Q: If a detective is calling you for months trying to get you to come down wouldn't they just arrest you instead of trying
If they had serious allegations against you wouldn't they just arrest you instead of trying to call you for months to interview you
A:
Depends...the standard to charge someone with a crime is probable cause. Often, they do not have that until, ironically, a suspect voluntarily talks with police, and usually in an attempt to clear their name.
It's quite possible that the police do not (yet) have probable cause for the arrest and are hoping that this persons talks and gives it to them.
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