What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia
This question is not an easy one to understand without me giving some info, so here goes! Our home has been burglarized twice by the same individuals, (Yes, we know who done it!) the first time was back in 7-23-2007 and the last just occurred 12-6-2011.
Both times the sheriff's office has refused to do their duty to protect and serve. We have had 3 witnesses come forward with information which we have turned over to the sheriff's department detective, (not the same detective as with the first case).
1 of the witnesses has led us to where our jewelry was sold to a gold buyer. We passed this info on to the detective and Nothing has come of it. We ourselves went and spoke to the gold buyer who vividly recalls these people selling my jewelry and recalls my jewelry because it was in such "pristine condition" as he put it.
We had a private investigator call the sheriff about this and he was told basically they was not going to do anything, I think all because the sheriff doesn't like me. I do have some friends that work in the sheriff's office and was told by one deputy (whose name I was told to not say by this deputy) that the sheriff threatened to fire anyone that goes against his commands/rules!
The detective has refused to return our calls since the private investigator got involved and NO LEADS have been followed up upon. 1 of the perps was arrested last Sunday 12-11-2011 on drug charges but was released on bail the very next morning without even being questioned about this crime! What can I do about this?
Do we need to retain a lawyer and seek damages against the sheriff's department or do I need to pass all the info we have to the attorney generals office or what? Please, I don't know what else to do as I have tried all options in my home town and even a family friend judge told us that if we did take out a case against the sheriff's office, him being a judge, he said it would go in front of a judge and NOT a jury and being such the judge would NOT find in our favor no matter what evidence we have!
So, what do I do about this? It is not right that one can abuse the power that we the citizens have put them in! Even if you search the internet, you can not find anything about finding help on this kind of matter. This is not right and I'm sure I'm not the only one to have been through something like this. But, again, What do I do? No justice in Georgia!
This question is not an easy one to understand without me giving some info, so here goes! Our home has been burglarized twice by the same individuals, (Yes, we know who done it!) the first time was back in 7-23-2007 and the last just occurred 12-6-2011.
Both times the sheriff's office has refused to do their duty to protect and serve. We have had 3 witnesses come forward with information which we have turned over to the sheriff's department detective, (not the same detective as with the first case).
1 of the witnesses has led us to where our jewelry was sold to a gold buyer. We passed this info on to the detective and Nothing has come of it. We ourselves went and spoke to the gold buyer who vividly recalls these people selling my jewelry and recalls my jewelry because it was in such "pristine condition" as he put it.
We had a private investigator call the sheriff about this and he was told basically they was not going to do anything, I think all because the sheriff doesn't like me. I do have some friends that work in the sheriff's office and was told by one deputy (whose name I was told to not say by this deputy) that the sheriff threatened to fire anyone that goes against his commands/rules!
The detective has refused to return our calls since the private investigator got involved and NO LEADS have been followed up upon. 1 of the perps was arrested last Sunday 12-11-2011 on drug charges but was released on bail the very next morning without even being questioned about this crime! What can I do about this?
Do we need to retain a lawyer and seek damages against the sheriff's department or do I need to pass all the info we have to the attorney generals office or what? Please, I don't know what else to do as I have tried all options in my home town and even a family friend judge told us that if we did take out a case against the sheriff's office, him being a judge, he said it would go in front of a judge and NOT a jury and being such the judge would NOT find in our favor no matter what evidence we have!
So, what do I do about this? It is not right that one can abuse the power that we the citizens have put them in! Even if you search the internet, you can not find anything about finding help on this kind of matter. This is not right and I'm sure I'm not the only one to have been through something like this. But, again, What do I do? No justice in Georgia!