My question involves criminal law for the state of: Washington
I am a minor who happens to be skilled with technology, especially media creation. My father has spent the last few years forcing me to do illegal things to save his rear end. He would approach me with a request of "Can you do this for me?" and, if met with a no, would begin screaming at me about how I would end up on the streets if I didn't help him because we really needed the money. So he handed me a copy of a paystub he had received and asked I forge it, but change the numbers around a little to make it look recent. He told me to do this for two months back worth of paystubs. This was so he could acquire a loan to pay bills with. He got the loan. He has since added onto that loan.
He has also had be forge the signatures of people I have never met, whose signatures I have never seen. While I cannot remember what this was for exactly, I know that it happened.
He has used my name in two separate protection orders against now-ex-girlfriends. In the first case, he claimed she was drunk, screaming at me, and had pushed me down onto the floor. I was on the other side of the state when this supposedly happened. In the second case, he claimed she had pushed me into a wall, was holding me there by the arms, and was yelling directly into my face. While I was around for that date, this never happened. He told me she would have us evicted if I didn't play along.
Against that second woman, he also once told me she would have us evicted if I didn't help get her arrested. This was after the protection order didn't go through against her. He had me play along in a story he'd made up about her assaulting him.
He also is a registered felon. He keeps a hunting rifle in the house, which he is not allowed to own due to his felon status. I've known about it for months.
I never reported any of this as I was scared for my safety. I will be getting away from him soon, and I want to report all of these things. I can't risk getting in trouble though, as I'm just a college student. Help?
Pressured Into Forging Documents
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11-20-2016, 04:39 PMmpant16Pressured Into Forging Documents
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11-20-2016, 05:32 PMHighwaymanRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in TroubleThose are contradictions.Quote:
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11-20-2016, 06:15 PMadjusterjackRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in TroubleThen report it now.Quote:
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Then don't report it.Quote:
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You want to, you don't want to.
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11-20-2016, 09:26 PMmpant16Re: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in Trouble
I'm 17. I graduated high school a year early. I'm now a college student.
I want to know if I could face consequences for what my father forced me to do if I report him. -
11-21-2016, 05:23 AMfree9manRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in TroubleThere is a chance though, however small it might be, that you will get caught up in it.Quote:
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ETA: Well, didn't add anything. Fixed my own stupidity. -
11-21-2016, 05:32 AMcbgRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in Trouble
He said, FACE consequences. He wants to know if he, also, can be prosecuted.
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11-21-2016, 05:50 AMfree9manRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in TroubleDerp. It's early on Monday and I haven't had caffeine.Quote:
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11-21-2016, 09:39 AMcbgRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in Trouble
Completely understandable!!
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11-21-2016, 01:59 PMHighwaymanRe: Forced to Forge, Want to Report It, Can I Get in TroubleQuote:
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You might, but I would doubt it.
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11-22-2016, 07:40 PMTechWorkerRe: Pressured Into Forging DocumentsGet an attorney, and have that attorney negotiate an immunity deal for you. You give info to the police, in exchange for complete immunity.Quote:
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