Can someone be charged and/or arrested for filing a false police report?

In the past, my brother seemed to be in trouble with the law a lot. Well this time, he was actually innocent. Long story short, a former roommate of his accused him of I.D. theft...that is, he was accused of using his roommate's Name and SSN to get cable. He was arrested (I bailed him out), got a court date, and the charges were dropped...mainly because he simply didn't do it and there wasn't a shred of evidence to prove that he did, but mostly because his roommate claimed never to have lived at that address. He stated this in his police report which ultimately led to the arrest of my brother. He later called and stated that he did, indeed, live at that address for a couple of months.





So he lied in the police report. My question is, if my brother presses charges against his former roommate for filing a false report, will he be arrested or is filing a false police report not a big enough deal to be arrested for? Thanks for your answers.





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Your brother might have to prove damages resulting from the false report. People have been charged and convicted for filing malicious reports.Can someone be charged and/or arrested for filing a false police report?
I would think so, get that report filed.
YES
Yup
You can get arrested for filing a false police report; it is a serious offense as those reports are considered sworn statements to the police and to the courts. However, your brother must be able to prove that the police report was false.
well, good question. what he can do is get the charges against him dropped. he can technically sue the other person for filing a false report, however it is going to be long and difficult to do. also with his past record it may back fire on him.
Yes he could be arrested but if the system where you are is back logged then they might not want to bother with it. Maybe your brother should take him to small claims court to see if he can get any money for lost wages, bail, defamation of character etc... Even though the charges were dropped they will still be on your brothers criminal record.