What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I live in New Hampshire.
My friend showed up at my house 1 month ago telling me he had been arrested for a DWI while sleeping in his car. His narrative goes like this;
Asleep in his car in Massachusetts
Cops wake him up
Force him out of his vehicle
Force him to take a field sobriety test
Friend is trying to talk to them
They arrest him
Take him to a hospital
Force him to get a blood test
Find trace amounts of cannabis
Force him to be held under psychiatric care in the mental health wing of the hospital
Give him court date for DWI
Release him after a few days
My friend came to my house telling me all this and was very distressed, saying that he felt like he was attacked by law enforcement and that someone was trying to ruin his reputation with libellous slander (apparently the place he had been working at, some pizza shop, had been replying to everyone who he sent his resume to once leaving there that he was schizophrenic, insane etc; he quit of his own volition and was not fired, by his word). Someone had also been spreading rumors that he was attempting to commit arson, burn down a large apartment complex and wanted to kill people.
He said he felt like these people were organized crime and trying to make him disappear. This sounds crazy to me, most of it does but I am also worried for my friend.
I have not heard from him since he came to my house. I texted his # a few days after he was supposed to have his DWI hearing asking him how it went and got a "who is this?", I casually responded with my name, not even thinking and the person with his phone responds with "who?"
I don't believe this was him. He knows who I am and wouldn't be that rude, we had just spent time together talking and reminiscing, we left on very good terms, hugged and he seemed both shaken by what happened and terrified of going to court.
He claimed someone was going with him, NOT a lawyer and he refused to tell me who, insisting I "shouldn't worry".
I'm worried.
I contacted his family, I was only able to speak to one of them who claimed they know the DWI case was dropped but that they have no idea where he is. This one family member is not being very helpful.
I called the New Hampshire directory for mental health and inquired as to where he might be but they claimed due to HIPAA they couldn't tell me where he was, even if his commitment was involuntary! That reeks of secretive imprisonment and flagrant injustice to me! What about Habeas Corpus?
All I know is he didn't want any of this. There is no patient consent going on here and them using HIPAA to keep an involuntary imprisonment in everything but name a secret is an injustice.
I have no idea where he is though, if they sent him back to the mental hospital, cut him loose, put him in jail or he's in a corner with a blanket over him drooling and being fed vanilla pudding through a tube.
I want to start by finding the arrest warrant and the court records, the family member I spoke to merely claimed the DWI case was dropped then stopped answering my messages. I spoke to them over facebook, NOT face to face so there is a slight chance it wasn't them speaking to me.
There's just something fishy going on here and I am worried for my friend.
I live in New Hampshire.
My friend showed up at my house 1 month ago telling me he had been arrested for a DWI while sleeping in his car. His narrative goes like this;
Asleep in his car in Massachusetts
Cops wake him up
Force him out of his vehicle
Force him to take a field sobriety test
Friend is trying to talk to them
They arrest him
Take him to a hospital
Force him to get a blood test
Find trace amounts of cannabis
Force him to be held under psychiatric care in the mental health wing of the hospital
Give him court date for DWI
Release him after a few days
My friend came to my house telling me all this and was very distressed, saying that he felt like he was attacked by law enforcement and that someone was trying to ruin his reputation with libellous slander (apparently the place he had been working at, some pizza shop, had been replying to everyone who he sent his resume to once leaving there that he was schizophrenic, insane etc; he quit of his own volition and was not fired, by his word). Someone had also been spreading rumors that he was attempting to commit arson, burn down a large apartment complex and wanted to kill people.
He said he felt like these people were organized crime and trying to make him disappear. This sounds crazy to me, most of it does but I am also worried for my friend.
I have not heard from him since he came to my house. I texted his # a few days after he was supposed to have his DWI hearing asking him how it went and got a "who is this?", I casually responded with my name, not even thinking and the person with his phone responds with "who?"
I don't believe this was him. He knows who I am and wouldn't be that rude, we had just spent time together talking and reminiscing, we left on very good terms, hugged and he seemed both shaken by what happened and terrified of going to court.
He claimed someone was going with him, NOT a lawyer and he refused to tell me who, insisting I "shouldn't worry".
I'm worried.
I contacted his family, I was only able to speak to one of them who claimed they know the DWI case was dropped but that they have no idea where he is. This one family member is not being very helpful.
I called the New Hampshire directory for mental health and inquired as to where he might be but they claimed due to HIPAA they couldn't tell me where he was, even if his commitment was involuntary! That reeks of secretive imprisonment and flagrant injustice to me! What about Habeas Corpus?
All I know is he didn't want any of this. There is no patient consent going on here and them using HIPAA to keep an involuntary imprisonment in everything but name a secret is an injustice.
I have no idea where he is though, if they sent him back to the mental hospital, cut him loose, put him in jail or he's in a corner with a blanket over him drooling and being fed vanilla pudding through a tube.
I want to start by finding the arrest warrant and the court records, the family member I spoke to merely claimed the DWI case was dropped then stopped answering my messages. I spoke to them over facebook, NOT face to face so there is a slight chance it wasn't them speaking to me.
There's just something fishy going on here and I am worried for my friend.