What can be done about this?

[MikeS]

What is the name of your state? GA

One of my roomates (who is an adult) has been harassed by a 16 year old. The reason, is because my roomate is dating his ex girlfriend. She is 19 ( I know it's odd). The 16 year old has threatened my roomate's life on the phone. He has been calling my roomate constantly.. and coming to his workplace. All my friend wants, is for this kid to mind his own business and let him get on with his life. Instead, this kid is lying with the purpose of getting him arrested. Nothing was said to the cops about what the 16 year old is saying, because we have no proof about it.. and figured it would just get thrown out, or we would get laughed at. He called again the other day, and said "You just broke into my house, and I'm calling the cops". Me, and my two roomates we just relaxing on the back porch when he said that, and were about to leave for another friend's house who lives about 2 miles away.This kid lives about 20 miles away and there is no way possible that he could break into his house, and be back here AND to another friends house within minutes of him supposedly being 20 miles away.

This just cracked us up because how random, and stupid it was of him to say that. We payed no attention to it, and went to our friends place to hang out. That was 2 days ago. Just today, cops showed up at his job, to bring my roomate in for breaking into his house, and they said he had a weapon when he did it. He didn't go, and they said they will get a warrent for him and come back later. They also said his liscense has been suspended. He was told he will have to re-take the driving tests, that is.. if he is allowed to get it back.

The 16 year old backed out of this. My guess is that he understands that he put himself in a VERY bad spot, having lied to the cops. BUT. His mother wants to press charges against my roomate, and that is how this came up.

My first question is.. Is this right? Can one person just make something up and have someone arrested with absolutely no evidence to back it up? We have 6 or 7 people that can back up where my roomate was when he was supposedly breaking into someones house.

Second question is, when this is resolved... can we go after the 16 year old, or the mother for making all of this up? My roomate's job does require him to travel, and right now he can't drive. He is also a manager at his place of work, and this looks extremely bad having cops come in to arrest him.

He is really trying to ruin my roomates life, when he has done nothing to him. What should be done about this?What is the name of your state?