This is what I would do.
1 Read Leonard's earlier post about writing notes that are admissible in court.
2 Talk to your attorney friend and get his recommendations for writing notes, dating those notes, possibly emailing the notes to him, etc.
3 Write everything down about both the incident with the girl and the incident with her father.
4 If you said some things or did some things that you should not have then write those things down in a separate document however don't hide that information from your attorney. Let your attorney know everything. You were acting out of emotion and made some very bad decisions. I'm not trying to be difficult with you but I think it is possible that you aren't telling us everything.
5 Review this thread and read it slowly. Maybe guys were piling it on but in my opinion you made a few horrible decisions and you should think hard about how to handle these situations differently in the future. For example, there is no reason whatsoever to give out your phone number and address so carelessly.
6 Be patient and don't talk the local police about the father unless you continue to get watched or harassed in which case you should talk to your attorney again. Hopefully this blows over but you don't have much to gain by going after him. If you go after him you need to be thinking about moving, selling your car and buying a new car, concealing your identify so his local police friends can't harass you, etc. It's a no win situation. It's also going to require you to waste time and money for attorney fees.
Questions:
What do you know about the father? Did you get his last name and badge number?
Are you a minority? Is the father white?
You said police officers have driven by your house twice. Do you live on a residential street where it is unusual for them to be driving through so frequently?
1 Read Leonard's earlier post about writing notes that are admissible in court.
2 Talk to your attorney friend and get his recommendations for writing notes, dating those notes, possibly emailing the notes to him, etc.
3 Write everything down about both the incident with the girl and the incident with her father.
4 If you said some things or did some things that you should not have then write those things down in a separate document however don't hide that information from your attorney. Let your attorney know everything. You were acting out of emotion and made some very bad decisions. I'm not trying to be difficult with you but I think it is possible that you aren't telling us everything.
5 Review this thread and read it slowly. Maybe guys were piling it on but in my opinion you made a few horrible decisions and you should think hard about how to handle these situations differently in the future. For example, there is no reason whatsoever to give out your phone number and address so carelessly.
6 Be patient and don't talk the local police about the father unless you continue to get watched or harassed in which case you should talk to your attorney again. Hopefully this blows over but you don't have much to gain by going after him. If you go after him you need to be thinking about moving, selling your car and buying a new car, concealing your identify so his local police friends can't harass you, etc. It's a no win situation. It's also going to require you to waste time and money for attorney fees.
Questions:
What do you know about the father? Did you get his last name and badge number?
Are you a minority? Is the father white?
You said police officers have driven by your house twice. Do you live on a residential street where it is unusual for them to be driving through so frequently?