I was corresponding w/ a girl through classmates.com - she got mad on some stuff I said, I kept emailing & then come to find out she went down to the police dept. & guess she had a friend down there, he in terms comes to my home un-announced, to find out if I was corresponding or not, he then was classifying me as a bad criminal, threatening to take me to jail etc., I cooperated with him. The next thing I know he evidently got some kind of warrant to go to my job and get my stuff off of my work computer ! I could not believe it. the girl told him it was threatening emails and she was scared for her life etc., I am not a bad person. So the DA has the stuff from my work computer & there was never any threatening emails to begin with, just casual emails. Should I press charges for slander & libel and also for ruining my professional reputation ?
Please advise ? Thank U !

ScottGem

I'm confused. Someone entered your job premises and stole data from your PC or data stored on CD?

What did she do with the material and why were you fired?

If her lies caused you to be fired and you can prove she lied, then you have a case against her.

ScottGem

First, please do not use e-mail or PMs to ask followup questions. I generally just ignore them.

But something sounds wierd here. You claim someone from the DA's office came to your workplace and searched your work area and took things. Either they had a warrant or it was theft. If they had a warrant then you could challenge the warrant. If anything confiscated during this search was given to someone outside the DA's office then the DA has some trouble on his hands.

But you NEED to get an attorney. Someone who will fight the warrant and determine your best course of action.

08_777444

I also am confused by this question.

Altenweg

I think we need more information. How were the CD's stolen etc.

pinkflowers

CD'S were not stolen, my hard-drive I guess you call it, was taken by the DA's office, obviously they obtained a warrant to get it, my company got mad and threw me out the door ! no job, no money,nothing all over some non-sense. my company did not even fully investigate it.....

Altenweg

Okay, I'm still confused. What was on the hard-drive that would be considered evidence by the DA's office? Obviously there was something suspicious otherwise they wouldn't have gotten a warrant. I don't think you're telling us the whole story.

Fr_Chuck

If there was nothing on it, you can sue the girl. ( assuming she has any money) well you can sue her if she is poor but will not get anything.

Also you may be able to sue your place of employment if you are cleared of all charges, since they fired you without cause, merely being a suspect, they can suspend you, but not fire you normally

But at this point, there was enough evidence for them to get a warrant.
Your main and first mistake was talking with the officer and trying to help him. YOU NEVER< EVER< NEVER talk to the police without an attorney,
Normally most people can talk thierself into trouble.

And before that, you keep emailing and emailing someone who got mad at you, ( can anyone say cyber stalking ??)

ScottGem

You aren't listening to us. There is something missing here that you aren't telling us. Generally, to obtain a warrant, the DA has to provide proof of a crime AND proof that you were connected to that crime. That's what you aren't telling us. And I have to wonder why?

justcurious55

i'm wondering what exactly your emails said. just because you believe they were innocent and casual doesn't mean others will perceive them that way. there must have been something serious if the police were able to obtain a warrant. i agree with the others, what aren't you telling us?