Okay so throwaway for obvious reasons.
Background info
- Florida marijuana laws apply.
- I am of age to be considered a minor in the Florida justice system.
- It turns out my family & the kid's (well call him Evan) families happen to have known eachother for a long time and are very good friends.
But long story short, a qp of bud was stolen from me at knife point. I wasnt about to get myself hurt over some fucking weed so I let the kid go. Within an hour I had tracked down his family and possible whereabouts. So after getting a couple friends to come along, we went to knock on the door of Evan's parents to tell them that their child fucked up big time and he had one chance to make it right.
The first house that we went to happened to be a former address of his. The confrontation with the new owners prompted them to call the police, and before I could leave the scene, police were there. The officers asked why we were out at 11pm banging on doors and the short version of the story I gave them was that this kid, which I named to them, was meeting me to buy my watch, at which point he held a knife to my throat and said "Dont try anything."
The police eventually let me go and they made contact with Evan, who happens to be known by local law enforcement for the wrong reasons. Evan told them he knew nothing about a watch, but that he thinks his friends stole a lot of marijuana from somebody. The police then contacted me again, and asked if I wished to press charges for the assault. At which point I declined and signed a statement acknowledging such wishes. The officer told me that he thought the situation looked like a drug deal gone wrong, which he wasn't off so I'm positive they know whats up. Why else wouldn't I press charges on somebody attacking me with a knife?
Now that my family & his family have been in contact, his parents have decided that they would like charges pressed on him, and for him to be arrested for the Aggravated Burglary with a Deadly Weapon, which the officer told me the case would be based on.
What do I do at this point? My sister doing most of the talking with the other parties' parents said she talked to her lawyer and he advised that if we followed through with the case, I may have to admit that I was selling 12g of weed, which is only a misdemeanor, possibly only even drug classes for him to be charged with the assault. The lawyer said that the police may not even file charges against me for the pure fact that they've wanted to catch this kid for a while.
I'm lost as fuck as to what to do, I just want to get my money/bud back and pay the least possible repercussions. I realize that this whole situation got so much more complicated when the police got involved but that was never intended.
The police ain't there to help, just hide your bud next time