How can I get police to issue a search warrant?

Question

I let my ex borrow an old laptop and my toolbox. My ex was living with some girl they were seeing. After their "break up," my ex moved out leaving some things behind so they can pick them up later (which included my laptop and toolbox). The girl said she decided to place my items out on her porch so that anyone who walks by can grab them; and in fact someone did. I am taking the girl to "small claims court" because she stated she wasn't going to pay me for it. I want to make sure that she did get rid of my property, so i want to know how can i go about getting the police to search her apartment. This girl is very spiteful and could just be lying and acting immaturely. So, before i go ahead to small claims court, i want to make sure she doesn't have it. If you guys can give me any info on if this is possible and/or how to get started with this warrant, i'd appreciate it! Thanks!

I do have proof that the girl said she threw it out. I saved all the text messages...and i can get the receipts for my items. Would this matter?

is there anyway that the court would rule in her favor? and if so, under what circumstances?

Answer 1

You had plenty of time to retrieve your property, but you didn't. Without receipts, and serial numbers, you can not even prove ownership. Based on your information, you do not have a criminal, or civil case.

Answer 2

This is strictly a civil case from the sounds of it. Without actual proof that she has it, no search warrant will be issued ~ the police could be sued if they just barged in on your word.

If you have the original receipt, take it to court with you.

Also go to a store and show your receipt and have someone write up an estimate of what it would cost to replace it today.

Be sure and do the same for any tools and the tool box so you can justify the cost on some of those items.

Take all that to court and sue her and let the judge rule one way or the other on what you should get. She won't have much choice but to pay you or go to jail (or both).

Answer 3

Police do not difficulty warrants. They positioned up an affidavit of probable reason to a decide who then would difficulty the warrant. The the police then serve the warrant. the valuables supervisor won't seek your place absent an emergency or as defined on your apartment contract or lease. in case your address is the comparable as your boyfriends address of checklist some states enable warrant-much less get admission to to seek for a difficulty who has a valid arrest warrant if the police have probable reason to have faith the placement with the arrest warrant is interior.

Answer 4

If you are in England you could report the items stolen by this female. She may well be lying and downloading porn on your lap top as I write this. By placing the items outside it seems she has assumed the rights of ownership. Police could attend and speak to this female and either arrest her on suspicion of theft and search under S32 PACE or get her to let them search with consent. Thats assuming she did not make reasonable efforts to return the items and has assumed they were abandoned. Saying that I am quite drunk at the moment and may be wrong.

Answer 5

They can't/won't.

In order to get a valid search warrant, the police have to show a prosecutor and a judge that there is probable cause that there is evidence of a crime in a residence. You have no evidence of that at all, let alone probable cause.

Answer 6

You can't. You said yourself "borrow". It's a civil issue and there isn't anything the police can do.

Answer 7

You can't; only a judge can do this.

If you're not rich or a business they won't help you anyway.

Cops........Brown Shirts........same,same

Answer 8

give them 'probable cause'