joshuasmom
Junior Member
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My roommate was accused of theft from the place he worked. He stored the alleged stolen items in his room, in my house. When the police came they took anything and everything from my house they thought could have been stolen, most of which belonged to me. Now the case against him has been dismissed but the items taken from my house remain either in evidence or with the alleged victim – (the D.A. released most items recovered from my house to the alleged victim without determining what belonged to the victim vs. what belonged to me). Now that everything’s been dismissed against my roommate, I have no way to recover the items taken from my house which belonged to me without proving they were mine to begin with. Some items were gifts, some were bought years ago, etc. My question is, why should I have to prove that what was taken from my house was mine – shouldn’t the officials, witnesses, etc. have to prove that these items were not mine? And how can I recover the items that were given to the alleged victim? Thanks.
My roommate was accused of theft from the place he worked. He stored the alleged stolen items in his room, in my house. When the police came they took anything and everything from my house they thought could have been stolen, most of which belonged to me. Now the case against him has been dismissed but the items taken from my house remain either in evidence or with the alleged victim – (the D.A. released most items recovered from my house to the alleged victim without determining what belonged to the victim vs. what belonged to me). Now that everything’s been dismissed against my roommate, I have no way to recover the items taken from my house which belonged to me without proving they were mine to begin with. Some items were gifts, some were bought years ago, etc. My question is, why should I have to prove that what was taken from my house was mine – shouldn’t the officials, witnesses, etc. have to prove that these items were not mine? And how can I recover the items that were given to the alleged victim? Thanks.