The PM's consists of two parties: Sender and receiver. The receivers, people who are getting harrassed, will most likely have saved their PM's from the suspected trouble maker. I use "suspected" because at this point I would not know if he/she is or isn't one. I'll ask for the PM's with the knowledge that while they won't be conclusive to the argument, they can be used as evidence if validated.
I will also speak with the person or people in question privately to get a sense of what's going on. If needed, then I'll establish a dialogue of some sort with the people involved. Usually by this time I'd have a sense of the matter and will be able to come to a workable solution.
As an Admin, I want to avoid a false-positive at the very least as not only my reputation will be on the line but so will my site have a black mark. As an Admin I'd give everyone a benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
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