Chapter 9 - THE CITATION FOR BREAKING AND ENTERINGA
Chapter 9 - THE CITATION FOR BREAKING AND ENTERINGArmed with the contractor’s itemized damage assessment, the security footage logs, and the formal police report, my attorney filed a comprehensive civil and criminal complaint with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Because my mother had used an outdated emergency code under false pretenses to coordinate an unauthorized occupation while I was out of state, the DA’s office formally upgraded the charges from simple trespassing to second-degree residential burglary and grand larceny for the deliberate destruction of personal property.
Formal citations and summonses were mailed via process server to my parents’ Ohio address and Jessica’s apartment. When Dad signed for the certified legal papers, the reality finally set in that their petty family vacation had escalated into a felony criminal prosecution with potential prison time. The frantic phone calls stopped entirely, replaced by panicked voicemails from their defense attorney begging for a private settlement meeting.
