89-LX said:
Quick question here. On Jan 7th, I was pulled out of my car and attacked by 2 people. I called the police before they attcked me due to them throwing a pop bottle at my car. When I came to a stop, its when they did it. Now 3 weeks after the fact, the police interviewed the 2 guys that attcked me, and the city attorney said that he will not charge anyone with assult and battery unless he charges all 3 of us. Now I didnt do anything. I was jumped by 2 people. I called the police to file charges, had the fire department come out for a busted up mouth, and went to the hospital, with also having pictures as proof. I know for a fact that these 2 guys lied and said something else.
Now if I was to tell the city attorney to bring the charges up onto me (I know I will be cleared, as I did nothing wrong. The phone calls to the police department before and after it happened shows that I wanted police intevention), and I go to court and am cleared, will this stay on my record and affect my going into the Navy/OCS for SNA/SNFO?
okay... we're missing a LOT of information here. i'm going to ask you some questions, but
PM me the answers.
1. the threw a pop bottle at your car and said pop bottle caused $1,200 in damage and rendered the vehicle undriveable? i don't think so. explain.
2. doesn't matter if your gf was there or not. she's an eyewitness and eyewitness accounts are notoriously inaccurate. especially because after the fact, her view is probably colored because she's your gf.
3. did you stop at a stop sign? light? parking lot to kick some a$$? schnugg made a very good point-- why did you stop? did you consider that in doing so, you could escalate the situation?
4. the DA can't randomly charge you if YOU decide to bring charges against them. the DA can only prosecute on behalf of the office that he works for. so yes, you can sue them in civil court (i'm assuming this isn't a felony in michigan). you suing someone or someone suing you, and the DA (aka government) bringing charges against you are two different things.
5. were you actually arrested? i'm confused on this one. if so, what for?
6. what EXACTLY did the city attorney say that he was going to charge YOU with? them?
7. the answer is that IF you were arrested, then yes, you MUST disclose, regardless of the final outcome. that information goes into a database -- National Crime Information Center (accessed by federal entities-- military, fbi, cia, etc) and stays there forever. so while a future civvie employer wouldn't have access, the government does.
if YOU press charges against somone else, no, it won't show up unless you lose. legal judgments are public record, by the way, unless sealed by the court.
8. what exactly does your insurance policy say? if you can, send me a copy. you'd be surprised at the vagueness of the language-- i'll bet it's covered, but they're not going to just volunteer that to you.