What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Connecticut
Hello
I'm posting on behalf of my brother. He recently got released from prison and is now on probation. He did have a violent offense(Assault 1st degree), I believe.
He posted a picture of himself on Facebook holding a rifle. The picture with the rifle was taken at a close friend's house. The friend owns the gun legally and it was not loaded. The picture wasn't taken in a threatening manner, it was just of my brother, Dan, holding the gun.
After a couple days of the picture being on Facebook, around 10-15 police went to his apartment in search of the gun. They cops brought the photo and tried to compare the surroundings in the picture to his apartment but were unable to. At first Dan denied that the gun was even real until the cops persisted and surrounded him. He then told them that it was indeed a real gun but he does not own it.
The police told him that it still was enough to issue a warrant and violate his probation. However to my knowledge, if they did not find him in possession of a gun or any weapon, how can they charge him with anything? I will find out more details soon as this only happened about an hour or two ago. He is going to try and contact a lawyer but doesn't really have the funds to pay for one.
My question is, can he really be charged with violating probation just because of a picture? And what should we do in the mean time as the police said there will probably be a warrant issued by tomorrow.
Thank you.
Hello
I'm posting on behalf of my brother. He recently got released from prison and is now on probation. He did have a violent offense(Assault 1st degree), I believe.
He posted a picture of himself on Facebook holding a rifle. The picture with the rifle was taken at a close friend's house. The friend owns the gun legally and it was not loaded. The picture wasn't taken in a threatening manner, it was just of my brother, Dan, holding the gun.
After a couple days of the picture being on Facebook, around 10-15 police went to his apartment in search of the gun. They cops brought the photo and tried to compare the surroundings in the picture to his apartment but were unable to. At first Dan denied that the gun was even real until the cops persisted and surrounded him. He then told them that it was indeed a real gun but he does not own it.
The police told him that it still was enough to issue a warrant and violate his probation. However to my knowledge, if they did not find him in possession of a gun or any weapon, how can they charge him with anything? I will find out more details soon as this only happened about an hour or two ago. He is going to try and contact a lawyer but doesn't really have the funds to pay for one.
My question is, can he really be charged with violating probation just because of a picture? And what should we do in the mean time as the police said there will probably be a warrant issued by tomorrow.
Thank you.