How to make police to open a criminal case against someone who committed crime ?

[quincy]

This individual was admitted to metal hospital two times during the last three months. According to various rumors, he suffers from the bipolar disorder. He abuses alcohol and some light drugs. Also, he is avid gambler of casino which led him to financial problems. Now, he strives to find any source of money at any cost that why he constantly demands money and property from our business. He used to be subcontractor as an electrician for our constructions.

OK. The fellow is unstable.

Get a restraining order to keep him away from your property, your business and your employees. If he violates the order, call the police and he can be arrested.

Because he does not appear to have any assets, filing a lawsuit may not make any sense.

Good luck.

 

[Slav]

OK. The fellow is unstable.

Get a restraining order to keep him away from your property, your business and your employees. If he violates the order, call the police and he can be arrested.

Because he does not appear to have any assets, filing a lawsuit may not make any sense.

Good luck.

Yes, we got a protection order.

We want to open criminal procedures against this individual since he is very dangerous. We know that he can really carry out his promises to harm us and destroy our properties as he has history of his revenges he carried out against his enemies.

 

[Zigner]

This individual was admitted to metal hospital two times during the last three months. According to various rumors, he suffers from the bipolar disorder. He abuses alcohol and some light drugs. Also, he is avid gambler of casino which led him to financial problems. Now, he strives to find any source of money at any cost that why he constantly demands money and property from our business. He used to be subcontractor as an electrician for our constructions.

Yes, we got protection order.

We want to open criminal procedures against this individual since he is very dangerous. We know that he can really carry his promises to harm us and destroy our properties as he has history of his revenges he carried out against his enemies.

Good, you have a protection order. If he violates it, report it to the police.

 

[quincy]

Yes, we got a protection order.

We want to open criminal procedures against this individual since he is very dangerous. We know that he can really carry out his promises to harm us and destroy our properties as he has history of his revenges he carried out against his enemies.

I agree with Zigner. If you have a protection order, call the police if the fellow violates the terms of the order.

The police will not arrest the guy and charge him with a crime based solely on your fear he might do something to your property.

 

[Slav]

I agree with Zigner. If you have a protection order, call the police if the fellow violates the terms of the order.

The police will not arrest the guy and charge him with a crime based solely on your fear he might do something to your property.

We already had the protection order at the time he slashed tires of our cars. Also, earlier on the same day he tried to enter our office two times, and we have video recordings of his loitering near our office.
It took one hour for police to arrive after we call it when he slashed our tires. Awkwardness and inactivity of the police gave him the sense of impunity.

 

[quincy]

We already had the protection order at the time he slashed tires of our cars. Also, earlier on the same day he tried to enter our office two times, and we have video recordings of his loitering near our office.

Report every incident to the police. Be sure to show the protection order to the police when they respond to your call.

If the police know the fellow is violating the terms of the protection order, the police should be arresting him and filing a violation of protection order charge. Violating a protection order is a criminal offense. Follow up with the police to make sure the police have made a report of the violation.

You can return to court to see if the court will order the person into counseling.

Good luck.

 

[CdwJava]

You live in Chicago, or so it seems from the original post in this thread. The fact that the police take an hour or more to respond to a report of a property crime (vandalism or theft) is understandable. In fact, in many cities the police no longer respond at all to property crimes complaints, so consider yourself fortunate.

In Illinois if the police decline to file charges with the State's Attorney, you can attempt to contact the Victim Services office of the State's Attorney's Office to file an informal complaint. THAT is probably what the police were trying to tell you to do. For whatever reason, the police do not seem to feel that what they know of the matter rises to the level of a criminal act. It may well be that they think the matter is civil ... or, that the perpetrator is mentally ill and unable to be legally charged.

I also have to ask, could the issue be one of language? Is English your first language? It may be that you have had a difficult time with the police because you have not been able to adequately communicate with them what happened and who witnessed the events you believe prove that this guy did them.

 

[Slav]

You live in Chicago, or so it seems from the original post in this thread. The fact that the police take an hour or more to respond to a report of a property crime (vandalism or theft) is understandable. In fact, in many cities the police no longer respond at all to property crimes complaints, so consider yourself fortunate.

In Illinois if the police decline to file charges with the State's Attorney, you can attempt to contact the Victim Services office of the State's Attorney's Office to file an informal complaint. THAT is probably what the police were trying to tell you to do. For whatever reason, the police do not seem to feel that what they know of the matter rises to the level of a criminal act. It may well be that they think the matter is civil ... or, that the perpetrator is mentally ill and unable to be legally charged.

I also have to ask, could the issue be one of language? Is English your first language? It may be that you have had a difficult time with the police because you have not been able to adequately communicate with them what happened and who witnessed the events you believe prove that this guy did them.

Police contacted me by phone and advised to go to the court located near the intersection of W. Harrison St. and Kedzie Ave. As a police representative explained to me this court is branch #43 of local court system. Now, I found by google that this court belong to Branch 43, Misdemeanor/Ordinance:

http://www.cookcountycourt.org/ABOUTTHECOURT/MunicipalDepartment/FirstMunicipalDistrictChicago/MisdemeanorSection.aspx

The court is really located near the intersection of W. Harrison St. and Kedzie Ave in Chicago.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3150+W+Flournoy+St,+Chicago,+IL+60612/@41.8730282,-87.7076522,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e329999bbd313:0xa46116d5fa6c8d01!8m2!3d41.8730282!4d-87.7054635

It seems the Chicago police want us to do its job.

A business owner lives in Chicago more than 20 years. He negotiated many successful business deals. I live in Chicago from 2002 year and graduated from Wright college and University of Illinois in Chicago.
Therefore, it seems that we have good command of English. We understand that we need more practice in English.

A mental state of the perpetrator was not yet evaluated for the purpose whether he could be tried in criminal court. I could judge from his conduct and his words that he pretty well understand what he is doing.

 

[quincy]

Police contacted me by phone and advised to go to the court located near the intersection of W. Harrison St. and Kedzie Ave. As a police representative explained to me this court is branch #43 of local court system. Now, I found by google that this court belong to Branch 43, Misdemeanor/Ordinance:

http://www.cookcountycourt.org/ABOUTTHECOURT/MunicipalDepartment/FirstMunicipalDistrictChicago/MisdemeanorSection.aspx

The court is really located near the intersection of W. Harrison St. and Kedzie Ave in Chicago.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3150+W+Flournoy+St,+Chicago,+IL+60612/@41.8730282,-87.7076522,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e329999bbd313:0xa46116d5fa6c8d01!8m2!3d41.8730282!4d-87.7054635

It seems the Chicago police want us to do its job.

A business owner lives in Chicago more than 20 years. He negotiated many successful business deals. I live in Chicago from 2002 year and graduated from Wright college and University of Illinois in Chicago.
Therefore, it seems that we have good command of English. We understand that we need more practice in English.

A mental state of the perpetrator was not yet evaluated for the purpose whether he could be tried in criminal court. I could judge from his conduct and his words that he pretty well understand what he is doing.

I have no idea why the police directed you to that court but it appears that the police know of your concerns and have done what they could to satisfy them. I lean toward CdwJava's assessment that the difficulty might be in a failure to communicate.

Good luck.