My question involves criminal law for the state of: Florida. On 2-15-15 my mother went to her mother in laws house to retrieve my 5 year old sister. There is no custody agreement in place and she is still married to my step father. Her attorney advised her that as long as she had my sister in her custody she could not be forced to return her to my stepfather (Just like he had done the previous month to my mother when he fled from Alaska to Florida with my sister). Anyways, long story short my mother and step father fought. After they all calmed down I said something (honestly don't remember what exactly) and my step father got very angry. He ran up to me and started pushing me. He pushed his face against mine and screamed at me to get off of "his" property. I told him that it was not his property, that it was his parents and his mother gave me permission to be there. He continued to scream and push me backwards until his mother finally screamed at him to stop. I recorded the entire incident on my phone. When the police came they arrested my mother (her charges were child abuse) but did not say a single word to me at the scene. I left and went to the sheriff's office to press charges against my stepfather. The sheriff's office was closed but said they would have a deputy call me. The deputy who called me was the Sgt who showed up first at the scene (and was very hostile towards my mother from the moment he arrived). I then told him I wanted to press charges and he literally laughed. He said "you are lucky I didn't charge you with kidnapping, I will not let you press charges against Jason (yes they are on first name basis in this small town) and I will not allow any of my deputies to let you press charges either". I then asked to speak with his supervisor and he again laughed. Then told me, "I am the supervisor". I said, "well, even if you are I'm sure there is someone above you". He then told me I could *try* to contact his Leutnant. He did not give me his Leutnants name or number. He told me that I could call the sheriff's office number and ask for him. My question is, can I seriously not press charges against my stepfather? He is also a deputy, but this is not the first time he has pushed me. Everything was on video (which the sheriff office has had for 3 weeks and refuses to answer my calls about returning my phone) on my cell phone. I just want to know if and how to pursue this. I've let him get away with it before and I refuse to continue that cycle.

