Arrest Warrant After Moving to Another State
My question involves an arrest warrant from the State of: Michigan
Hello Everyone I was hoping that collective wisdom could give me some guidance on this Issue. I Recently moved to Florida(with in the last month) after being recruited by a company from college. My license was suspended from a previous charge and the Judge in St Johns informed me that I could get it back on a restricted basis when I started work. So I called the court house about that matter and was told that there was a warrant issued for my arrest on April 9 2010 for Attempted Breaking and Entering. Now aside from the fact that I don't know what the heck this is about and I can't get anyone from the sheriffs or Prosecutors office to call me back I have a couple of questions about this process that I was hoping someone who doesn't want a $5000 retainer could help me out with :)
1. Will I have to go back to Michigan to sort this out?
2. Is it odd that I have been in Michigan until May 29th and no one has ever contacted me about this? (I found all of this out during that initial phone call to the court house)
3. How possibly (I know this is a stretch but) could they have linked me to this?
4. Are warrants like is nationwide? I.e. If I have contact with law enforcement in Florida will they hold me or not until michigan comes to get me for this and if yes how long?
5. What are the penalties for this crime?
I'm really lost in this with this whole thing and financially I'm not able to get back to Michigan to resolve is matter right now? So in short what to I do?????????? :wallbang:
Thanks in advance for any assistance or recommendations you can give me!
Ray
Re: Arrest Warrant After Moving to Another State
If you don't want to hire a lawyer to try to resolve the matter for you, if that's even possible, without your going back to Michigan, you can expect that you'll have to return to address the warrant and charge. The police don't have to tell you "A warrant has been issued for you, so be sure to try to hide or run if you see an officer coming."
You have been linked to the burglarly by whatever evidence the police have pertaining to the burglary and who perpetrated it. Odds are they caught somebody else involved in the burglary and they pointed their finger at you. But you're in a far better position to guess than we are.
Some warrants are interstate in nature, with states being asked to detain you for extradition. Others are statewide. Others have limited pickup ranges even within a state.
There are numerous burglary charges that could be filed against somebody; without knowing the actual charge we can't tell you the statutorily defined maximum penalty.