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Incineration91

Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?
Virginia

I've been on probation for a year now for a shoplifting charge. I only stole about thirty dollars worth of merchandise. My probation was supposed to end June 28th, but I got another charge, which was truency. I went to court for that, had a lawyer, and won. But today I went to a meeting with my PO and she lead me on to believe that everything was okay. I turned in some community service hours, and told her everything was going well with me. She smiled, and said good. I had left her a message the night before about having to meet with her, and so she asked me what that was about. I told her that since I was going to Arizona, i needed to get some form signed. She said I never told her I was going, and I reminded her that I had, and that she was the one who told me that I needed to get a form signed. She agreed. Then she asked me when I was leaving, and for how long, ect. I answered. Then she pulled out a bunch of papers and said she had "my little journal". I have a livejournal, and she somehow found it. I have NO idea how she could have, and i know that my mother didn't give it to her. She then started reading quotes to my mother, about cocaine, and drugs in general, and problems i wrote about concerning my mother. She tried to manipulate my mother against me, but thats besides the point. In one of my entries, i wrote something about her being a bitch, the PO that is. And she read that line, and said, "you want a bitch, well you've got a bitch. You're not going to Arizona, and if you do, i'll have you arrested the minute you get back". I started crying, and demaned to know how she got a hold of my live journal. I pressed the fact that it was invasion of privacy, and she told me that i shouldn't put my journal out there. The reason i have a live journal is because it helps my friends keep up with me for one, for two, my mother would read a hand written journal. I left her office immediately after telling her that shes a ****ing bitch. She ran after me saying "Excuse me? What did you just call me? Come back here little girl". I'm 17 years old, and I think she needs to treat me like a human being before some utensil at her job, and a little girl. I came home and did some research, found out that Livejournal policy states "Do not invade the privacy of others." But I'm not sure if that is enough... In any case, I don't think she has the right to use any information contained in the journal against me, but I don't know if that is correct. Can anyone help me get out of this one? Thanks for your time.
Jasmine
 


kat1963

Senior Member
It's on line, it's public information. You could be looking at having your probation violated however. BTW why are you so mad at Cheryl?
"I can't ****ing wait for AZ not because i want to chill with Tiffa, don't get me wrong, i do, but the excitement is more for the fact that i'm getting cocaine."
Nice.
KAT
 

Wolflmg

Member
Here's the web site in case anyone else wants to look it over.
http://www.livejournal.com/legal/privacy.bml

If you feel that the Officer was wrong then you can try contacting live journal at privacy@livejournal.com or call 503-345-9575, but I really don't think theres anything they can do in your situation.

But as far as I know live journal is open to anyone. Anyone can get to it anf view it.
It's not uncommin in situation likes theses to have law official reading your e-mails and live journal. Many buisness check their employee emails, as a way of checking up on them. However wrong it seems, sometimes that just the ways things go.

It would have been smarter to write your though down in a journal with a lock and not over the internet where it's open to everyone.

It's not very wise to put your thought open to all over the internet. My kid sister was doing the same thing, made at everyone, becasue no one trusted her no more and she was swearing all over the internet on her website.

You want to be treated nicely then start being respectful toward your probation officer and mother. If your respectful to them, then they will be respectful towards you. And yelling and cussing out your Probation Officer will get you no where but in more trouble, by doing that is just showing an act of immutureity. You'll be an adult soon, start acting like one.

And start cleaning up your act, stop talking about drugs, because that only leads to you doing drugs and I really don't think you want to get charged with doing drugs.
Because if you think your life is so unfair right now, it really will seem unfair then. You would have to doing many hours of community services, pay several fines and could end up doing some time in jail. And your really close to be 18, so they'll be just as hard on you.

Don't mess up your life kid, because this is the only life you'll ever have.
 

BelizeBreeze

Senior Member
You haven't learned anything about probation have you?

She's right. YOu'll have your bitch alright. It's called Jail and you're the new meat. Next time learn to keep your mouth shut.
 

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