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Originally Posted by lobos
2 weeks ago i was pulled over by the police, she claimed that i slamed on my brakes in front of a truck to try and cause him to wreck. As she did not see the whole event she asked me several questions and i told her repeatedly that i was avoiding another car who was cutting me off and the truck behind me was way to close and had to stop fast as well. there was no accident and we were traveling at 30mph. After 15 min she came back to my car and called me a lier and said that i was lucky this time and let me go. Now i find out that there is a warrent for my arrest based on this incident for reckless endangerment - apparently the guy in the truck claims i was harrassing him and tried to cause him to wreck. NOW i am going to be arressted and have to pay a great deal of money 3 - 5000$ to get this cleared up. This is absolutely crazy and I want to know what i can do? the officer admitted to not seeing the whole thing the person in the truck is making up a lie and I am the one having to pay lots of money to clear this all up. I am confidnet that it will be cleared up but i want to know what i can do against this officer and this person for putting me though this.
Also do i really need to hire a lawyer as this is so blatantly wrong. they did not issue a citation at the time and now it is the truck drivers word that i tried to casue an accident? Also note the truck driver is the man who had an affair with my wife before our divorce. I did not know this until after I was pulled over.
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If your logic is sound ( that the police officer cannot cite you since she "didn't see it all")---your attorney cannot assist you since he saw NONE of it.
Faulty.
However, you admit she saw at least PART of it----and saw enough to give her probable cause to cite you--before it came to light that the two of you knew one another. Couple that with the truck drivers charge you were harassing him and you have an uphill battle. Think about this for a moment--truck drivers deal with discourteous drivers DAILY. It wouldn't be worth his time and effort to take off work and testify against you in court unless the charge against you was legit. They have people cut them off HOURLY some days---I hardly think a reckless endangerment charge would even enter his mind unless you actually did that of which you are accused. Note--I didn't say you DID---I am simply pointing out how an impartial party may weigh the facts as you have presented them here.
Also, this crime has a perfect motive---the guy you allegedly recklessly endanger just * happens* to be a guy your wife preferred over you. What ARE the odds of the two of you happening to meet at the exact moment yet ANOTHER car cuts YOU off, "forcing" you into his path? The truck driver might be able to lie ( about what, I do not know ) but he cannot force a third party who is, per your own admission, unknown to the both of you, to swerve and cause you to cut him off, forcing him to slam on his brakes. He would have no control over that whatsoever. So, even if he did "lie", how in the world would he have made you be there at that moment, how would he have made the "other" car do what they did, so it all came together to endanger his life?
Also, "what can I do to them"? For what? pressing charges against you? LOL nothing. They didn't do anything wrong. They allege YOU did. You even state the officer let you go. You wanna sue her for letting you go?? Also, read your warrant. Who signed it? The truck driver very well may have signed a warrant for your arrest on his own, something he is within his right to do. Be advised, though, that before he did so, he would have to substantiate his allegations against you enough to bring probable cause---and the police officers report/testimony very well may have been enough to do that.
They are doing their job and they did nothing wrong or untoward to you. For whatever reason, you slammed on your brakes that day, whether intentional or not. That makes you "allegedly" culpable. You fail to mention any prior tickets or citations you have---that is extremely relevant.
Yeah. I'd hire an attorney---and ask him to calculate your chances of walking away from this. My calculations aren't nearly as glib as are yours.