criminal-law theft pennsylvania fifth-amendment
Call from detective
<p>say hypothetically someone committed a the crime of stealing a public sign and being publicly intoxicated under the age of 21..</p>
<p>The next day a detective calls asking to talk in person and says they &quot;are not going to get arrested&quot;</p>
<p>What should the person do?</p>
<p>Show up alone?</p>
<p>Show up with a lawyer?</p>
<p>Show up but don't say anything and then ask to speak with a lawyer?</p>
<p>Don't show up at all?</p>
<p>This is all hypothetically in the united states in Pennsylvania</p>

<h3>You don't have to talk to the police.</h3>
<p>All taking a lawyer with you will do is have someone to remind you not to talk to the police, and short your bank account a couple hundred dollars.</p>
<p>Tell the detective you're busy.  The detective saying you &quot;are not going to be arrested&quot; means absolutely nothing.  When they show up to talk to you, don't go to the door unless they have a warrant.</p>
