When the officer lies....

[letstalk]

What is the name of your state? Massachusetts

I recently was the victim of an identity theft. The cashier at a store took my credit card information (including the three digit number on the back of the card), went home and charged my number to porno sites. From the phone numbers of the porno sites, which was on my credit card statement, I was able to obtain the AOL addresses from which they were charged. I called the local police dept, filed a complaint, had a couple of conversations with the officer but now, and for months, the investigating officer has not returned any phone calls back. Two weeks ago, I filed a complaint with the Attorney Generals office, who also couldn't get the officer to respond. However the attorney did get a response from AOL.

The officer had written in the police report, that he had a judge authorize a subpoena to get the identity of those five AOL addresses, as far back as May. This week, the Attorney General's office forwarded me a recent letter from AOL saying they had never received a subpoena and weren't at liberty to disclose the identities of the individual, without one.

The officer blatantly lied on the police report. My suspicion is that he had a friend or acquaintance working at this retail store and is protecting that person. He's been called at least ten times by myself and the attorney general's office and not responded to any of the calls. This week, I called his supervisor who promised me a call back, from him or this officer. Five days later, and still no call from anyone.

Do I go to the police chief or to a lawyer?

[stephenk]

how many times are you going to post the same question?

keep your posts all in one thread.

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The point of this posting was that AOL just confirmed the officer hadn't gotten the subpoena as he had told me he had. Thanks for the sympathy. You think I should ignore this? (I know you said file a report with the retailer, but this officer is also quiet for a reason)

[JETX]

Of course you are out for 'vengeance' on this, but the most important question is:
Did the credit card company remove the fraudulent charges from your card???

"Do I go to the police chief or to a lawyer?"
*** As for your 'vendetta' against the officer, it is more likely that your scenario is not near as nefarious as you seem to think.
1) It is possible that the officer intended to get the subpoenas and wrote his report that way..... and for some reason didn't.
2) If that is in fact what happened (or similar) or later complaints would likely fall on (somewhat) deaf ears. Reason, though clearly important to you, the use of your credit card falls very VERY low on the priority of the police department.

If you want to continue escalating this, you can certainly contact the police 'internal affairs' and file a complaint. I suggest you NOT waste your money on hiring an attorney, as there is very likely little, if anything, that he/she could or would do. Simply, this is a VERY minor problem to the rest of the world.

In fact, in re-reading your report, their is NOTHING in it to show that the officer lied. Your post says "that he had a judge authorize a subpoena to get the identity of those five AOL addresses, as far back as May". It says NOTHING about whether they were served on AOL, or AOL's response. Further, you are assuming all of this due to a report from a FOURTH party (AOL through the AG to you). And it is more than likely that all the parties you have complained to found this out in their review (if any).