Q: Can I press charges when someone who agreed to hold my belongings in their spare space sells it without my consent?
A friend and I had a verbal agreement to store our belongings in a colleague's storage shed and extra bedroom. On 9/06/2016 we were informed the colleague would be vacating the premises, giving us until the end of September to retrieve our belongings. We made arrangements to be there the last week in September. On 9/20/2016 we were informed most of our belongings have already been sold or disposed of. We did not give her any reason be believe we would not be there for our things, yet she still disposed of or sold our belongings. We had paid her before she stored our things and agreed to pay for any additional time we may have needed when we came for them. What legal rights do we have if any in this situation
A: Contact the appropriate police agency and file a report. It is up to the prosecutor to file charges, but those facts would indicate criminal conduct.
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