Getaway vehicle PLEASE HELP

[tonytiger528]

if anybody could help me out as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated. here is my dilemma. last night in Utah i drove up to an albertsons my friend went inside stole some beer and ran out into my car and i drove off. the cameras got my license plate on camera so cops showed up at my house an hour later but i wasnt there so i have yet to talk to them until i can figure out a good story to tell them. what can i do here if they have my friend on camera stealing the beer but they dont know who he is and they have my car on camera driving away. can they charge me if i play dumb since i didnt take the beer out of the store? is there any way out of this with out turning in my friend or without either of us getting charged? is there anything i can do or say or some laws i dont know about to get away from this? all they have is my car driving away on camera and they dont have a story yet. there must be a story to tell them to not get charged. do they have enough evidence? what should i do?

[Stevef]

Originally Posted by tonytiger528

if anybody could help me out as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated. here is my dilemma. last night in Utah i drove up to an albertsons my friend went inside stole some beer and ran out into my car and i drove off. the cameras got my license plate on camera so cops showed up at my house an hour later but i wasnt there so i have yet to talk to them until i can figure out a good story to tell them. what can i do here if they have my friend on camera stealing the beer but they dont know who he is and they have my car on camera driving away. can they charge me if i play dumb since i didnt take the beer out of the store? is there any way out of this with out turning in my friend or without either of us getting charged? is there anything i can do or say or some laws i dont know about to get away from this? all they have is my car driving away on camera and they dont have a story yet. there must be a story to tell them to not get charged. do they have enough evidence? what should i do?

You got caught. Fess up and face the consequences.

[Zigner]

Originally Posted by tonytiger528

if anybody could help me out as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated. here is my dilemma. last night in Utah i drove up to an albertsons my friend went inside stole some beer and ran out into my car and i drove off. the cameras got my license plate on camera so cops showed up at my house an hour later but i wasnt there so i have yet to talk to them until i can figure out a good story to tell them. what can i do here if they have my friend on camera stealing the beer but they dont know who he is and they have my car on camera driving away. can they charge me if i play dumb since i didnt take the beer out of the store? is there any way out of this with out turning in my friend or without either of us getting charged? is there anything i can do or say or some laws i dont know about to get away from this? all they have is my car driving away on camera and they dont have a story yet. there must be a story to tell them to not get charged. do they have enough evidence? what should i do?

Why would anybody want to help you get away with breaking the law?

[racer72]

Your in the same boat as a slice of bread near a fire.




Yep, your toast.

[Some Random Guy]

Your best chance here sounds like the 'innocent friend' who didn't know that his buddy was ripping the place off. Of course if he came running out of the store and you spun your tires getting away, that would likely not work. And of course, if you identify your friend, he may claim you were definiately aware of what was going on.

Before (or instead of) talking to the police, you may want to talk to a lawyer.

[Antigone*of*Greece]

Originally Posted by racer72

Your in the same boat as a slice of bread near a fire.




Yep, your toast.

Darn it racer...my monitor is really ticked at you right now. It is really not into drinking green tea.

[gkisystems]

Originally Posted by tonytiger528

if anybody could help me out as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated. here is my dilemma. last night in Utah i drove up to an albertsons my friend went inside stole some beer and ran out into my car and i drove off. the cameras got my license plate on camera so cops showed up at my house an hour later but i wasnt there so i have yet to talk to them until i can figure out a good story to tell them. what can i do here if they have my friend on camera stealing the beer but they dont know who he is and they have my car on camera driving away. can they charge me if i play dumb since i didnt take the beer out of the store? is there any way out of this with out turning in my friend or without either of us getting charged? is there anything i can do or say or some laws i dont know about to get away from this? all they have is my car driving away on camera and they dont have a story yet. there must be a story to tell them to not get charged. do they have enough evidence? what should i do?

From the way you wrote this, it sounds like you actually didn't know your friend stole the beer vs. paid for it. The cops are going to ask you a bunch of questions, considering it was your car and your car wasn't reported stolen at the time. Therefore, the cops know it was either YOU driving or somebody that you gave permission to drive it. That's all they know. Keep it that way. If they ask any more questions, refuse to answer them. If they arrest you, let them, but do not answer any questions in hopes of explaining your way out of it so you don't have to go "downtown" with them.

They have to prove that:

1. You knowingly helped your friend commit a crime.
2. It was you driving the car and not somebody else.

Most likely, the ONLY people that can help them prove those 2 points is YOU and your friend.

Ideally, don't tell your friend about it either. You don't want him going to the police and telling the police who the driver of the car was.