What procedures do i take to charge someone with telephone harassment?
The Federal Communications Act and many state laws prohibit telephone harassment. People who commit telephone harassment are subject to fines, prison or both. If you are a victim of harassment, you should contact the police. If the police can identify the caller and find sufficient evidence, they will forward the case to the District Attorney’s office to prosecute the caller. The phone company can also help track down the caller. A lawyer can help determine if the caller’s words are obscene and if you are entitled to any civil damages, such as emotional distress, as well; to learn more about your rights, defenses, and the complicated legal system, only if you want to go to extreme to have this matter settled by law. There is another option you can try, that is to set up a password with your phone company, which you only give it to people you wish to keep in contact. For outsiders they would have to know the password to call you up. I think this is an effective method to put into consid
