What is the name of your state? NJ and Pa
I've been having problems with my ex in the form of phone calls and emails. I saved the emails and in the last email she threatened to shoot me. I immediatly went to the police to file a complaint but they said it was just harassment and that there wasn't much they could do. I left without filing anything, intent on speaking to an attorny. My lawyer told me that she had commited an act known as "Terroristic threats" and in NJ this is a felony of the 3rd degree. (This happened in NJ btw.) So I went back to the police to inform them and they told me that a detective would have to handle this matter but he wasn't in and I'd have to wait for his phone call. Two days later I still hadn't recieved a call and I was at a friends house in Pa and we were walking towards his house after parking his car when my ex pulls up with a friend. She tries to talk to me but I ignore her, that's when she shows us she has a gun. She proceeded to cuss me out then they drive off. Shaken me and my friend go into the house and ponder my next move.
My question is this; Can she be arrested? I don't want to try filing another complaint only to be told I can't, or worse, just get her brought in for questioning and released, thus upsetting her and posssibly getting me shot. I'm really worried. I'm being told to go for a restraining order in NJ but to file the complaint in Pa. Is that right and can I get an order against her, does it protect you?
I've been having problems with my ex in the form of phone calls and emails. I saved the emails and in the last email she threatened to shoot me. I immediatly went to the police to file a complaint but they said it was just harassment and that there wasn't much they could do. I left without filing anything, intent on speaking to an attorny. My lawyer told me that she had commited an act known as "Terroristic threats" and in NJ this is a felony of the 3rd degree. (This happened in NJ btw.) So I went back to the police to inform them and they told me that a detective would have to handle this matter but he wasn't in and I'd have to wait for his phone call. Two days later I still hadn't recieved a call and I was at a friends house in Pa and we were walking towards his house after parking his car when my ex pulls up with a friend. She tries to talk to me but I ignore her, that's when she shows us she has a gun. She proceeded to cuss me out then they drive off. Shaken me and my friend go into the house and ponder my next move.
My question is this; Can she be arrested? I don't want to try filing another complaint only to be told I can't, or worse, just get her brought in for questioning and released, thus upsetting her and posssibly getting me shot. I'm really worried. I'm being told to go for a restraining order in NJ but to file the complaint in Pa. Is that right and can I get an order against her, does it protect you?