I can assure you that I'm not lying but I understand what you're saying as obviously the police officer doesn't know that yet. I'm curious as to what will happen if he speaks to my former friend that stole the bicycle and he lies or refuses to talk as not to incriminate himself. Does the charge automatically fall on me by default even though I haven't committed any crime? Surely they can't just assume that I stole it without any evidence and arrest me can they? The same principle would apply if I had accidentally purchased the bicycle through Craigslist and later sold it to a pawn shop without ever knowing it was stolen. Now I should be liable for a crime committed by somebody else? That doesn't seem like justice to me. What are my rights and how should my defense be presented in this circumstance?

