My brother is in trouble - May be long...

3xsthefun wrote: My brother may be in trouble for something he did not do.

Here is some background of the story first. For about a few weeks now someone has been running over street signs, and also beating and running over people's mailboxes. Finally I guess someone got tired of it and went to the cops.

Christmas evening my brother went out with some other guys he knows. My dad told him not to but he did anyways. Well the one guy that was riding with him we will call him "B" he jerked my brothers steering wheel. This caused my brother to run into a person's mailbox. Well he tore up his truck some. My dad asked him what happened and at first my brother told my dad some lame story. Well finally he told the truth.

So my dad and brother went and talked to the person. The man agreed my brother could pay for his mailbox and put up a new one. My brother done that the next day.

My brother also wrecked his car about 2 weeks before all of this happened. So he did not have a car. He was driving our grandma's car to work and back home.

Fast forward to yesterday evening, the West Virginia State Police called my brother. They wanted to talk to him about the mailboxes and street signs. Come to find out the one guy "B" had blamed this whole thing on my brother. This "B" guy is saying he had nothing to do with running over any of the mailboxes or street signs.

My brother had go to the county cops again this morning and "B" is still sticking to the same story. So now it looks like they may both get arrested just because this "B" doesn't want go down alone. The cops do know that "B" has something do with all what has happened.

The cops said they will be back in touch with my brother. I'm not sure what this means. I don't know if they will call him for more questioning or arrest him.

I am so scared for him right now!! Please pray he will not get arrested because of this dumb guy!

GavinsMommy replied: Oh, that's crappy! Some people will do anything to save their own behind. Well, if your brother really had nothing to do with any of it, then that's really unfortunate that this friend of his is putting it on him. Maybe that's why his friend jerked the wheel...so he could blame it on him bc he knew that they were catching on? Dunno...

I do know personally though that cops bluff a lot w/ situations like this...so they might try to scare him in the least into thinking he's going to jail. Just a thought...I got in trouble for something MUCH worse that wasn't my fault and they were just bluffing, so hopefully that is what it will end up to be. Hopefully they will see the friend for what he is...a liar.

3xsthefun replied: Yeah, the guy did jerk my brother's steering wheel on purpose.

There have been over mailboxes that go ran over though not just the one they hit that night. Like I said my brother had nothing to drive when all of this was going on. He had just gotten his truck 2 or 3 days before Christmas.

Someone had been running over the mailboxes and stuff at least 2 weeks or maybe less before my brother got his truck.

I really hoping the cops are just bluffing.

GavinsMommy replied: Well they don't have any REAL evidence other than the fact that mailboxes were destroyed and your bro happened to hit one, which is totally understandable...people hit things all the time. Lol.

My2Beauties replied: Oh man, what a jerk! I hope the cops see this guy for what he is and he is the only one that gets in any kind of trouble!

Mommy2BAK replied: Oh I am sorry, that's awful!

gr33n3y3z replied: Well he should have listened to your Dad and not gone out with that dude bc is sounds like that guy is trouble.
I've always told my kids you are no better then the company you keep and if they get busted your going down with them.
And for that jerk to grab the steering wheel of the car it sounds like a set up to me just to get him to hit something and this dude can say yeah we did it the other night even though your brother did good on it by going back and replacing it and what not. I'm glad he was man enough to do that
But I hope he can convince the cops he had nothing to do with the other mailboxes.
But I hope everything pans out for him

jcc64 replied: Well, being the resident cynic, how do you know FOR SURE your brother wasn't at all involved? Tbh, the wheel jerking story sounds a little fishy to me, and I'm sure the cops (who never believe anyone by nature) are thinking the same thing. Kids, especially boys, do some pretty wacky things to "impress" each other, even good boys who know better. Either way, sounds like time to find new friends.
And btw- I highly doubt your brother will do any jail time for a pretty minor crime like that. Probably some community service and/or some restitution to the person whose mailbox was destroyed, but jail time seems unlikely.
It's nice that your brother has such a caring sister like you.

3xsthefun replied: The only reason I am pretty sure my brother was not involved is he DID NOT have anything to drive when the other mailboxes were ran over. But then again I guess he could have been out with the other boys when it happened. The thing is that boy "B" told my brother that he had ran over other mailboxes. So he told my bother he did but now "B" is telling the cops something else.

Also my brother was working 3 pm until 11pm alot of nights when this thing was going on. He pretty much went straight from work to home.

I really do not believe my brother was not involved with the other mailboxes. There is just more to this then I know and other people.

Example: "B" was driving some Farm Use truck, well it disappeared just last week. So that just makes "B" look even more guilty to me anyways. "B" is now driving around in another truck? My brother is driving the same truck since the mailbox that he hit.

I really am not suprised "B" jerked the steering wheel out of my brothers hand. He is nothing but a trouble maker, he lies about alot of things. No I am not saying my brother is a "angel" but he has alot to loose. He has a really great job!

As for going to jail over this I am sure they could if they wanted to it just depends on the charges. They could get them do community service. I guess it just really depends on the police around here.

My mom keeps thinking they are going jail over this which I hope it doesnt' happen.

jcc64 replied: It sounds like, as you said, your brother wasn't involved in the other cases; I was referring to the single incident with the jerking wheel. In any event, try to calm your mom down as best you can and implore your brother to stay away from trouble in the future. Sorry for you and your family.

3xsthefun replied: Sorry if I sounded rude, I am just so worried. Plus with other things that has happened with my grandma being sick and our housefire. It is just alot right now.

Anyways you may be right my brother could have just said "B" jerked his steering wheel from him. But I don't think my brother is lying specially if this "B" guy has been doing all that other stuff.

Thanks for everyone's kind words though.

coasterqueen replied: Yikes! I wish I had some advice but I don't.

Sending some p&pt's your way and hope everything turns out just fine.

jcc64 replied: You didn't sound rude, btw!

Josie83 replied: O no . . . I know that you really don't need this right now. You and your brother are in my thoughts and prayers xx