What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? North Carolina
About two months ago I had property (value of $2500) stolen from my new residence that my wife and I had bought recently. There was no sign of forced entry and no video evidence of someone taking said property. I filed a police report. Fast forward to the present. Someone dropped the property off outside our front door in the middle of the night. My wife and I were thrilled. I call the police to notify it has been dropped off. One officer comes down to talk and see if there is any video. There is not. After talking to the officer for ten minutes, he says since property is returned and there are no physical leads and I have no leads I can think of... he says he's going to go get a document for me to sign saying that they will no longer investigate this case. I agree to it since the property was returned, I had taken all precautions to secure my home after the incident, and I don't want any open ended police cases involving me. He comes back to my home with another officer and the document. He says first the other officer wants to ask me some questions. The other officer starts making indirect threats about filing false police reports and being charged with a misdemeanor and going to jail. He did this for about 2 minutes. I said I feel like I'm being attacked and I inquired if they felt I should call a lawyer. They backed down after I explained the whole story to the other officer and made it clear that I was the victim and in no way was this a false report on my part. They were more cordial, but there was tension since I was clearly upset with them. I signed this document saying that I want them to cease investigating this case. I'm angry with myself because I did not take a cell phone picture of the document.
My question is... Is this document real? Or is this some ploy? They said they aren't going to investigate the case any more once the document is signed. Should I go talk to a lawyer? I understand how things look odd and the best guess I can come up with is it was a prank gone bad. However, I am 100% innocent and if I'm going to be charged with filing a false police report I want legal advice ahead of time. I appreciate any suggestions.
About two months ago I had property (value of $2500) stolen from my new residence that my wife and I had bought recently. There was no sign of forced entry and no video evidence of someone taking said property. I filed a police report. Fast forward to the present. Someone dropped the property off outside our front door in the middle of the night. My wife and I were thrilled. I call the police to notify it has been dropped off. One officer comes down to talk and see if there is any video. There is not. After talking to the officer for ten minutes, he says since property is returned and there are no physical leads and I have no leads I can think of... he says he's going to go get a document for me to sign saying that they will no longer investigate this case. I agree to it since the property was returned, I had taken all precautions to secure my home after the incident, and I don't want any open ended police cases involving me. He comes back to my home with another officer and the document. He says first the other officer wants to ask me some questions. The other officer starts making indirect threats about filing false police reports and being charged with a misdemeanor and going to jail. He did this for about 2 minutes. I said I feel like I'm being attacked and I inquired if they felt I should call a lawyer. They backed down after I explained the whole story to the other officer and made it clear that I was the victim and in no way was this a false report on my part. They were more cordial, but there was tension since I was clearly upset with them. I signed this document saying that I want them to cease investigating this case. I'm angry with myself because I did not take a cell phone picture of the document.
My question is... Is this document real? Or is this some ploy? They said they aren't going to investigate the case any more once the document is signed. Should I go talk to a lawyer? I understand how things look odd and the best guess I can come up with is it was a prank gone bad. However, I am 100% innocent and if I'm going to be charged with filing a false police report I want legal advice ahead of time. I appreciate any suggestions.