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That's what I was just thinking of. If you call the police and report the suspected crime of drug use/selling then they'd get a warrant and search the house. If they found anything then they could arrest. Depending on where they find it though... oy... IE if it was hidden in a book in the living room, that's communal area so anyone in the house could be the 'owner' of the 'evidence' and thus all would be at risk of arrest. I wouldn't put it past someone like this guy to purposely tuck a little something away in Dad or Wife's things just for that purpose. Wouldn't take much, one little seed in one of her shoes (that she hasn't worn for months and won't again until it's warmer) for instance... but if she's called in and tried to get help, well then that would be on record and would possibly remove any blame from her.
Losing house wise... isn't that a great law? Your home, business, car, even your furniture and clothes call all be taken on 'suspicion' of drug charges, and it all gets sold and the money put towards the 'war on drugs'... proven innocent? Oh, dang sorry, your stuff is already gone, sold and the money spent. A bit too much like what people went through during the lovely days of the U.S. Internment Camps if you ask me.... of course that may only be in DEA/federal cases... not city/county/state but I don't know.
Hmm. So, it's a nasty Catch-22. He'd have to be arrested AWAY from the home, IE caught dealing, then any search would already be aimed at him specifically. If there's no charge, against anyone, then it's an open field I would think. And I bet if you were to call and ask, well that could lead to them wanting to search just on suspicion.
I think, if I were them, I'd call the postmaster. He would know about the mail bit at least. If you tell him that the man is using your address without your permission, that you have asked him to leave, and he refuses and summons the Postmaster as his protector. Well, mail is a serious thing. Not a local nothing, but a federal crime if you mess with it. So, ask the Postmaster what you can do. YOU can't forge his signature on a change of address card or you'll have committed a crime right? So, how can you stop him using your address. IF you can get that straightened out then maybe the rest would fall into place?
Worth a shot anyways... I'ma go snoop on USPS and see if there's any provision for people using others' addresses. Not like they verify that stuff. Taking someone else's mail out of their box is illegal, but removing mail with your own name on it is not. So, seems like you could put in a form claiming you live at the White House, and if they didn't hand over your mail every day you could have them prosecuted. Clearly that is not kosher, so there must be some provision for it... just have to find it.
Edit... should have just said 'what they said'
Get out, call police, have Dad call postmaster and get that sorted so it will NOT come back, wait for police to do their thing (hopefully they'll search, find and DESTROY) all drugs found so they aren't a threat to the children, then go home once he's away.... and keep the phone charged and a bat handy in case he tries coming back for his 'stash'... heard horror stories about that...
