What to do if a girl has been harassing me on Facebook and making threats to beat me up?
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What to do if a girl has been harassing me on Facebook and making threats to beat me up?
She has always had an issue with me. Haven’t heard from her in about 5 years, and out of the blue she made a comment on someone’s page saying that the next time she sees me she’s going to beat me up (in a worse phrase). She also told me that I had better watch out because “she’s going to wreck me”. ‘m currently 3 months pregnant and don’t want to have to worry about running into her in public and her harming me or endangering my child’s life. What charges could I press and could I sue her for these threats?
Asked on November 30, 2012 under Criminal Law, Pennsylvania
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I suggest that you contact the local law enforcement department where you reside and provide it with a copy of the written threat against you as well as make a complaint against the person who made it. What you have written is a crime committed by the third person against you.
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