Michigan, MIP Incorrect Name on Ticket

[christle]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Michigan.

I lived in Michigan for about 8 months while I was 19. While sharing an apt with roommates, two of them got into an altercation and someone in the house slammed a door. The police were already across the street because we lived in a bad part of town (Jackson, Mi). Anyway, they knocked on the door and asked what was going on. I answered the door and said my roommates had a verbal altercation but everything was fine. They asked if they could enter the house and I advised them that they did NOT have permission to enter the home. The police stated that if I didn't let them enter that they were going to arrest me. When I asked what I would be arrested for, they pushed past me into the home.

They interviewed my roommates and confirmed that nothing bad was happening and warned them about arguing and creating a disturbance. One of the officers (there were 4) noticed that there was an open beer on the coffee table. My open beer. He breathalyzed me to confirm it was mine, even though I wasn't drunk. I blew a .03 and he wrote me a ticket. Well, the next week, I received word from home (California) that my grandmother was very ill. I left the same day I heard and moved back home to be with my family.

I honest to god forgot all about the damn ticket when I moved home, especially with everything that was going on with my grandmother's illness at the time.

Anyways, to get to the point, I received a letter from the warrant enforcement division but it was not addressed to me, it was a name that starts with the same letter as my name, but it is not my name or even close to it.

My questions are:
1. If I ignore the letters I am receiving, can they arrest me in CA for not paying a MI fine?
2. If I ignore the letters, will it drop off after 7 years? It has already been 5 years. Yeah. 5 years!
3. Is there a way for me to get out of the ticket since it was not issued to me?
4. Is there a way for me to fight the ticket since the police forced their way into my house? It all seemed so shady that I couldn't believe it!

I know that as a minor I should not have been drinking, however I wasn't drunk or in public, I was drinking in a private residence and just so happened to get caught because my roommates wanted to fight over whose turn it was to do the dishes.... any suggestions are wildly helpful.

[jk]

=christle;508908]
1. If I ignore the letters I am receiving, can they arrest me in CA for not paying a MI fine?

how did MI mail a letter to a person that doesn't have your name to an address in California and it just happened to be about your MIP ticket.

2. If I ignore the letters, will it drop off after 7 years? It has already been 5 years. Yeah. 5 years!

No, it is not a debt on your credit report. You have already been charged with a crime and now you have a warrant. That can last forever if you don't take care of it.

3. Is there a way for me to get out of the ticket since it was not issued to me?

so, how did they send a letter to you, in California? There must be something correct if they found you 2000 miles away.

4. Is there a way for me to fight the ticket since the police forced their way into my house? It all seemed so shady that I couldn't believe it!

there might have been then. There isn't now.

[christle]

Well, to be honest, I don't know how they found me. They had an incorrect name on the form, the city was not the same, and they sent it to my friends house where I have never lived. Your snappy, snarky comments really didn't answer any of my questions. If you don't feel like you can give me a full complete answer referencing any points of fact, then I would prefer that you do not waste your time and mine.

[jk]

snappy and snarky? Ok fine. You deal with the arrest then. It doesn't bother me one bit whether you set in jail for a month (with no bail available) while Michigan decides if they want to extradite or not.

and yes, warrants last FOREVER unless a court would recall it, which they generally do not do.

[christle]

Look, you didn't give me any legitimate answers--don't be mad because you didn't put in any effort.

[jk]

I guess you have a reading difficulty. I gave you answers. Read my reply to #2 and #4. The others required more information which you choose to withhold.

and mad? Not a chance. I find it quite humorous that you got upset at me yet you are the one that is in danger of being arrested.

so, using just the info you gave

1. yes.
2, no
3, a stupid question because if it isn't your ticket (wasn't issued to you, it isn't your ticket), there is no need to "get out of it"
4. no.

enjoy looking over your shoulder until you take care of this or get arrested.