Virginia, Grand Larceny.
I go to school at JMU, in Harrisonburg, VA. One night in October a few of my friends and I were on my deck talking and we notice 2 laptops in the grass, it had been raining. We pick them up and on the screen of one of the laptops, there is a name. I looked that person up, met up with her and gave her the laptop. The other laptop gave me a blue screen, I ran a recovery on the laptop to find who the owner was, I couldn't find anything. So I proceeded then to use the laptop, I didn't think anything of it. I took steps to find the owner and came up with nothing. Two months later however, the police showed up to my house with a warrant and seized the laptop. I told the officers what had happened and they told me my story was "bull", they tracked the laptop via the school's network. The police said they would turn to the commonwealth to get a charge. They think I robbed this persons house, and I did not. It has been a week now, and I have heard nothing. My lawyer says "I don't think they have enough to produce a charge against you." I have spoken to a few friends who tell me that this is far more serious than I think it is, and I will be charged. What steps should I take?
Thanks in advance
I go to school at JMU, in Harrisonburg, VA. One night in October a few of my friends and I were on my deck talking and we notice 2 laptops in the grass, it had been raining. We pick them up and on the screen of one of the laptops, there is a name. I looked that person up, met up with her and gave her the laptop. The other laptop gave me a blue screen, I ran a recovery on the laptop to find who the owner was, I couldn't find anything. So I proceeded then to use the laptop, I didn't think anything of it. I took steps to find the owner and came up with nothing. Two months later however, the police showed up to my house with a warrant and seized the laptop. I told the officers what had happened and they told me my story was "bull", they tracked the laptop via the school's network. The police said they would turn to the commonwealth to get a charge. They think I robbed this persons house, and I did not. It has been a week now, and I have heard nothing. My lawyer says "I don't think they have enough to produce a charge against you." I have spoken to a few friends who tell me that this is far more serious than I think it is, and I will be charged. What steps should I take?
Thanks in advance