What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
I just had the police show up at my door, plain clothes, nice as can be, informing me that my name and my boyfriends name were used in a police report claiming that we harrassed the person filing the report. This happened on Facebook, I sent a message to someone I thought was a friend and was listed as a facebook friend when I sent the message, it said, "You need to give (insert name) back his (insert item)."
I was informed by the police "Stay away from (insert name)". So the police come to my home, telling me that I need to now avoid this person based on a false police report. This is absurd.
So, is this true, can anyone just go to the police department and file a report on anyone for anything they want to? Isn't that a fraudulent report?
Do I have any recourse here?
I just had the police show up at my door, plain clothes, nice as can be, informing me that my name and my boyfriends name were used in a police report claiming that we harrassed the person filing the report. This happened on Facebook, I sent a message to someone I thought was a friend and was listed as a facebook friend when I sent the message, it said, "You need to give (insert name) back his (insert item)."
I was informed by the police "Stay away from (insert name)". So the police come to my home, telling me that I need to now avoid this person based on a false police report. This is absurd.
So, is this true, can anyone just go to the police department and file a report on anyone for anything they want to? Isn't that a fraudulent report?
Do I have any recourse here?