QUESTION
Can I sue the police department for broadcasting a robbery charge when it was a misdemeanor theft?
Asked on Feb 11th, 2015 on Criminal Law - Indiana
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Recently the sheriff's department aired a news story they were searching for 3 suspects in a string of robberies from a store. They did this to get public's help with identities of the suspects but there was never a robbery that occurred it was misdemeanor thefts. Can I sue the county sheriffs for slander or some other type charge for stating false accusations. I don't know if this makes sense.
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Criminal and General Civil Litigation Attorney serving Warsaw, IN
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If they needed help to ID the suspects, this means they never used your name in their media reports. If your argument is that you were a thief, not a robber, you are not going to win an argument there.
Answered on Feb 18th, 2015 at 2:03 PM