Really, between the SDMB and Wiki, I get such a comprehensive education that I wonder why I paid to go to college.
Yep, this is the kind of place where searching the archive for “cloaca” produces six pages of results. (And, somewhat disturbingly, four of the references are mine. Hmmm.)
Advice to the OP:
NAG.
Make sure the police know the alleged forger is on parole. Get the name of the parole officer; inform him/her of the current criminal complaints; give the police the name of the parole officer.
Contact the state’s attorney; inform them of the parole and current criminal complaints. Give them the lead officer’s name and contact information.
Find out if any previous conviction was federal; if so, give them any information you have. Nag them.
And, most effectively, keep in contact with the bank’s fraud squad, and get THEM to nag; a major financial institution will always have more power than you.
Of course, you will be contacting these people in order to inform them of the situation and offer your contact information. Not to nag them.
NAG them.
Okay, the police finally called back to give me an update. I guess going through their procedures takes a little bit more time than I had been told previously.
They’re serving a warrant on the bank today for Dave’s account records. Turns out I was right - he did cash the checks at the bank we both use, inside the supermarket where he works. Like I said, not the smartest criminal in the world.
They should pick him up within the next day or two.
Keep us posted, I’m on the edge of my seat here.
Sorry you gotta live with that assbitch for a couple more days.
If I were Neutron, I’d drive down to the cop shop right now and politely insist that the promised action be taken without further delay. Cop won’t return your phone calls? fine. Politely ask to speak to his sargeant or captain or whatever. Be a polite but persistent PITA until you get some action.
Geez that sucks, Neutron
Sorry to sound so cynical, but we as citizens have to realize that solving crimes doesn’t make any money for police departments to put in their coffers, so it’s not their first priority. If Dave had been speeding, he’d have been pulled over and cited with a large fine as soon as the cops knew about it. How long have they known he stole from you?
Did you not see the last post by NS, you know, the one posted seven minutes before yours?
Yeah, 'cause we all know that speeding ticket fines go right into the pockets of the police. Unlike the fines imposed on everyone else convicted of crimes which go into the judges pockets. :rolleyes:
It doesn’t work the same way for all crimes. It’s better that the cops get all their ducks in a row before apprehending the guy. With speeding, the cops witness it. With fraud, they don’t, so it’s better to collect all the evidence to make sure that the arrest warrant is easy. Neutron provided the evidence that he took and forged the cheques, the cops then went and got proof that the dickwad cashed them, so now they have evidence of the whole crime from start to finish, not just half.
Paperwork takes time, they have to get the warrant, serve the warrant, check the info they got, find the relevent bits, etc. And it’s not like this is the only thing they’re working on. If no one is under imminent threat of bodily harm, I would expect the cops would want to get everything squared away, so now it will be a slam dunk.
You’re absolutely right; that is exactly what I wrote, distilled down to a glib remark with such precision that I may weep at your brilliance.
Or maybe fucking not.
State and Federal funding to city police departments is decreasing and the local departments have to make up that budget shortfall somewhere in order to keep paying cops and hiring new ones. Those are the coffers I was referring to , which you mistook for ‘pockets’. I could see where that might happen, as both words have two syllables.
:rolleyes: Right back atcha.
Ok leaving all that aside, how about the cops need to investigate the crime at issue here unlike a speeding ticket which they witness? Or should they just arrest the guy because NS said he did something? Yeah, that make much more sense.
In the meantime, is [del]Dumb Ass[/del] still wandering around the house acting like nothing has happened?
Is it possible that he might skip town?
Um, no. It was not there when I hit “reply”, then my post took longer than I expected due to an interruption. Geez…
Yeah, you’d think he’d be worried that you’d have figured out that there’s money missing. Unless he’s really so dumb that he doesn’t understand how a checking account works.
Oh. Sorry for the snark then.
Are you telling me the magical money-fountain doesn’t just re-fill?
Dammit
Hmmm…never thought of Regina…it makes sense though, I like it!
Only if he was on his way to church.
Here’s to hoping they have videocamera proof the girlfriend cashed one of those checks, and get handwriting samples to nail her good!