Someone accused me of backing into them and then leaving the scene of an accident?
A couple of months ago I was at a restaurant and apparently this girl got her car damaged. She works at the restaurant. I got a call from a detective saying she wrote down my license plate and turned me in for a hit and run. My problem is that this NEVER happened. My husband was in the truck with me the whole time and it never happened. She has a witness that works with her and that girl's father is a deputy sheriff. The detective is trying to pressure me into saying that I did it, so we can just "get it taken care of" so he says. It is only 200 dollars worth of damage, and she is saying I backed into her and scratched her car. I drive a double cab HUGE pickup and if I backed into her it would cause massive damage on her little sports car. She is also saying I looked at her in the rear view and just drove off. I was in that parking lot for 10 minutes and she never came up to me, not to mention I have a double cab with tinted windows and a galvanized headache rack, so she could have never seen me in my rear view. That detective is threatening me saying he is going to make it a hit and run. What should I do? How can someone pick a car at random, write down their license plate number and fabricate something like this?
Betty Boop--
That is EXACTLY what I think happened. She was sitting by us and she was drinking heavily, but they won't listen to me. No there is no damage on our truck, but they are saying that is because it is a metal trailer hitch and it wont show damage. UGH!!! I think they are only getting away with this because she is a deputy's daughter.
Public Comments
1. Tell them to prove it. Stick to your story, you didn't DO IT.Why is the sheriff calling you??? it should be the insurance company!
Stick to your guns, they're trying to pin this on you. Just keep saying you didn't do it. If he files it as a hit and run, then they will have to PROVE it in court, and obviously they can't.
2. Police are not required to investigate private parking lot accidents. They do so sometimes if they have time as a courtesy call to the public. Private insurance companies sometimes use use their own investigators. Get the officers badge number and do some checking around to make sure the officer is legit.
3. Unfortunately people will do this. All I can say is fight it. Do you have any marks on your truck where you supposedly hit her? take pictures. You will end up in front of a judge - so take your witness also - and make sure you bring up that this happened a couple of months ago - why did it take so long for them to get a hold of you.
My theory - she was at a party someone hit her car - daddy just realized it and now she has to get it taken care of.
4. It's a traffic violation,,, I don't understand why a detective would be involved.
Tell the detective to file his case and you can fight it in court.
It's not a big deal.
Good Luck
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It sounds like the sheriff is using coersion which is illegal anywhere, believe me I have had my share of run-ins with the law, and if you don`t know your rights then you have none.
I hope you have taken pictures of the alleged damages and your truck for proof.
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