V8Assassin
100mi away ready 2 strike
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2007
Got the call this morning, evidently I am an outlaw. Assistant Police Chief called and informs me that he has had an arrest warrant on his desk for a while with my name on it and he didn't know how to handle it. The warrant was for felony embezzlement.
This is the story, I am a landlord (for those that didn't already know), back in April I took a nonrefundable deposit to hold one of my rental units for a couple. We had just finished purchasing the property and awaiting final approval from the state health dept to be able to turn on electricty at the unit. I informed the couple of the situation and told them I did not know how long it would be and if they wanted to go ahead and make the deposit that I would not rent the place to anyone else in the meantime, at the point they moved in all monies would be applied to the rent. If, however, they did not want to move in at that time all money would be forfeited. They agreed and we went forward. When the place became available they decided they did not want it anymore and I reminded them of their earlier agreement. Of course that went over like a lead balloon, God forbid someone understand the definition of nonrefundable. Now during the time they went and stayed in a hotel and insisted that I was responsible for not only their original deposit of $500, but also reimbursment for their room which I had very clearly told them I would not give any cash for. The last time I spoke with them I told them to feel free to sue me or whatever they wanted to do, but I was not responsible for giving them their nonrefundable deposit back.
This is where it gets interesting, they go to the police and file a charge. In most cases the city prosecutor would inform them that this is a civil matter and should be taken up in civil court just like all other tennant/landlord disputes. Well me and the prosecutor in question have a history, it started in high school one night when he decided he wanted to fight me because his girlfriend was leaving him and was interested in me. He proceeded to jump on me and take a few swings, long story short he ended up on the wrong end of a bad beating. His family tried to sue, got thrown cause he initiated it, later he sued me again over some stupid stuff, got thrown again, and our last installment was he represented my ex-wife in our divorce. I feel like this is just another of his attempts to get some kind of revenge.
So the assistant chief says he doesn't want to get in the middle, but the couple and the prosecutor said if I paid them the $1100 (deposit and hotel) they would drop the charges. My lawyers clearly stated this was bs and should be in a civil court, but how much did I want to spend to prove it. So there I am with the decision, let them extort $1100 today, or get arrested and spend who knows how many times that to prove that I am right, or at least not criminally liable in any way. So I paid it off, the question now is how to ensure this doesn't keep happening.
Well there's my rant, what a day.
This is the story, I am a landlord (for those that didn't already know), back in April I took a nonrefundable deposit to hold one of my rental units for a couple. We had just finished purchasing the property and awaiting final approval from the state health dept to be able to turn on electricty at the unit. I informed the couple of the situation and told them I did not know how long it would be and if they wanted to go ahead and make the deposit that I would not rent the place to anyone else in the meantime, at the point they moved in all monies would be applied to the rent. If, however, they did not want to move in at that time all money would be forfeited. They agreed and we went forward. When the place became available they decided they did not want it anymore and I reminded them of their earlier agreement. Of course that went over like a lead balloon, God forbid someone understand the definition of nonrefundable. Now during the time they went and stayed in a hotel and insisted that I was responsible for not only their original deposit of $500, but also reimbursment for their room which I had very clearly told them I would not give any cash for. The last time I spoke with them I told them to feel free to sue me or whatever they wanted to do, but I was not responsible for giving them their nonrefundable deposit back.
This is where it gets interesting, they go to the police and file a charge. In most cases the city prosecutor would inform them that this is a civil matter and should be taken up in civil court just like all other tennant/landlord disputes. Well me and the prosecutor in question have a history, it started in high school one night when he decided he wanted to fight me because his girlfriend was leaving him and was interested in me. He proceeded to jump on me and take a few swings, long story short he ended up on the wrong end of a bad beating. His family tried to sue, got thrown cause he initiated it, later he sued me again over some stupid stuff, got thrown again, and our last installment was he represented my ex-wife in our divorce. I feel like this is just another of his attempts to get some kind of revenge.
So the assistant chief says he doesn't want to get in the middle, but the couple and the prosecutor said if I paid them the $1100 (deposit and hotel) they would drop the charges. My lawyers clearly stated this was bs and should be in a civil court, but how much did I want to spend to prove it. So there I am with the decision, let them extort $1100 today, or get arrested and spend who knows how many times that to prove that I am right, or at least not criminally liable in any way. So I paid it off, the question now is how to ensure this doesn't keep happening.
Well there's my rant, what a day.
