ilovesocks
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Bit of a story to tell (make sure you read the whole thing through because I present the facts in the order in which I learned them) . . .
My female friend and a bunch of other people (all eighteen) went to one girl's house to drink. I was at home and didn't find out about any of this until the next day. Most of them had too much, so my female friend was in the bathroom for a good amount of the time helping another friend. Occasionally, two peopled joined them. It is possible that someone went in there unnoticed. So when their hostess' sister (who started yelling and was reportedly quite frightening) and brother-in-law got home unexpectedly, everyone scattered and in the midst of the confusion, my female friend left her keys at the house - dorm keys, car key, house keys, everything. Several other items were left by various people, including a jacket and a burned CD.
When she realized she left her keys, she tried to contact this girl (she couldn't call because she didn't have a number) and no one wanted to talk to her because they were afraid
. When word was finally passed along the grapevine, we found out that the brother-in-law claimed that $100 was stolen out of the bathroom and that he won't return the keys unless he sees $100. So I thought, Great, he's making up a story to get back at them. Is there a term for this? It seemed similar to blackmail, but definitely not the same thing. It smells like a felony. Anyway, I'm 100% sure that she did not take the money and that none of the people that I knew that were there would've taken it, so if any money was taken, it must've been someone I don't know. Everyone knew the story and nobody fessed up or anything. I suggested that we mention involving the police while we talk to the brother-in-law, hoping that that complication would break him down, but my female friend was afraid that everyone who was there would face the consequences of underage drinking. I disagreed - can they even do anything if it's after the fact? Plus, they don't even know who was there.
I obtained this girl's phone number and called several times - she never answered. It seems she pretty much didn't want anything to do with the situation even though she was the hostess and was probably the most wasted that night (we thought that this was a bit irresponsible; she hardly got into any trouble). Finally they told me where she lived so I could go over there in person to try to reason it out with them or at least communicate since I live fairly close to her. But the first two times I went over, there was nobody home. The third time, one of my friends to whom some of the forgotten items belonged came with me, and she was finally there. We talked to her, I explained that my female friend didn't take the money and nobody else has confessed and that she just wants her keys back. She did apologize (a little) and said that she would talk to her brother-in-law and let me know. Of course, she never actually called me but she told someone else that her brother-in-law wanted the keys' owner to come in person, and this information was eventually passed to us.
So I accompanied her over there and stood hidden outside the gate while she talked to the brother-in-law. He did not turn out to be the way I expected - he was calm and rational, and said that the $100 was only a small part of a $1600 roll which they were keeping in there until they could put it into a CD for their babies. He explained that it was "unfortunate that she left her keys there, but they're now his collateral - why should he be out of $100 because his wife's sister had a party at their house without his knowledge?" The story doesn't sound plausible out of context, but from what I saw of him, I believe he was telling the truth.
So we gave him the money and got her keys. I doubt if we'll ever find out who took the money.
Any thoughts? Statutory insights?
My female friend and a bunch of other people (all eighteen) went to one girl's house to drink. I was at home and didn't find out about any of this until the next day. Most of them had too much, so my female friend was in the bathroom for a good amount of the time helping another friend. Occasionally, two peopled joined them. It is possible that someone went in there unnoticed. So when their hostess' sister (who started yelling and was reportedly quite frightening) and brother-in-law got home unexpectedly, everyone scattered and in the midst of the confusion, my female friend left her keys at the house - dorm keys, car key, house keys, everything. Several other items were left by various people, including a jacket and a burned CD.
When she realized she left her keys, she tried to contact this girl (she couldn't call because she didn't have a number) and no one wanted to talk to her because they were afraid
I obtained this girl's phone number and called several times - she never answered. It seems she pretty much didn't want anything to do with the situation even though she was the hostess and was probably the most wasted that night (we thought that this was a bit irresponsible; she hardly got into any trouble). Finally they told me where she lived so I could go over there in person to try to reason it out with them or at least communicate since I live fairly close to her. But the first two times I went over, there was nobody home. The third time, one of my friends to whom some of the forgotten items belonged came with me, and she was finally there. We talked to her, I explained that my female friend didn't take the money and nobody else has confessed and that she just wants her keys back. She did apologize (a little) and said that she would talk to her brother-in-law and let me know. Of course, she never actually called me but she told someone else that her brother-in-law wanted the keys' owner to come in person, and this information was eventually passed to us.
So I accompanied her over there and stood hidden outside the gate while she talked to the brother-in-law. He did not turn out to be the way I expected - he was calm and rational, and said that the $100 was only a small part of a $1600 roll which they were keeping in there until they could put it into a CD for their babies. He explained that it was "unfortunate that she left her keys there, but they're now his collateral - why should he be out of $100 because his wife's sister had a party at their house without his knowledge?" The story doesn't sound plausible out of context, but from what I saw of him, I believe he was telling the truth.
So we gave him the money and got her keys. I doubt if we'll ever find out who took the money.
Any thoughts? Statutory insights?
