lealea1005
Senior Member
What is the name of your state? MD but it happened in TX
Hi everyone....A couple of weeks ago, my daughter came home (off campus housing) to find her computer and charger had been stolen from her bedroom. She lives in a single family home owned by the parents of one of her housmates. Nothing else was missing from the house. Her bedroom is at the end of a hallway and the door was shut (there aren't locks on the bedroom doors).
She immediately reported it to the local police department who do a weekly sweep of the local pawn shops. The police also interviewed her housmates via telephone but will not come out to the house to speak with them in person. They tell her they don't get involved in "domestic disputes"
She strongly suspects one of the housmates has the computer in his room. He does not have a computer of his own and will sometimes borrow one from a housemate. She has confronted him about it and, of course, he denies any knowledge. He refuses to open his door more than a crack when speaking to the other housmates. He has been posting (proven via date stamps) on a website during times he does not have access to a computer. Also, this housemate has a history of taking other things without the knowledge of the owner (food, laundry detergent) and, until this point she was chalking it up to an inconsiderate housemate.
My questions are.....Is there anyway she can legally have that room searched? Does anyone have an idea how a theft can be considered a "domestic dispute"?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.....Thanks so much!
Hi everyone....A couple of weeks ago, my daughter came home (off campus housing) to find her computer and charger had been stolen from her bedroom. She lives in a single family home owned by the parents of one of her housmates. Nothing else was missing from the house. Her bedroom is at the end of a hallway and the door was shut (there aren't locks on the bedroom doors).
She immediately reported it to the local police department who do a weekly sweep of the local pawn shops. The police also interviewed her housmates via telephone but will not come out to the house to speak with them in person. They tell her they don't get involved in "domestic disputes"
She strongly suspects one of the housmates has the computer in his room. He does not have a computer of his own and will sometimes borrow one from a housemate. She has confronted him about it and, of course, he denies any knowledge. He refuses to open his door more than a crack when speaking to the other housmates. He has been posting (proven via date stamps) on a website during times he does not have access to a computer. Also, this housemate has a history of taking other things without the knowledge of the owner (food, laundry detergent) and, until this point she was chalking it up to an inconsiderate housemate.
My questions are.....Is there anyway she can legally have that room searched? Does anyone have an idea how a theft can be considered a "domestic dispute"?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.....Thanks so much!
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