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Cops involved because of this?
This girl in my high school (Who nobody likes because she's a complusive liar), had her pictures taken and somebody was pretending to be her on Tumblr.
Like they used pictures of her face, but with a completely different name, age, life story, etc.
Well she freaks out and she was telling everybody how she was on the phone with the police for 3 hours with the police until 2am the night before because of it.
And I was thinking, "Really?"
Like, can you even get in trouble for that? I can see somebody getting in trouble for using the same name and stuff, but really?
Seems a little over-the-top when you can easily report the account with a proof picture and get in deleted.
Btw, she's not lieing about the fake profile because a bunch of people saw it, including myself.
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My advice to you is to listen to what DangerNerd has written. These types of things have become very serious matters which many states have passed laws to deal with.
If the police contact you, and you are above the age of consent in your state, I would suggest you cooperate with them. The age of consent in most states is 16 or 17. If you are younger than that ask for your parents to be present when talking with the police. In fact ask for your parents to be present regardless of your age.
If you know who the person is pretending to be her, identify that person. You need to do this so you are seen as a cooperating witness and not co-conspirator.
What this person has done, given all the news reports of recent months of things like this, was not only immature but stupid. Depending on how the police and District or States Attorney decide to handle this; they may have just ruined their life.
You need to separate yourself from him/her so as not to ruin your life. Just in case you're the culprit; you need to talk to your parent NOW before the cops come knocking on your door. You need legal advice from a lawyer NOW.
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People have posted fake profiles on Advicenators and we have complied with orders from law enforcement to help resolve the situations.
The police will get involved. If you have a particularly passionate police officer, or a passionate parent then this can quickly become a serious legal nightmare to be in the middle of.
Was she exaggerating the 3 hours? Probably. Does it matter? Nope. If she has filed a complaint, they are obligated to follow up on it. Doesn't matter if it was 10 minutes or 3 hours.
Some states seem to have included parts of this in their new anti-bullying laws. In those cases, this is believable.
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Yes, you actually can. And they have ways of finding out who has tapped into what computer and done it, depending on how far she's willing to go for answers. If you know something or are a suspect, sooner or later, it might get around to you. But I really hope you're not.
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She may be thinking of getting the cops involved but no cop is going to take the time to sit and talk about someone's fake profile for 3 hours on a phone. Can the cops get involved? Yes. This could be classified as identity theft and generally is a very serious thing.
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