What is the name of your state? Florida
Early Feb. 3:00am: My sister & I got into an argument which lasted about 45 minutes. She got me very upset & I ended up punching a hole in the wall. Obviously, we are not very close at all.
Fast forward 12 hours, my sister is gone & no one can find her. I get a knock on the door, I go downstairs to answer it. I get halfway down the stairs and the police officer opens the door and proceeds to make his way in. He and I are both lucky our german shephard just died, she did not like intruders. Anyways, they take me outside and question me. They asked me what happened, I explained to them that we got into a heated argument. I did not mention the hole I punched (plenty of holes in our house to do construction). The cop asked me if I had made a death threat to her. Obviously, I said no. They ask me about her car. Apparently she accused me of keying her car(which is in my dads name, so it is not legally hers). I tell them that her car was keyed a week earlier (by someone else, which it was). They called my dad and he confirmed that the car had been keyed a week earlier, but he had only seen a big "x" on the hood. There is more than just a big "x". They take me to jail on chargest of domestic violence/criminal mischief. 24 hours later I get my paperwork. To my amazement, most of her police report is FALSE. She put on the report something along the lines of "He pushed me into the wall & told me he was going to kill me" & "he's not afraid to do it, hes done it before". This made me very upset. The judge ordered me not to go home. This was about 30 days ago. We all just want this to end. My arrainment is on Tuesday the 6'th. My sister is going downtown to tell them she does not want to press charges, and that she wants me to come home. How will this effect my arrainment? I HAVE to go home. To make things 10x worse, the night I got out, my father got arrested with DUI charges. He lost his license and can only drive for business purposes. Chances are he will lose it completely within the next few weeks. If this happens, my brother and sister are screwed, unless I can go home to take care of groceries & get them to school etc.
In jail, I asked for a public attorney but was never assigned one. I cannot afford a lawyer at this time (school/work full time). How do I go about asking for one, again?
Also, in mid december I was arrested and charged with DV. My brother and I got into a fight. I hit him, charges were dropped. Can this effect what happens to me? I've read they are not supposed to bring up dropped charges, but since this has happened twice within 60 days, it makes me wonder.
Early Feb. 3:00am: My sister & I got into an argument which lasted about 45 minutes. She got me very upset & I ended up punching a hole in the wall. Obviously, we are not very close at all.
Fast forward 12 hours, my sister is gone & no one can find her. I get a knock on the door, I go downstairs to answer it. I get halfway down the stairs and the police officer opens the door and proceeds to make his way in. He and I are both lucky our german shephard just died, she did not like intruders. Anyways, they take me outside and question me. They asked me what happened, I explained to them that we got into a heated argument. I did not mention the hole I punched (plenty of holes in our house to do construction). The cop asked me if I had made a death threat to her. Obviously, I said no. They ask me about her car. Apparently she accused me of keying her car(which is in my dads name, so it is not legally hers). I tell them that her car was keyed a week earlier (by someone else, which it was). They called my dad and he confirmed that the car had been keyed a week earlier, but he had only seen a big "x" on the hood. There is more than just a big "x". They take me to jail on chargest of domestic violence/criminal mischief. 24 hours later I get my paperwork. To my amazement, most of her police report is FALSE. She put on the report something along the lines of "He pushed me into the wall & told me he was going to kill me" & "he's not afraid to do it, hes done it before". This made me very upset. The judge ordered me not to go home. This was about 30 days ago. We all just want this to end. My arrainment is on Tuesday the 6'th. My sister is going downtown to tell them she does not want to press charges, and that she wants me to come home. How will this effect my arrainment? I HAVE to go home. To make things 10x worse, the night I got out, my father got arrested with DUI charges. He lost his license and can only drive for business purposes. Chances are he will lose it completely within the next few weeks. If this happens, my brother and sister are screwed, unless I can go home to take care of groceries & get them to school etc.
In jail, I asked for a public attorney but was never assigned one. I cannot afford a lawyer at this time (school/work full time). How do I go about asking for one, again?
Also, in mid december I was arrested and charged with DV. My brother and I got into a fight. I hit him, charges were dropped. Can this effect what happens to me? I've read they are not supposed to bring up dropped charges, but since this has happened twice within 60 days, it makes me wonder.
