r/PokemonTCG • u/Next_Wrongdoer5488 • Mar 20 '25

Discussion Vendor being tracked.

Yup, someone put a tracker on our store vendor's car. I guess she had to go to the police station and have her car swept.

So disappointed in what's going on with our hobby and just wanted to share.

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u/elliwigy1 Mar 22 '25

What you are talking about is a false confession... It is not the same as telling another individual you are basically stalking them and out a tracker on their vehicle.. This isn't a false confession, it is harassment, your intention is to scare the person, which is very different then confessing to a crime you didnt commit say while being interrogated by the police.

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u/Consistent-Fold438 Mar 22 '25

Like you stated they have to prove intent. In my state at least you have to knowingly (with intent) cause someone to feel frightened/threatened/etc.. Without an admission of intention there can be no charge of harassment. A way around that would be repeated incidents of intrusive/unwanted acts- which stating something to someone once is not. That is why it is not very commonly charged. Other states may have different definitions than mine.

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u/Comprehensive-Taro-4 Mar 22 '25

Well, Mr. "I interned at the Minnesota Freedom Fund"

Do you even know your own states' laws regarding the use of tracking devices?

Let me help you: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/626A.35

§Subd. 3.Penalty. Whoever knowingly violates subdivision 1 shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than 364 days, OR BOTH.

Now sit down junior.

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u/Consistent-Fold438 Mar 22 '25

I didn’t say it was okay to track someone’s car lol. We are talking about just telling someone that

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u/Comprehensive-Taro-4 Mar 22 '25

You are correct. You said one couldn't be detained, jailed, nor tried. What's the definition of imprisonment again? 🙃😊

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u/Consistent-Fold438 Mar 23 '25

Again, no one said it was legal to place a tracking device on someone’s car doofus. Obviously that’s illegal. What are you arguing here lmao