Im a 25 y/o male and im in the military. This crazy ex b/f calls my house, because he got my phone number from the lady ive been seeing in her cell. The crazy guy is on parole. What can the cops do. He threatened me on the phone. He didn't threaten to kill me, just hurt me. What will the cops do?
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If its a credible threat of harm then its assault. The problem is proving it. You might want to have a recorder next to your phone for a while in case he calls back.
You sound scared, don't be scared. He knows better, or he'll end up in jail. He's just jealous and trying to scare you. But, if you're that scared, call his parole officer.
In my state an action that causes fear or alarm is considered harrassment. The same action using phones, internet, fax or other telecommunications device is aggravated harrassment. Call your local police and file the complaint. Even if you were not put in fear for your safety, you were threatened. These are the same laws that led to anti-stalking laws.
Report it and ask your phone company for a printout of that month's activity to show the incoming call. The fact that he is on parole will probably violate the terms of his parole and send him right back to jail. Do what you have to do for your safety and seriously consider ending the relationship with this lady. Call your phone company and report to the annoyance call bureau or whatever they call it. Make sure your phone number is unlisted or this guy will also have your address.
Your question is what can the police do?
I am a police oficer, and I will be stright there is not a lot that we can do in these cases and based on the information you provided you do not have a strong case.
Thats the bad news.
Now let me help you out a little.
1st thing change your number. Phone companies will usually do this for free in your situation. It is an inconvienace but peice of mind is well worth the trouble.
One thing you have in your favor is that this guy is on Parole. The person who advised you to contact the parole office was right on track. The Parole Officer has a lot of leyway with a Parolee, then a Police Officer and a suspect. A Parolee has already commited an offence and was found guilty restricting some of his rights. Where the average suspect has more rights then the victome sometimes.
The person above who mentioned the tape recorder had an excellent frist step. One of the biggest issues is proveing who is harrassing you. Even if you are being called from his phone, its hard to prove who exactally is making the call. Phone recoards are good to determine the origins of the calls, but they do not tell you who is calling. He can easily claim someone else was using his phone. Recoarding the calls will give you a voice which can be indetified.
Also keep a log of everything you do in reguards to this issue. every time he calls, everytime it advercely effects your routine and why. Names dates places everything. If it dose go to court at some point this will be an excellent bit of evidance in your favor.
Cantact a laywer with experiance in criminal harrassmnet cases. Ask for additional advice and how to build a civil case aginest this guy. He may have nothing now but, you may need to file one later and its good to have a laywers guidance.
Normally this would still be a weak case. The offence itself is considered very monior and in most cases rates little more then a fine.
Belive me the police are not happy about this either, but we only enforce existing law, its the polations and the public that have to fight it out to make the laws.
I hope this helps. The short answer is that police are limited in what they can do in this situation, but you still need to kow what to do to give yourself peace of mind.
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