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last year I lent a friend a stereo for his car because the one he had broke, I made it clear it was just until he got a new one (i have text messages proving he knew it wasnt his property) and at the middle of jan. 2016 he claims his house was broken into and my ps4 along with a few other things i had there were stolen. He asked me not to call the police saying he would replace the ps4 and other electronics that were stolen, and I also found out he sold the car stereo I let him borrow and again he said he would replace them. Its almost august now and he hasnt done anything to replace anything. Is it too late to report anything stolen? I have serial numbers for some of the more expensive items
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Michael H. Fayard
You can try to press charges, but I doubt the police will even take a report on this case. They will most likely tell ou that it is a civil matter and you should address it in small claims court. That does not mean you are out of luck, though. You still have the option of filing suit against him in small claims court.
Small claims court handles cases up to $5,000.00. As far as not reporting the items as stolen, It's my guess that he asked you not to do that because he pawned the items. If you reported the items stolen and he pawned them, then your "friend" could face felony charges for dealing in stolen property and defrauding a pawn broker (to name a couple).
Your best bet is to contact an attorney to send a demand letter and then prepare a small claims action.
Answered on Aug 16th, 2016 at 2:45 PM