My question involves criminal law for the state of: federal/ Missouri
I'm not going to go into extream detail about what happened, I'll just say I was at the St. Louis arch and had a knife that is legal at home. I threw it away in a trash can so my wife could go up in the arch. A ranger apparently saw it made me go get it,a and bring it to him. He said if my check comes back clean I was free to go. It came back clean and all was good, then he starts playing with the knife, it was a assisted open my thumb lever (not a switchblade). He then writes a ticked for disorderly conduct, hiding a knife. I asked the ranger if this is going to hurt me since I have a app in with a local police department. He said no, just pay it and it won't affect you at all.
Non the less the ticket was 36 cfr 2.34
I was not taken away, I was not arrested, I was not fingerprinted, or required to appear in court. Just a $100 fine
I pay the ticket online at cvb, and notice it say collection of petty offenses only.
So 2 months after this whole mess I have a background check done. Comes back clean, hired, but couldn't start then because of a upcoming back surgery.
So flash forward to today or this month. I had a friend run my background at his station, comes back clean
The chief in my town, and my friend say its a infraction. However the us attorney's office claims it's a misdemeanor, but is treated like a parking ticket and is a code violation. ok back to a small minor.
I'm real confused, it isn't showing up on any background checks is there a way to find out what it is?
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