Q: Friend rear ended a car while driving my truck. Left the scene, truck impounded. They have fingerprints from it
How can I be held responsible when the evidence clearly shows? I had to look for my truck, eventually a friend called me an told me who had towed my truck an where it was at. It has really put me an my family in a hard spot being our only form of transportation. It eventually lead to me losing my job at the local Wal-Mart. Having a tight budget as is, I can not afford the fees, which I don't think I should have since the person driving was involved in a hit an run, drug paraphernalia was found, an the person is know to have run ins with the local police here. What can be done, if anything? Since this happened it has literally be a constant struggle, hard to come back from this without someone seeing a way to help with the fees an have the pending charges which I'm sure there is some put on the guilty party. I'm at a stand still til hopefully something is done.
A: Contact the investigating officer, explain your situation, and see if he will release it. He may since you are innocent and pictures of the damage will suffice as evidence. If he won’t release it, hire a lawyer to get it back for you. The judge can order it released to you.
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