if you know a person who threatened to do  a very serious crime is it my duty to notify the police?
609737
If you truly believe she wants to do it and has the means (money, car, etc) to do it, you should call the cops; if you don't and she does leave with the child, you could actually be considered an accomplice.
959697
My dear.........there is no doubt, that there are times on YA that you're going to run into something like what you ran into. The best thing to do the minute you feel uncomfortable, is to log off. Of course, if you feel threatened, report it. You have no way of knowing if this person is merely playing sadistic jokes.....or is a serious wack job. Be careful..............LATER
909683
From what I understand then yes she could be, I could go into the why's, the if's etc. but that wont help, if you have serious concerns about this person then contact the police, that is the best thing to do.
1083702
I believe that providing a false name to the police is an offence.\nbut if you're worried about ur safety then talk to the cops about it.
1047788
yeah, call the cops first
1117333
Depends if you had anything to do with described crime.  If you were an innocent bystander, than no.  But if you were helping the criminal out, i.e preparing to drive him away from the scene of a crime before he got caught, then yes, its aiding and abetting a criminal
384620
Do you call the police to enforce the restraining order?
129516
NO! inform the company he works for and your local police dept.
129432
Call your local police dept. they will be able to tell you.
1015814
I think you were right to do what you did. No one should have to put up with stuff like that, no matter where they live. Especially if the Police are not properly handling it. At least, now you can get proof to show them and it isn't just your word against theirs.\n\nGood luck on this..........
601193
These friends can be charged with verbally threatening to do bodily harm to another person......this is still a felony charge.........Report it to the police...take all threats seriously....
26141
Maybe that person has flipped so don't try to talk him out of it, call the police they'll know how to handle this stuff.
645976
tell them to go to the police station and see what happens!!
890428
You do not have any thing to worry about. Unless you are talking to known terrorist.\n\nBy law if they hear any thing other than terrorist they can do nothing. even if they hear a murder plot they must let it happen. If they do any thing the person that told will go to jail for 15 years.
1145094
It depends where are you are, but, in general, you can tell them in front of a reliabe witness...  If you feel that you are endangered, report it to the police...  once there is a report on file, you are building a "paper trail", which you can refer to later, if it becomes necessary to apply for, say, a restraining order
332138
Have someone in a different place from you (in case they  have caller I.D.) call the police and ask.
853961
No and a notice of intent by an individual can, in some jurisdictions, be considered a threat, or even extortion. If you are going to sue you should hire an attorney and the attorney will fie a notice of intent which will some times encourage a settlement without a lawsuit.