What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts
A state police officer along with a town officer came to my house today. They asked me to come down to the station to talk. At the station they show me a package they had intercepted in the mail(unknown how they got it). It contained an Ipod that I had sold on ebay and shipped out a few days ago. The Ipod turned out to be stolen along with a few other items i had sold in the past.
The officers interrogated me for a few hours and wrote down a few names of kids I had purchased electronics from. They tried to get me to claim I knew that the items were stolen, but answered that I had been told they were not stolen by the person that sold them to me. They had me sign a statement and recorded the conversation.
They said I could get charged with a few stolen items over $250 or whatever is considered to be a felony, or just have to pay for all the stolen items.
Should I get a lawyer? What would be a realistic punishment for this?
A state police officer along with a town officer came to my house today. They asked me to come down to the station to talk. At the station they show me a package they had intercepted in the mail(unknown how they got it). It contained an Ipod that I had sold on ebay and shipped out a few days ago. The Ipod turned out to be stolen along with a few other items i had sold in the past.
The officers interrogated me for a few hours and wrote down a few names of kids I had purchased electronics from. They tried to get me to claim I knew that the items were stolen, but answered that I had been told they were not stolen by the person that sold them to me. They had me sign a statement and recorded the conversation.
They said I could get charged with a few stolen items over $250 or whatever is considered to be a felony, or just have to pay for all the stolen items.
Should I get a lawyer? What would be a realistic punishment for this?