by Garritt » Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:43 am
I used to be a police officer and the cops do not have to release ANY names to victims unless they are charged The charge must be filed in court, which makes it a public document that any person, including the victim, can access. Arrested doesn't mean they have charged them with the crime of breaking and entering your residence.My suggestion is:contact the detective or officer who investigated your case or took your initial complaint and ask if anyone has been charged in your case. If they say no one has been charged and that your case is still open, then they are not required to release the names. If there is someone charged, ask for a copy of the indictment for your records. If they will not willingly give you a copy, go to the city or county court and file to receive one. It's a public document(if you want to see what one looks like, go on Thesmokinggun.com and you'll see a bunch of them.If there's a hassle there, then it is lawyer time.If there is no charge, but you have received some of your belongings back from an arrest they have made and you want to see if that person is your burgler, it's lawyer tme again. Or Private Investigator - because the cops don't have enough to charge them with your break-in, but perhaps enough to charge them with something else, they are not charging them in your case.That means you'll have to gather evidence against them for a civil case. Expensive, usually. But you'll decide the cost, I suppose. 20K at least. Sources: My answer awarulz 66 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.