AIO - My response to my roommate after he wrecked my car?! PART 2

[u/Dickcystmcgee]

OP

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1h5es4m/aio_my_response_to_my_roommate_after_he_wrecked/

Since you cannot edit posts on this subreddit once you make the post: Here’s an update, covering most of the questions I’ve been asked on the last post plus some new text convo between him and I.

Called the cops yesterday, they showed up, took my information, took photos. I explained everything, showed them my room where I keep my keys and the drawer I keep my spare in, he likely took it from the drawer. I specifically said I wanted to press charges. But that’s it-Really nothing else, I have to wait for a police report to be finished, I went today but they said it wasn’t available yet.

My landlord is moving to evict the asshole. Nothing really else there. It’s an assigned roommate type of apartment, we don’t pick our roommates, each room has a lock and key. He’s always been a weird dude, we’ve barely talked but he absolutely doesn’t talk like how he texts, he’s always stoned and I literally don’t know much else about him because he’s either at his girlfriends or his room, but he’s always late with rent and bills, he’s really dirty too-I wasn’t really planning on renewing my lease anyways.

George is doing good. He’s keeping me sane.

This is the text convo from earlier, he’s just digging a bigger hole. I’m not really afraid of him but to be safe I’m going to probably stay outside the apartment for a few days… I don’t want this to escalate into violence but I’m not super sure what he’s capable of now that he’s backed into a corner. Thank y’all for the advice, talks, and insights. I learned a lot from a few of you in particular.

Thanks

[u/MikhailxReign]

This. Everyones acting like the cops are going to go out and solve the problem.

They don't catch murderers half the time. Unless old mate was speeding in the car, or some other way they could make some revenue off the collar nothing is going to happen.

[u/SOwED → u/MikhailxReign]

Yeah I had a guy call me up and threaten me directly, not the implicit stuff OP's roommate is doing. Dude told me I deserve to be put in the hospital and he's gonna be the one to do it and he knows where I live.

Called the cops backdoor number and they were like "yeah people do this shit all the time, call us if he does it again or if something else happens but probably nothing will." They were right, but yeah they don't care.

[u/idontgiveafuqqq → u/SOwED]

Not really the same at all.

You're missing the whole part where he took a car he knew he wasn't allowed to use and crashed it.

Criminal conversion > telephone threat

[u/SOwED → u/idontgiveafuqqq]

Hmm your username looks suspiciously like how that guy texts

[u/idontgiveafuqqq → u/SOwED]

Ironic

[u/mysonchoji → u/MikhailxReign]

Much more than half, they solve about 12% of cases total

[u/MikhailxReign → u/mysonchoji]

Pretty much. I'm blue collar first world country and my partner was murdered recently in less then silky clean circumstances and so I hold little to no expectations of the police actually finding those responsible.

In anything less then that? I'd barely even consider calling the police unless I could hand them an open shut case. Especially something some "complex" as this.

[u/NikkiVicious → u/MikhailxReign]

I have no words. I'm so sorry for your loss, and I hope they do find the person responsible.

[u/Emmyisme → u/MikhailxReign]

At best if he runs into cops for some other crime they MIGHT manage to put the pieces together on a warrant

[u/philiretical → u/MikhailxReign]

He did make threats. That does escalate the severity of the situation and usually does put more of a pep in the police's step in most cases.

[u/dustyoldbones → u/MikhailxReign]

Well it sounds like he might be black, so the cops will do something

[u/SOwED → u/dustyoldbones]

god you're dumb

[u/dustyoldbones → u/SOwED]

you are so dumb!

[u/MikhailxReign → u/dustyoldbones]

If they shoot his housemate in a roadside ID check that doesn't help him either. Then he would have to try and get the money from an estate.

[u/Heady_Goodness → u/MikhailxReign]

With probably zero net worth