some opinions beforehand. What can I do here? Could I sue her? I'm pretty sure her lies have to be a felony! On the other hand, she has no proof that I supposedly "hit" her apart from her "injuries" and her story. And on my phone records I can show that before this she kept calling me and calling me a total of about 50 times harrassing me.

The 2 charges are serious misdemeanors and I'm facing up to 30 days in jail for the 3rd degree assault charges, and 90 days in jail for the criminal domestic violence charge.

Please give me advice.

[hob97]

Sorry to hear that.. . they should know that "friends" could help rough them up to set someone up.. ppl are sick these days... by your knuckles, they shoulda known... plus, it's odd she wouldn't have called the cops right away or got medical treatment right away. You could have your lawyer have her lie detector tested; it is a good investigative tool... they could test you, too... still, they could ask her repeatedly & her friends repeatedly of what happened & see if their stories keep matching up. Plus, the stuff I said beforehand since they didn't catch you two together right after or shortly after while everything is fresh, I'm surprised they would arrest on an accusation. You are innocent til proven guilty. They cannot even arrest ppl they strongly suspect committed murder w/o having enuf/sufficient evidence first (even when they do think they have some)... District attorneys will frequently tell them it's not enuf & to get more...
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Advice is to seek a defense attorney... sorry... try posting a Q in Law & Ethics, too, just incase they don't see it here.

[sayre]

If you didnt do it and still get charged, i personally say you should go punch her in the face and kick her in the stomach several times. If you do the time, shoulden't you be allowed to do the crime?


(defense attouney, definantly)