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    Default Forgery Charge for Giving False Information to a Police Officer

    I am currently on probation in Arizona for a Marijuana violation (I had violated this probation last year but was bonded out of jail) I a currently in good standings with my probation officer and have been complying with all of courts requirements. Well I was checking out my court records online when I noticed a new Forgery charge from this year.

    See about 8 months ago (when I was absconding from my probation and had a warrant out) I was pulled over in my boyfriends truck and when he asked for my license I told him I didn’t have one. I explained to him that the only reason I was even driving was to take my boyfriend to the emergency room (which was true) cause without insurance the cost of an ambulance is ridiculous. When they arrested me for having no ID I gave him my friends name and information (I knew her information because previous to this she had sold me her old ID and the use of her name since at the time I had a warrant out and was staying in hotels). I figured since I had been in the system before that I would probably just get busted as soon as they fingerprinted and photographed me. Well I was wrong – I’m sitting there waiting for them to tell me they knew who I really was and the next thing I knew, they were releasing me.

    Now I know that I hadn’t gotten off that easy and that there would be repercussions later. She had had a suspended license so she owed about $600 in traffic tickets and was given a court date. I didn’t want my friend to get a warrant for me going to jail so I told her all about the arrest and even gave her ALL the money to pay the ticket off. Come to find out she kept the $600 and appeared before the judge and turned me in! Now I have an arrest warrant (a grand jury indictment) nonetheless, a class 4 felon in this state.

    To make a long story even longer – Currently on probation with a warrant out for felony forgery, I called the court and they said I could quash the warrant next Thursday with a walk-in court date. Will they really quash the warrant and give me a future arraignment date, or will they arrest me on the spot? What kind of sentence could I be facing with the forgery and the probation violation?

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    Default Re: Forgery Charge for Giving False Information to a Police Officer

    First giving false information to the police is NOT forgery. Forgery is generally a felony. Giving false information to the police is generally a misdemeanor. If you created a state ID or driver's license and presented it to the police, that is another matter, and most places is a felony. But it is virtually impossible to forge drivers licenses these days and once they sent in the info to DMV they would know it is fake. Rather pointless to commit a felony you will be busted for the first time the DL is used.

    They will likely arrest you on the spot. However, they might give you a reasonable bond, even personal recognizance. The problem is, if you are taken into custody, they will see you are on probation and notify the probation officer. A bond will likely be set for that too, or there might be no bond.

    You screwed your friend and you were screwed back. The money is only part of it, there are points lost, insurance costs go up, and there are court costs and maybe other things in addition to the fines themselves.

    You will get arrested. The odds are it will be at a really bad time. You can at least have some control over the situation, by making whatever arrangements you can to pay bail, secure you living situation and so forth, and then go turn yourself in.

    Jails and prisons are so crowded, that for a couple of non-violent offenses, the court and probation officer might both give you are break and not incarcerate you.

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    Default Re: Forgery Charge for Giving False Information to a Police Officer

    What's the exact statute you're charged with violating? The facts you describe don't support the idea that this would be a forgery charge.

    They may well quash the warrant if you voluntarily appear in court, but even if that happens there's a possibility that you'll be required to post bail. I suggest consulting a criminal defense lawyer.

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