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    Default What Happens if You Unknowingly Buy a Stolen Cell

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Michigan
    About three moths ago I bought a cellphone off of facebook. Fb has these sales that you can buy in the community... Anyway I bought a Samsung from this guy and met him at Walmart. I can't retrieve the information that I bought from this guy cause I'm believing we did the transaction through text message and can't remember the date. Well my boyfriend and I waited to activate it at page plus until his other contract was over. So we go In to activate it. the guy tells us that we can't have the phone back because it was reported stolen they asked me were I got it. I told them everything i no which was very little information and I told them I don't know exactly who I bought it from because it was a one time meet. So I immodestly went up to the state police and I told them my situation they said I should not worry about it. So I didn't. Then two days ago tribal police contacted me saying they need to talk to me about a stolen cell phone. And wanted me to write a police report so I did. And also gave them the little information I no. Can I be charged I'm scared

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    Default Re: What Happens if I Unknowingly Bought Stolen Cell

    Tribal Prosecutions can vary from those under normal state code. On a brighter note, being staked to an ant hill or scalped have been deemed to harsh.

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    Default Re: What Happens if You Unknowingly Buy a Stolen Cell

    If they believe you bought the phone from the person you identified for them on Facebook, odds are they're interested in pursuing that person and not you.

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