on armed robbery in Washington State? I need to know as soon as possible. I know of an armed robbery that happened like 6 or 7 years ago and want to know if it's too late to say something about it. There is also something for breaking an entering and theft in the same state. Please help? I have checked everywhere I can think of and I can not come up with the info that I need. I need to know for sure before I call the police because this person will literally kill me. I need to know for sure if they will arrest him and put him away for awhile. Thank You!
2006-09-15 11:57:00 · 8 answers · asked by ginger sue 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Let me add something more to the answers you receive, especially ones with a specific year number (which is probably correct). If you're in doubt (and you are), and you have concern for your safety (you do), then start with a phone call to a detective in the police department of the city where the robbery most likely occurred. You do not have to give your name. No one is going to trace your call as we see in the movies all the time. You can opt to be anonymous during this call, and maybe you will eventually prefer to leave it that way or you might feel enough of a comfort level with the person you speak to, to call again and tell more about it.
You should at this time give only limited concern for a statute of limitations. You apparently know that a particular person committed an armed robbery 6 or 7 years ago. Even if the event you know about is outside the statute of limitations, it's possible that the robbery you know about is not the 'only' robbery (or significant crime) the same person has done. And maybe he did others that you're not aware of, and more recently. That's possible. It happens. Or the robbery you know about may be only one crime he committed on that date, but he may have done even worse on the same day....and the worse could involve a different statute of limitations term.
This is why you shouldn't get too focused on the term, but rather think more towards the crime and the person who you believe may have done it.
Crime (after the fact) witnesses are often credited with solving more than just the one event they knew about, but didn't know that there may have been a series of events. And maybe some involved injury. I'm speculating though.
You could send an anonymous letter of course, but it may not have enough information to be as helpful as what you can give by voice. This is for you to decide.
Those are the options I wanted to provide to you.
2006-09-15 12:45:48 · answer #1 · answered by nothing 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-12 09:09:17 · answer #2 · answered by pfeifer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if the statute of limitations has expired, you can still tell the police what you know. If the statute has expired, there would be no reason for them to contact the 'suspect'. In any case, if you fear for your life, the police will not tell him you were the source of their information.
2006-09-15 14:39:18 · answer #3 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There must be a legal aid office in the town you live. Contact an attorney licensed to practice in the state of WA. It's not that difficult.
2006-09-15 12:01:44 · answer #4 · answered by clyde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 Years in a felony case
2006-09-16 17:57:22 · answer #5 · answered by jwurm99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 years. Now having said that, if he makes bail and comes and does something nasty anyway, well....
If you feel that strongly about it, report it anonymously. If there's no way it won't come back to you? Let it go.
2006-09-15 12:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno about Washington but in NY & most other places the Statute of Limitations is 7 years! You can prolly look it up for Washington but I dunno where!
http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
2006-09-15 12:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT'S 7 YEARSYEARS AND I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT....
BE CAREFUL....
2006-09-15 13:06:06 · answer #8 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋