“aren’t there laws for not reporting a crime?”
No - given that you had nothing to do with the crime and took no action to conceal knowledge of the crime. Destroying the video, for example, might be construed as obstruction of justice - and you can only get away with that if your a high-ranking democrat politician
watching too much Seinfeld :)
It must have been 1989 or 90 we traveled to Baltimore and stayed in a downtown hotel. We were young and stupid and drinking I think, Long Island Iced Tea at various bars as we made our way in and around Baltimore's inner harbor. All new I believe at that time.
Returning to my future wife's hotel room very late that night and sloshed, we discovered her 35mm camera was gone. Someone had entered the room with a key, and stolen it. Police report. And months later, phone calls and a perp revealed. A hotel employee was convicted they let us know. But we never saw that Cannon A-1 camera again.
The hotel had paid us off for the loss, but the BPD found it at a pawn shop somewhat damaged. Seemed like pretty good police work though.
But if you are setting up fights to generate content for a website, the charge might be valid.
Looks like he beat the rap, but he didn’t beat the ride.