Armed Robbery, Advice Needed
He got in my car along with his girlfriend, held up a knife in my face and robbed my weed and my ipod, then ran off.
I filed a police report, told the cops that a thug held up a knife to me and robbed my ipod.
The police caught both defendants the same night.
The cops found a knife on him, but nothing else.
They are being charged with armed robbery, and are currently in jail awaiting trial.
They both plead guilty at the time they were detained, but now when it’s time for the courts, they are somehow trying to plead innocent.
So I recently got a call form a detective who is working with the district attorney to prosecute these individuals. He gave me a heads up and said that the defense is stating that he was only buying weed off me, which is a lame defense because it still doesn’t deny the fact that he he committed an armed robbery. He also told me that the cops searched the defendants phone on the night of the incident and found a text message from the person who gave him my phone number.
I know that both of these defendants are coming up with a lame defense just to retaliate against me. They both have an extensive criminal history and are regular meth users.
They keep changing the subject when they were asked about robbery of my ipod.
Now i need advice on what can happen to me when i go to court to testify against these individuals.
I am sure that both of the defendants will be charged and sent to prison, but what can happen to me?
Should i just maintain that my ipod was stolen and i was held up at knife point?
Afterall, it’s the truth, & that really is what happened, i’d rather not bring up anything about the marijuana in court, but i know that the defendants are now trying to retaliate against me by stating that i am a dealer.
Please help me with some advice.