Very confued with harassment charge???

[hixtreme45600]

Hello,

I live in New Jersey, in Atlantic County. My brother recently had a issue with some kid. Apparently "kid" is accusing my brother of harassment or some charge because my brother supposely told him that, he will kill him if he sees him near his girl. This "kid" is claiming he received emails, and face to face conversation with my brother. According my brother he never met the "kid". However he did tell his so called girl, that if my brother seen anyone with her he will kill her... bla bla bla.

Well the parents of the "kid" went and pressed charges against my brother. I am not sure but I am guessing its harassment charge of some kind. On the date of court my brother pleaded not guilty. The judge says to come in and talk to public defender or something on the new court date.

Could someone please tell me, what kind trouble can he get into. How far this can go, what can he possibly charged for etc. Please help me, I have no idea how all this works. This is the first time, we've got into this kind of situation... any help would be appreciated.

 

[FlyingRon]

The judge was right. He needs to see his lawyer. How far can it go? He can be found guilty and put in jail. Will it go that far, unlikely. If found guilty he'll probably get some sort of probation plus have to pay a lot of court costs.
He's not likely to win by standing there and saying "I never met the guy."

The lawyer can look at the particulars of the case and figure out how to proceed. You don't need to have met someone to be guilty of harassment in NJ. It only requires some sort of communication. "Tell the kid if he comes near you I'll kill him" is possibly such if she does relay that to him.

 

[hixtreme45600]

Okay. Thanks

Thanks for time. Always helpful.

 

[HighwayMan]

Sounds like there's probably more to this story, but your brother needs to get an attorney.

There must be some evidence available against him if the prosecutor is pursuing the case.