by gr8malenko on December 6th, 2006

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If your house is broken into while you are home and you are held at knife point what type of charges do the police place on the criminal?, and also if the victim isnt pressing charges can he have the police remove the charges on the criminal?

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  • by seaofgrass on December 6th, 2006

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    Well, sunblyn really summed up the charges.
    As far as the victim dropping charges, this is too serious to be ignored and action would be pursuited otherwise. This is partly in case the criminal somehow forced the vicitm to dorp charges through threats of some sort.

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  • by Sunblynd 5.0 on December 6th, 2006

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    The charges may vary per state, Breaking and Entering of a residence, Aggravated assualt with a deadly weapon, Attempted aggravated murder, Aggravated kidnapping, and Aggravated home invasion. The authority's have the option of aggravating a charge whenever a weapon is used in a crime.

    Aggravation of the charges increase the degree of the felony. Each degree intensify's the degree of punishment handed down to the assailant.

    As to your second Q, the answer is no, whether the victim presses charges or not, the state will pick it up and prosecute the case using other evidence, even if the original victim does not press charges, it is up to the prosecution whether or not to drop or request the court to dismiss the charges.

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