I was riding around with friends while we were being pulled over with our headlights being out then the officer smelt alcohol in the vehicle the driver and passanger both came up clear in the breathalyzer then the police asked the 3 passangers to step out of the car while seeing beer cans and liquor […]

My 17y.o. daughter rec’d a VA Uniform Summons charging her w/underage possession of Alcohol by Consumption while walking down the street. The other underage young lady walking w/her was carrying a beer, but wasn’t given a summons (her B.A.C was lower according to my daughter). My daughter wasn’t carrying a beer but the […]

My daughter was caught attempting to steal about $12 worth of merchandise. A few weeks later, a letter arrived in the mail, stating that she was detained in conjunction with Chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes. There was a punitive damage fee of $125, which I paid. I want to know […]

My son was just caught shoplifting at the mall and he took a CD and was caught. He is only 12 years old and I’m worried that they may take him and put him into reform school. Can someone please tell me if the maximum penalty would be reform school for a shoplifting charge? It […]

My daughter went to a “party” and drank alot of liquor. As a result, she was in a coma and has had 2 surgeries. The doctors and police thought she was gonna die so there was a whole homicide investigation. There was an adult there that claimed he was sleeping at the time. Do i […]

My sixteen year old daughter was caught shoplifting. Apparently, she stole two dresses totaling $20. She will have to appear in court later this month. We live in Massachusetts. What can we expect to happen, and should we get a lawyer?

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Is it lawful for a juvenile to be held in jail for two weeks and not be told what his charges are? Even when his family goes to court, the judge doesn’t even know the charges but refuses to release him due to prior offenses. Don’t they have to release him if they […]

I was on vacation in Wisconsin in January for my girlfriends birthday party, we were drinking and got caught all underage in a hotel room and were cited for underage drinking and possesion. We sent in a letter pleaded not guilty for the preliminary trial and were never responded too. I called and asked […]

My daughter and her friend were recently picked up at a mall for shoplifting, her friend had the merchandise in her handbag but my
daughter picked out the merchandise it came to a total of $43.00 , what is the NJ law on a first time […]

So I will explain this story in as much detail as I can since I was not there to witness the event.
I have a friend who is 16 years old, and she has a 12 year old brother. Earlier today her brother had a friend over to their house to play and before the friend […]

if a sixteen year old hits an eighteen year old first in self defense, can the sixteen year old press charges?

my friend was caught shoplifting in april. she is 17 years old still a minor. she took a little over $500 and was charged with a 3rd degree felony. her court date is in a couple of days. what will happen to her? whats the worse that can happen? thank you.

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what criminal act is this and how long in jail is this person going to be?
a person burgled three portable classrooms rooms 19,20 and 22.For room 19 the person entered through a open window jumped down inside and stole a high fidelity sound system and stereo equipment from room 19.For room 20 the person entered […]

I have a 7 year old boy that has been accused of touching the new (1 month) neighbors 5 year old sons private parts. The neighbors has forbid their 3 children from interacting with my son. My son has never been accused of this kind of behavior nor demonstrated this type of behavior. I take […]

I have recently moved to Baltimore, MD this year for a job transfer. Come to find out there is a huge drug epidemic in this city. I have requested several times to bring cops out to monitor my neighborhood because I know these kids are selling drugs in the neighborhood. These cops have not been […]

What determines if a child is charged as an adult vs being charged as a juvenile in a violent crime such as attempted murder?

Hi, I am going to be 21 in a week…
I was at a friends/neighbors house (5 houses down from mine) a couple of weeks ago after work (which was about 11).
There were 4 of us there, the couple whose apartment it was (one is 19 and one 20, birthday this month as well), myself and […]

My father told me that it was legal to drink at the age of 18 when he was younger. He also said when they raised the age of drinking to 21 that he wasn’t quite 21 years of age but he was grandfathered in because of the laws back then. He said that once the […]

I recently had my car windshield hit with three BB shots. The BB Gun was impounded by the police. The police did talk to the mother and her son admitted to shooting at cans. However there is a high fence in the yard and it would be impossible for the BB’s to have hit my […]

What would happen if an 18 year old were to be found in possesion of alcohol in maryland? I have found a couple sites online that say possesion is illegal with the exception of parental consent in maryland. So if an 18 years old person’s parents give them a note (lol) or gave an officer […]