My question involves criminal law for the state of: Texas
A school district police officer came to our house and said that a stolen iPad reported an IP address, and after sending a subpoena to the Internet Service Provider he got our address. My wife who used to work at that school district, told him that she had an iPad from the school last year, but she returned it when she resigned. The officer told her that he will investigate further, but few hours later he sent her an email stating that her statement was not convincing, and asked her to return the iPad and no question will be asked.
Me and my wife were both shocked, we have only one iPad at home that we have bought from Best Buy, and we have no idea how our IP address was reported by a stolen device that we never ever saw.
My understanding is that an IP address cannot represent a person, same as someone who pay a phone bill does not prove that he made a particular phone call, and many copyright infringement lawsuit were dismissed because the sole proof that was brought to court is an IP address (Malibu Media, LLC V. John Doe).
I wonder if I should solicit the service of a criminal law lawyer that has experience in internet crime, or if I should let the officer continue digging but never talk to him again unless formally accused?
Any advise would help![]()

