brinais2sweet
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? New York
My son had an argument with his girlfriend’s landlord. The landlord became angry, called police and told police that my son pointed a gun at him. The police arrived ready to pull their guns and asked my son where the gun was, they also searched my son and the area and found nothing. My son never had a gun and explained to police that the landlord was lying. My son was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon. My son never had a gun, no weapon was found but he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon just because someone said he had a gun. The only thing that was found on him and was confiscated was a cell phone. He was released the following day and was advised by his legal aid lawyer that he may have to stand trial. Can this actually happen when there was no gun, no weapon of any kind? I assume that if there were a gun, the police report would have to indicate this. My question is how can he be charged with criminal possession of a weapon when nothing was found and would have to stand trial for this??
My son had an argument with his girlfriend’s landlord. The landlord became angry, called police and told police that my son pointed a gun at him. The police arrived ready to pull their guns and asked my son where the gun was, they also searched my son and the area and found nothing. My son never had a gun and explained to police that the landlord was lying. My son was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon. My son never had a gun, no weapon was found but he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon just because someone said he had a gun. The only thing that was found on him and was confiscated was a cell phone. He was released the following day and was advised by his legal aid lawyer that he may have to stand trial. Can this actually happen when there was no gun, no weapon of any kind? I assume that if there were a gun, the police report would have to indicate this. My question is how can he be charged with criminal possession of a weapon when nothing was found and would have to stand trial for this??