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    Default Expungment and Future Employment

    I am currently a freshman in college and I have some questions. On December 26, 2004, I was arrested for shoplifting. I went to court, entered a guilty plea, was sentenced to 25 hours of community service, and to attend a diversion class. Because I completed the terms successfully, the case was dismissed. I went to talk to a lawyer to find if I could have the whole thing expunged but he said he was not able to locate my case or anything associated with it. I am in college majoring in Environmental Chemistry and am worried that this one mistake will ruin the rest of my life. Could someone please tell me if there is a way that I can look into this to see what remains? I don't want to complete college and go get a job only to learn that I cannot work because of this mistake which is why I want to take care of it now. Please someone help.

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    Default Dismissed PA Charge & Expungement

    Was this an ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition) probation? If so, an order of expungement may have been entered when the charge was dismissed.

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    yes it was an ARD program. Someone told me that the arrest will always be there and I am worried about that. But if my lawyer could not find anything does that mean there is a possibility of it being expunged to? How would I go about finding the answer to this? Thank you

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    Default ARD Probation & Expungement

    Check your file at the courthouse to see if an expungement order was entered when you were discharged from probation.

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    Thank you for the help

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